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by raynigon 1146 days ago
This could be, but usually public transport is more effective. Eg. A Bus can transport 4-8 more people, than a car for the same space used on the streets. This rate is even more increased with trains or trams. Therefore people need to demand 4-8 times more public transport than with cars to equalize the effects.

This holds true as long as the population is constant, becaus a single human can not spend an indefintly amount of time in public transport.

If the population can increase eg. Housing Markets in cities, this wont work. If you could double or quadruple the amount of available houses instantly the demand would also go up after some time…