General Road and Highway Discussion

[danbrotherston]

Ok, I agree with all of that (and I think a lot of it is in the works too).

I just see the "induced demand" comments and don't know if people are complaining about the inevitable downside of something that should still be done, or if they are complaining that they don't think the thing should be done at all.

"Should still be done".   I imagine not everyone would agree with you on that.  To play devils advocate, there are a lot of other things that could be done instead, better local and regional transit being the most obvious one, and other forms of demand management.  

Yes, we cannot tomorrow turn off the sprawl that has created this problem, but to suggest the only way to respond is by widening highways is the very thinking that got us here in the first place.