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		BoiledCabbage on Jan 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Motorists have been stranded on a major interstate... Yes, but that's conveniently ignoring all of the negative externalities produced by it. So adding roads gets half the benefits (as it doesn't gain any efficiency benefits), and comes with a ton of externalities when compared to mass transit.

Ajedi32 on Jan 5, 2022 [–]

What externalities, other than the one I already explained?

Only one I can think of is pollution, but that's not even caused by roads, it's caused by burning gasoline.

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