Did I read this correctly? They might add four lanes for traffic entering the Holland Tunnel? Then what happens? Does the tunnel miraculously expand to accommodate the traffic? The congestion caused the narrowing lanes squeezing into the tunnel is one of the worst I have experienced in getting from NJ to NY. This proposal will just dump more cars competing for the final squeeze. