Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about induced demand

Caltrans Lies Again: Widening 5 Freeway Will “Minimize Congestion… Reduce Pollution”

By Joe Linton | Apr 22, 2019 | No Comments

Caltrans presented another misleading video claiming that their I-5 Freeway widening projects will "reduce pollution" and "minimize congestion." Given the past 80 years of highway building have resulted in increases in congestion increases and climate-threatening pollution, it is clear that Caltrans is lying.

Years of building for cars has just brought more cars. Caltrans adopting this change in CEQA is a start to fixing that.

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New Tool Makes it Easy to Estimate Added Travel from New Highway Lanes

By Melanie Curry | Mar 15, 2019 | 7 Comments

Research on California highways shows that adding highway lanes induces more travel; this tool shows how much, on which roads, where.

Does anyone outside of Caltrans still think that widening freeways will reduce pollution and minimize congestion? Image: screen capture from Caltrans video

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Another Caltrans Lie: Video Claims Widening 5 Freeway Reduces Pollution, Congestion

By Joe Linton | Apr 16, 2018 | No Comments

It is jarring that nearly two decades into the twenty-first century, Caltrans is still making claims that freeway widening will somehow curb pollution and reduce congestion. These are lies.