[sustran] Re: Road building

[Todd Litman]

At 11:55 AM 07/29/2000 +0530, you wrote:
>I am urgently looking for material that will establish the
>point that additional road building does not really help in
>the long run since the additional traffic that it generates
>soon clogs the new roads as well as the old one.
>
>Case studies/reports from American cities would be most
>useful.
>
>Any links to any websites would also be most useful.
>
>Many thanks and cheers

See our report "Generated Traffic; Implications for Transport Planning"
posted at our website. A version of it is forthcoming in the ITE Journal
(Intitute of Transportation Engineers). It summarizes a number of studies
that show that under congested conditions, a major portion of additional
road capacity is filled with additional vehicle traffic that would not
otherwise occur, and that this can exacerbate other transportation
problems, including downstream congestion, crashes, pollution and
automobile dependency.

You may find some of our other reports useful too.


Sincerely,

Todd Litman, Director
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
"Efficiency - Equity - Clarity"
1250 Rudlin Street
Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada
Phone & Fax: 250-360-1560
E-mail:  litman at vtpi.org
Website: http://www.vtpi.org