How high could oil prices go – and what might the global economic fallout be? Crude prices could surpass their 2008 record, with potentially dire effects for consumers and businesses

This is a great time to paint in 24/7 bus lanes, and 'curb plunk' protected bike and roll lanes. #TrafficEvaporation evaporates the need to burn gasoline and diesel #oil. Fast. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Fascinating read showing how #motonormativity constrains thinking on #HammersmithBridge

Of interest to @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social #TrafficEvaporation #ModeShift

Limiting road access for private cars means you reverse #InducedDemand. It's why the more lanes you add, the more traffic you get

When you remove lanes you get the opposite: #TrafficEvaporation. Happens every time redundant roads like this are removed, or bus lanes added

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Cities Vs. Climate Change: Global Exhibition In Paris Inspires Action From Paris to Belém: 10 Years of Global Climate Action—celebrates a decade of bold urban responses to climate change since the 2015 Paris Agreement.

“Our primary goal must be fewer and smaller cars that are driven less,” said @brenttoderian.bsky.social, and electrifying the global fleet, while welcome, isn’t a panacea." www.forbes.com/sites/carlto... #climatesky #trafficevaporation

Person sitting with baby in foreground. Shrubs, person on bicycle, people at outdoor tables and on a bench in background.

This what an important part of what climate action looks like. . . Deciding that more urban space should be for people who are sitting, but not in cars. You don't have to call it #trafficevaporation - #placemaking is much the same thing. (My photo, Barcelona Dec 2024)

I think this is almost, but not quite, right. When you make a city better for other ways of getting around (e.g. Paris, Barcelona, Seoul) it seem to make things better for the smaller number of people driving. #trafficevaporation is powerful!

I'm thinking of this in context of the provincial climate target of 25% less traffic by 2020 (a stretch goal, but 10 or 15% is easy) - #TrafficEvaporation. Seoul removed 16 elevated freeways and replaced with bus lanes. Paris has cut traffic in half. And all that wasted land!

Black and white photo showing large statue with about 10 traffic lanes on each side.

Broad plaza with trees and many people walking in front of same statue.

So much great road space reallocation in #Seoul. Before and after photos of Admiral Yi Sun-sin's statue surrounded by cars vs new plaza. #Placemaking #TrafficEvaporation

Three buses, two in bus only lanes on a big wide road at night. Only a few cars visible.

I'm still amazed by the #Seoul bus rapid transit ( #BRT ) network. It has some flaws, but so impressive overall. I'm still trying to find a major traffic jam... nothing much so far. #trafficevaporation

PS. I'm in Seoul today, which has an amazing network of BRT lines that complement the metro system.

Seoul has removed many elevated freeways, and traffic flows better as a result of prioritizing public transit. #trafficevaporation

‘Everyone thought it would cause gridlock’: the highway that Seoul turned into a stream Cheonggyecheon stream in the South Korean capital has become an attraction – and helps with flood management, fighting air pollution and cooling the city

I'm going to visit the city that has removed 17 elevated highways. 17!!!

“Initially, everyone thought it would cause gridlock,” said Park Byung-chul, a local resident. “But people adapted. Now we can’t imagine the highway ever being here.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... #trafficevaporation

Busy wide sidewalk.

Wide, almost empty, road with protected bike and roll lanes on both sides.

Champs-Élysées sidewalks are busy today. But where are the cars? Have they all evaporated?#Paris #Trafficevaporation

The NY congestion relief charge is in place. This is good. Also, Paris is doing even better without a similar pricing mechanism, by reallocating road space to trigger #trafficevaporation. ecoplanning.ca/wp-content/u... #NewYork

LETTER: Saanich should move quickly to allocate more lanes for buses People choose to ride public transit instead of driving when transit gets priority

At the end of 2024, there are still people who don't accept "that reallocating road space to bus lanes results in #trafficevaporation"

There are also people who don't accept that you can easily carry toilet paper on a bicycle.

But not very many. www.saanichnews.com/opinion/lett... #yyj

If you want to dig further into this issue, I wrote this peer reviewed article about #trafficevaporation ecoplanning.ca/wp-content/u...

Traffic Evaporation: What Really Happens When Road Space is Reallocated from Cars? Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul, where an elevated expressway was demolished to make way for a massive public recreation space. Photo by Aleksandr Zykov Road development throughout the 20th century was...

Folks in #yyj / #Saanich are not at all unique. Many "decision- and opinion-makers are still under the impression that reducing car lanes will make traffic worse." However evidence re #trafficevaporation is overwhelming. @dhidalgo65.bsky.social thecityfix.com/blog/traffic...

Great letter re #trafficevaporation and infrastructure priorities in the TC today. We should be investing in public transit not making traffic worse and increasing GHG pollution with highway expansion boondoggles. #yyj #yyjpoli www.timescolonist.com/opinion/lett...

