Most of the article is behind a paywall so I couldn't read the whole thing. I hate the argument I often hear that "more lanes were added, time spent in traffic

Most of the article is behind a paywall so I couldn't read the whole thing. I hate the argument I often hear that "more lanes were added, time spent in traffic hasn't changed." As long as ridership is up, throughput increased while latency stayed the same. A public transit system takes decades of investment to see fruition. This really clicked for me when I was in London and saw a sign saying a transit stop was closed for the next 3 years. That has to be detrimental for the businesses, people renting, and real estate owners who were established there. A business lease averages 3-5 years. So you'd need zoning laws to change, real estate to be built, a business owner willing to commit to 3-5 years, and foot traffic and commerce. I can't imagine any infrastructure project that would improve traffic--only a recession.