Confirmed: Non-Driving Infrastructure Creates ‘Induced Demand,’ Too

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/09/confirmed-non-driving-infrastructure-creates-induced-demand-too

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grue@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 253d (3 replies)

Oh the Urbanity! has a great video about this, explaining why it isn't equivalent because induced demand is a good thing for transit even while it's a bad thing for driving.

https://urbanists.video/w/pR25CxtjRpRG7hMhbeVcxP

(Side note: it took me way too long to look up the peertube version of the video instead of the YouTube one, because I couldn't remember the instance name and PeerTube instances aren't nearly as discoverable as they ought to be.)

captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 253d (1 reply)

Yeah, the goal should be to induce demand to higher throughput and lower total cost/additional user options

grue@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 253d

Not to mention, transportation modes whose externalities are positive instead of negative. IMO that's the aspect that is both most important and most neglected from consideration.

veganpizza69@lemmy.vg · 2 pts · 251d

"build it and they will come" ?

dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net · 27 pts · 253d

Hold on, you’re saying that if there are bike lanes that make riding safe, more people will ride bikes? Sounds sus but okay.

NarrativeBear@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 253d (1 reply)

Watch car brains use this as a study against bike lanes and sidewalks, arguing about induced demand.

hilljack26301@feddit.org · 4 pts · 251d
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