Nov 4, 2024 | Fairfax Now | Bill Pugh
“That the additional capacity of the HOT lanes would generate more traffic trying to travel to and from the lanes via connecting roads like Route 1, Telegraph and Van Dorn wouldn’t be surprising,” Bill Pugh, a senior policy fellow at the organization, said in a statement released by CSG after the committee meeting.
“Decades of academic studies show that bigger highways generate more traffic over time, a proven phenomenon called induced demand,” Pugh said. “Yet VDOT refuses to acknowledge the problems of endless highway widening.”