Generally from my observations it just seems that when you have traffic congestion its best to just fix it anywhere its happening, because after any thoughts to

Generally from my observations it just seems that when you have traffic congestion its best to just fix it anywhere its happening, because after any thoughts to environmentalism, when you run out of infrastructure capacity your growth is crippled. A city with good public and private transit will see continuous growth. A city that does not invest in it, maintain it, or fix it will suffocate itself. Thats not to say you should write blank checks or do impossible feats of engineering, but if you want to live somewhere that has a bright future rather than one that remains stagnant, you don't want to see your transit systems fall behind.