Identifying Flaw in Traffic Report Reasoning

Medium Flaw In The Reasoning Identify Logical Flaw

A recent report on urban traffic congestion highlights that cities with wider roads experience less traffic delay compared to cities with narrow roads. Based on this observation, the report concludes that increasing the width of roads in congested cities will lead to reduced traffic jams.

The report assumes that the only factor affecting traffic delay is road width.

Narrow roads in cities are more likely to be less used than wider roads.

Wider roads are always more expensive to maintain than narrow roads.

Traffic congestion is solely caused by the number of vehicles on the road.

Cities with wider roads do not have any other traffic management strategies in place.

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