10 Traffic Myths Debunked
One of our GIS analysts opened an umbrella in my office the other day. I jokingly reminded him that he just brought bad luck on himself. He told me that's an old wive's tale and that he was going to bring a ladder into my office to walk under. It turns out that there are many, many old wive's tales, also known as myths, in the transportation world.
Citylab put together a post on 10 Tired Traffic Myths that you can read here.
It includes:
- More roads mean less traffic
- More transit means less traffic
- Bike lanes make traffic worse
- A wider road is a safer road
- The next lane over is moving faster
- There's no downside to cheap gas
- Drivers pay the full cost of road maintenance
- And more!
Read the article to find out why these are myths.
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
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