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Sounds like total nonsense.

More capacity ⇛ more traffic.

Not hearing that that is part of the thought process here.

Spot on. The constant in the equation isn't the number of cars on the road, but the tolerance people have for time spent in traffic.

Hey that's a good way to put it!

Thing is, there is a sense of entitlement which is just not realistic with billions of peoples.

(And down-voting doesn't change that ...)