Being someone who is familiar the Connecticut segments of the highways mentioned it seems much like a false comparision. I-95 in that segment is the major arter

Being someone who is familiar the Connecticut segments of the highways mentioned it seems much like a false comparision. I-95 in that segment is the major artery from the US west of New Jersey and New York to Boston and most of the northeast, and I-84 is much the same (except it goes through Hartford and is consistently a disaster). Most of the segments of I-95 and I-84 they will want to improve already are 2-lanes and are frequently stopped due to accidents. While I agree with the article's claim that the increase in economic activity in those areas is dubious it's something that is needed. If anything it's going to increase tourism traffic to points north as well as Connecticut as there is already plenty of traffic from NYC/NJ through to other coastal areas (RI, Cape Cod). Also this includes traffic from points north to the Connecticut casinos that are in the heart of the state which is another major inflow. I just don't understand if the roads CalTrans are describing and the author is trying to demonstrate are really equivalent, where 'thru' traffic is just as vital as in-state to in-state traffic.