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Originally Posted by newflyer
I don't buy into the misplaced threory that new roads and expanded roadways increase traffic by themselves.
The reality is as transporting goods by truck and people by cars becomes more affordable there is a growing demand for roadway infrastructure. In addition to trading patterns which have incourged more and larger distribution centres. All these things have played at part in an increase in demand for road capacity.
Winnipeg is and will continue to invest in increasing this capacity as needed. As we move forword I believe that the trasportation industry will see significnat growth in the local economy.... and will require better commercial routes.
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Misplaced Theory? It has been shown again and again that you cannot build yourself out of congestion. The only true way to reduce congestion is to implement road pricing. Building better public transit and planning in a way that encourages walking and cycling can help replace car passenger traffic with goods traffic - like it was back in the early twentieth century. Advances in society happen when we use resources more efficiently and effectively and the private automobile is an incredibly inefficient and expensive way of moving large numbers of people. Think about the capital cost of a car, along with maintenance and the cost of repairing the roads they use. Think about how a light-rail line moves the same number of people as eight-lanes of freeway traffic using far less land, money and without ruining the area it goes through. So by moving away from cars and automobile infrastructure we are in effect improving the environment, the economy and society.