Local Traffic Clogs Md., Va. Interstates Far From D.C.

Funny how they (WaPo) refuse — just refuse — to mention dedicated mass transit lanes as the one method that can be used to reduce the number of people affected by the traffic jams. This wouldn’t have anything to do with all of the money that developers give them, would it?

Transportation experts said no amount of road construction will fix the problem. [emphasis added by me] “It’s a fairly common phenomenon in rapidly suburbanizing areas,” said Hani S. Mahmassani, director of the Maryland Transportation Initiative at the University of Maryland. He said the only real solution is that the “areas really need to try to control growth.”

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