Why wider roads mean more traffic: a lecture on city planning
A planning lecturer explains induced demand and the Seoul motorway removal; students take notes, then advise a city on its traffic plan.
C2Adults55 minLecture
About this lesson
A C2 listening lesson (lecture). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Lecture
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Town & city
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Listening (read aloud), Multiple choice, Gap-fill, Matching
- Key words
- congested, capacity, induced demand, commute, gridlock, to demolish, elevated, evaporation
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Take notes on an academic lecture, following its structure and key examples
- Understand cause and effect in an explanation of a counter-intuitive idea
- Propose and justify an urban transport solution