Innovations in auto safety, connected vehicles, and driverless vehicles will transform the use of roads in the next few decades, likely allowing many more vehicles to travel in the existing road space. (Denver Post file)
Re: “Widening highways isn’t a cure-all, but it does help,” June 29 letter to the editor.
Contrary to the letter-writer’s assertion that the notion that widening roads increases their ridership is fuzzy thinking, this position is commonly referred to as the “iron law of congestion,” because it is so common in transportation literature. While it may be easy to say that “common sense” dictates that increasing the capacity of roads will reduce congestion, drivers will be lured in from different routes and from different modes of transportation, assuming the law holds true. This is not a new or unique idea, and it has been observed numerous times through observation — including in Colorado.
Harris Kalat, Englewood
This letter was published in the July 3 edition.
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