Salmo G. Interesting post but flawed.

You stated " increasing gridlock is the cure to gridlock, as it becomes an incentive to get out of the car and take an alternative"

Where has this logic been proven? It hasn't, because it isn't true anywhere. Public transportation does not reduce gridlock. Never has, never will. Gridllock is necessary to force people to use public transportation, but this doesn't reduce gridlock.


The only thing that reduces gridlock is more roads. Granted this solution may be temporary but it is the only solution.

You are right that the only way people will use public transportation is when all other means of transportation are completely jammed. My eight years living in Japan proved that to me. Japan has wonderful public transportation(best in the world), but people there still prefer to drive cars whenever possible and the roads are jammed beyond belief. It often took me and my coworkers over one hour to travel three miles to the office and yet they preferred driving so they didn't have to sit in a bus with people they didn't know.

This goes back to the underlying truth.... People are willing to pay more for public transportation so OTHER PEOPLE can use it. Just like taxes where OTHER PEOPLE should pay more!

My question to you is; When was the last time you rode on a bus or train? If it were available, do you honestly think you would use it? Or would you like OTHER PEOPLE to use it? Who are these OTHER PEOPLE?

I will vote for a gas-tax increase when the money goes towards roads, not mass money waste or carpool lanes for OTHER PEOPLE to use.