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		Ericson2314 on Dec 22, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Autonomous DeLorean drives sideways to move forwar... I would imagine introducing cars to a road itself causes a braess paradox.

aeternum on Dec 24, 2019 [–]

Introducing cars does cause more traffic.

However the interesting thing about braess paradox is that even if you keep the number of cars constant, introducing a new road can make travel times worse.

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