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kleinbl00  ·  3962 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Imagine: A World Where Nobody Owns Their Own Car

That's because it's independent of lane width. Check again. The actual metric depends on follow distance and stability of flow - automation, tying this all back to the fork that it all split off of, would decrease follow distance and increase stability of flow (effectively nuking the scale).

The money quote is right here:

    Traffic congestion is a condition on road networks that occurs as use increases

Automation would increase the use of road networks. That's the point.