There is a big difference between picking someone to be your boss and decide what needs to be done, and picking someone to work for you and try to implement wha

There is a big difference between picking someone to be your boss and decide what needs to be done, and picking someone to work for you and try to implement what you think needs to be done. You are not going to read the idea on the ballot, you read them on internet, or propose them on a site similar to change.org, and then you have lots of opportunity to give feedback during the implementation. There will not be an option to vote for "more public transit options" Without the limitations of current voting system, there will not be useless votes like "more public transit options". Instead of that when you are stuck in traffic jam you'll create a proposal for a specific line, other people stuck in the same jam would support it, then your city will hold a competition with different companies proposing different solutions, then will be a vote to pick one of them.