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

Highway expansion makes traffic worse and increases greenhouse gas pollution. And reallocating road space to create bus lanes can speed up car traffic. #InducedTraffic #TrafficEvaporation

Image of part of letter to editor on newspaper website: Traffic evaporation will really happen This space has been flooded with letters claiming that installing a bus lane on McKenzie Avenue by removing a “car lane” would “obviously” lead to more traffic congestion and that those who claim that “traffic evaporation” is indeed a thing live in a world of “rainbows and unicorns”. In science, the obvious answer is often the wrong answer. If we were to believe our eyes, the sun revolves around the Earth; the Earth is, of course, flat, and a ball of lead accelerates towards the ground “faster” than a feather. And yet, we know that none of these examples are true. The same applies to traffic. We have known for many decades that increasing the number of “car lanes” simply attracts more traffic and that, on the other hand, removing them does indeed lead to a phenomenon known in the specialized literature as “traffic evaporation.” (Full text of letter in link in post)

Two great letters in Victoria's daily paper today re #TrafficEvaporation when car lanes are reallocated to bus lanes. (2nd and 3rd letters) www.timescolonist.com/opinion/lett... #yyj #transitsky

Letters Nov. 12: Bus lanes versus car lanes; light rail; Greens need Furstenau

My letter to the editor re bus lanes on McKenzie triggering #trafficevaporation is in the #yyj paper today, along with one right below from a traffic evaporation denier. Will post peer reviewed article in 🧵 www.timescolonist.com/opinion/lett... #transit #climatesky #saanich

I wrote this with the #IPCC AR7 working group 3 report in mind, since there was so little new work on #trafficevaporation to cite. ecoplanning.ca/wp-content/u... #climatesky

Hi! I'm a transportation planner, and focus on stuff that makes peoples' lives better & reduces GHG pollution. For example, I'm working on allowing wheelchairs and mobility scooters on bike & roll routes. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9kn.... Also #trafficevaporation. I live in #yyj

If anyone wants to know more about #trafficevaporation, I wrote this peer reviewed article. ecoplanning.ca/wp-content/u...

Most cities and regions didn't lock in GHG reductions in transport sector by painting in bus lanes, and creating bike and roll lanes and pedestrian areas. Opportunities for easy #trafficevaporation squandered. Highway expansion continues. Predictable, and predicted, results. #inducedtraffic

This used to be a stinky, noisy, congested highway through the heart of #Paris. So much nicer now, and there is far less traffic. #TrafficEvaporation

Verkehrsberuhigungsmaßnahmen sorgen für Entlastung statt Verkehrskollaps Maßnahmen der Verkehrsberuhigung führen oft zu erheblichen Diskussionen. Eine Difu-Analyse diverser Studien aus dem In- und Ausland entkräftet die These des nur verlagerten Verkehrskollapses. Im Gegen...

#Verkehrsberuhigung verringert das #Verkehrsaufkommen in der Umgebung, das ergibt eine Studie des Instituts für Urbanistik (difu) aus 2023. Verkehr “verpufft” - #TrafficEvaporation.
Die FDP lügt folglich - sie behauptet aktuell das Gegenteil.
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Local governments are the most responsive level of government, and they control some very important turf - road space. A few advocates can make a big difference in a small or medium size city, by shifting how road space is used. Peer reviewed ecoplanning.ca/wp-content/u... #TrafficEvaporation

Times Colonist newspaper letter to editor Let’s design roads to reduce greenhouse gases As someone who has lived my 60-plus years here in Victoria, I am scratching my head about the strange anomaly that exists in Victoria. Many groups preach about the climate emergency and the need to have more cycling infrastructure. But there are some of us who still need a car or truck for a variety of reasons. Yet the new designs for roads, especially in Victoria, makes no sense. There are several bike lanes that prevent a car from turning right via a stop light because of a bike — yet there are no bikes in sight. So, I sit in my car and spew more greenhouse gases. Does that make any sense? Likewise, roads are now closed off to vehicle traffic so that my journey from A to B takes a very convoluted route. How does this help the climate emergency? Could there not be some thought to make things inclusive for everyone, not just cyclists? Jeff Barnett Victoria www.timescolonist.com

TC letter writer today is having a hard time understanding #TrafficEvaporation, which is fundamental part of climate action science in transport. Govt & media should put more effort into climate science literacy. My peer reviewed explanation: ecoplanning.ca/wp-content/u... #yyj

In Metro Boston, pop-up dedicated bus lanes have led to permanent bus lanes & dramatic #TrafficEvaporation. Why not do same in #yyj, starting with McKenzie to #UVic? 1hr
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Rishi Sunak’s report finds low-traffic neighbourhoods work and are popular Exclusive: Downing Street initially buried study, which Tories had hoped would strengthen arguments against traffic-reducing measures

Studie im UK zu #verkehrsberuhigten Quartieren:
„Die verfügbaren Beweise aus dem UK deuten darauf hin, dass sie effektiv dazu beitragen, das Verkehrsaufkommen in ihren Zonen zu reduzieren, während die nachteiligen Auswirkungen auf umliegende Straßen begrenzt zu sein scheinen.“ #TrafficEvaporation