On traffic ‘solutions’

Induced demand is the name for what happens when increasing the supply of roadways lowers the time cost of driving, causing more people to drive and obliterating any reductions in congestion.

Speck, Jeff (2012-11-13). Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time (p. 82). Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Kindle Edition.