Originally Posted by
LanghamP
The relentless pursuit of wider, faster roads, in bigger higher vehicles, driven by people 100% on their phones, has of course resulted in higher pedestrian deaths. Every single road improvement I've seen is for widening the road, or for putting some overpass, so cars go faster to their destination, with the predictable resulting loss of life at intersections.
To be fair, building more roads typically results in more traffic jams and slower average traffic (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox ). It is just a waste of tax payer money, and a detriment to cities and our environment. But hey, car and oil companies have better lobbyists that the average road user. That is just the way politics works.