Traffic Explained in Less Than 4 Minutes

  1. Kaid Benfield

A video on what causes congestion, and how to fix it.

This great little video, produced by ITDP Mexico, simplifies and explains induced travel demand about as well as I've ever seen. Fast moving and fun. Props to Streetsblog for tweeting it.

This post originally appeared on the NRDC's Switchboard blog.

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