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One 'cheap' way of increasing motor traffic 'capacity' on existing motorways that they came up with was to turn hard shoulders into additional traffic lanes. Here's what happened:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/26/uks-smart-motorways-to-be-reviewed-after-increase-in-near-misses
Nothing is going to improve until we realise we have to reduce motor traffic capacity.