>Yes, but now the roads carry more people. You can't fix congestion, but you can make it so the roads can sustain the local population, even if they're travelin

>Yes, but now the roads carry more people. You can't fix congestion, but you can make it so the roads can sustain the local population, even if they're traveling at 20mph during rush hour. Yeah and then the city grows and you are back to square one, with insufficient road capacity to support everyone driving. Widening roads is a bandaid fix, treating the symptoms and not the cause. The real solution is to treat the root cause by making it easier for people to not drive.