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The graphic designer has a misinformed idea about engineering.
This is true. City traffic planning was designed to maximize efficiency, not speed. This is no longer the case of many cities which now engineer congestion into design.
People assume traffic represents failure, but the road still holds capacity, even if flowing slowly. Government data collection on infrastructure utilization and traffic recovery is prohibited in my area by vocal minorities to obstruct studies countering their goal objectives.
Trains are fun!
I agree adding one lane won't "fix" traffic. Cities are organic and traffic balances out with infrastructure pressure and necessary.
On the other hand, many lanes around my area have converted to dynamically priced toll lanes; the resulting increase in congestion for remaining lanes drives up the cost of tolls. This has been very profitable for the government and flies in the face of this argument; if it were true, it wouldn't be so lucrative.
I mean... They still hold the same STATIC capacity, but when congested, their capacity to actually move people to their destination drops significantly, further aggravating congestion. But yes, the same number of people are still able to occupy the road at the same time. More, in fact.