If you have ever not gone somewhere because “there's too much traffic” or chosen to go to a store because it has easier parking than an equivalent alternative store, you've experienced the rudiments of induced demand.
Generally it isn't traffic but it takes too long so you don't even consider it. if we had telleportation I'd have lunch in a Paris café but that would mean 8 hours to get there so I don't consider it.
We'd still have induced demand even if we had teleportation, the bottleneck would just be the capacity of venues, restaurants, and retail businesses.
You wouldn't consider casually popping into a Paris cafe if the wait was always 4 hours or you had to have a reservation months in advance, which would be the case if travel time was a non-factor for everyone
bluGill|1 year ago
entropicdrifter|1 year ago
You wouldn't consider casually popping into a Paris cafe if the wait was always 4 hours or you had to have a reservation months in advance, which would be the case if travel time was a non-factor for everyone