Point #1 won't be fixed by trying to interfere with smart growth, instead, Google will end up leasing more office space spread around MV and traffic will contin

Point #1 won't be fixed by trying to interfere with smart growth, instead, Google will end up leasing more office space spread around MV and traffic will continue to grow worse. Those companies are going to continue to hire more and more employees. Either the politicians actually work with them to come up with smart plans for growth to relief traffic pressure, or they can stick their heads in the sand hoping it'll go away. There have been proposals IIRC to improve freeway infrastructure around MV, but those were shot down by anti-growth members of the council. In fact, the council often votes to make traffic clogs worse: http://www.mv-voice.com/news/2013/06/19/cycle-track-to-replace-expressway-ramp- http://www.mv-voice.com/news/2013/06/19/cycle-track-to-repla...