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If this were absolutely true, the wide highways would be completely packed at 2am


Every time you decide to delay a trip during rush-hour, because of rush-hour - that is an example of what you are describing.

As an example, in Bellevue, Washington - the evening rush hour starts (and is really bad) at 3pm - there are that many people leaving work progressively earlier that there is still a rush hour of people leaving work early to avoid the big rush-hour.


Induced demand does not turn people nocturnal


Neither does it magically summon infinite traffic under all conditions




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