The classic "road trueism" is If you build them, they will fill.
Four lane highways with occassional gridlock when expanded become six lane highways with occassional gridlock.
The connection corollary that follows is roads | train lines built to connect A and B will often be followed by small townsites along the way and the spread of "off the grid" living at blocks T junctioning dirt road access from the new A <--> B route.