Seoul shut down a six-lane highway, turning it into a park
Motorists flipped out — they predicted it would create horrible traffic jams, if they suddenly had one less major route
Nope: traffic in the city overall *sped up*
This terrific piece in Scientific American explains why — via “Braess’s Paradox”: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/removing-roads-and-traffic-lights/
My blog post reflecting on it (item 5): https://clivethompson.medium.com/a-steampunk-mouse-marsquakes-and-ai-tells-me-im-an-asshole-d5d7d206fd8f
