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DESCRIPTION:<p>Around the world, governments routinely spend billions on highway widenings and flyovers, only to watch congestion quickly rebound to previous levels. As Lewis Mumford famously observed, “Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.” In the Netherlands, by contrast, it is widely understood that congestion can be significantly reduced by shifting a relatively small share of trips from cars to other modes. This insight underpins sustained investment in regional cycling highways and high-capacity bicycle parking at train stations—investments that allow authorities to delay, downsize, or even avoid road expansions costing billions of euros. The outcome is counterintuitive but telling: a country that consistently ranks among the most satisfying places in the world to drive, while maintaining some of the lowest levels of traffic congestion.</p>
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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en_us:Safer Streets, Smoother Traffic: Linking Cycling Investment to Congestion Reduction
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