>>1796660Why would they densify? Population density and traffic are pretty directly correlated. Hell, traffic literally is density.
>Perhaps the most significant research was performed for the Federal Highway Administration, which found, generally, that traffic volumes at typical densities tend to rise at least 80 percent of the rate of population density increase (Figure 1 & Note 1). This means that if an area experiences and increase of 100 percent in population per square mile, vehicle miles per square mile can be expected to increase 80 percent. 