>>1590030When it comes to traffic, that does work. Studies have shown that if there are alternative means to travel by, restricting car traffic has been shown to work. Not only does it reduce in relation to the amount of capacity removed, but more than that, making the flow of traffic on the remaining capacity better.
A great practical example would be Cheonggyecheon in Soul, South Korea. The old river had been covered over with a double-deck highway, which unsurprisingly became congested, too. In the early 2000's the highway was demolished and the river restored. But where did all the traffic go? The adjacent streets and roads weren't congested, but instead people chose to leave their cars and use public transport and the remaining traffic was diluted across the city, becoming unnoticeable. The curse of the former highway had not only been in it being ugly, but in concentrating the traffic of the city and motivating people to use its faux-convenience.
>>1588590No, but on average, in the larger scale, more people will buy cars and use them if it is made convenient.
Stop being stupid and cease comparing larger systemic mechanisms to individual-level phenomena. I bet you misunderstand Schrödinger's cat, too.
