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Downs-Thomson paradox: a standalone construct

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Transport economics

the claim that road speeds in a city tend toward the speed of public transport, so adding road capacity can leave everyone no better off.

In transport economics, Downs-Thomson paradox refers to the claim that road speeds in a city tend toward the speed of public transport, so adding road capacity can leave everyone no better off. This meaning comes from Mogridge (1997) in Transport Policy.[1]

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Mogridge, M. J. (1997). The self-defeating nature of urban road capacity policy. Transport Policy, 4(1), 5-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0967-070x(96)00030-3

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