[sebstefan]

It misses the core point of the people spouting "induced demand", which is that if you were to satisfy the demand for cars, there won't be a city to drive to or to park in at the end

They just take too much space

"More and better infrastructure lets us spread out and enjoy more space" only works to the point where you can still get to the centers of activity in your city within a reasonable time, and past a certain point you either have to bulldoze the center to make space for the vehicles of the suburbanites, or densify

It is insane to me that they decided to write an entire blog post about something like that if they didn't even address this

So honestly I agree, it's a trashy piece

[pixl97]

Not only too much space, but an insanely huge amount of money that is spent by future generations via debt. If you happen to lose the popularity contest as a city/state you now have a trillion dollars of crumbling infrastructure demanding ever higher taxation on those that remain.