Highway spending increased by 90% in 2021. This is one of many reasons why car traffic is growing faster than population growth.

  • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.eeEnglish
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    16 days ago
    1. How so? Wouldn’t autonomous cars disincentivize car ownership, meaning fewer cars that can be on the road?
    • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      16 days ago

      See the argument of induced demand: “Oh everyone is using self-driving cars, that means there’s more space for my car!”