If
road capacity expansion does not involve widening of these bottleneck links, congestion may simply move to another part of the network without solving the congestion problem.
Not exact matches
Some studies claim that for every 10 % increase in
capacity, there is a 9 % increase in vehicle miles travelled four years after
expansion, as drivers who previously parked their cars take to the
roads.
And though few doubt that all the oil
capacity will eventually be needed, «the only bump in the
road is that we're getting a little bit of
capacity expansion occurring before it was really needed,» TransCanada chief executive officer Hal Kvisle said in an interview.
«Only their
expansion can address the coming «
capacity crunch» and deliver sustained growth,» it says, adding: «Even airports as large as Bristol and Luton suffer from congested
roads and delay - prone rail links.