> So I would bet the same is true of public transit. It is very true but the point of adding capacity (to any form of transit) isn't to reduce congestion at pe

> So I would bet the same is true of public transit. It is very true but the point of adding capacity (to any form of transit) isn't to reduce congestion at peak hours (that congestion is bounded by what people will tolerate) it's to allow more trips to happen with equivalent congestion thereby increasing the total number of trips and/or decreasing the duration of the congestion.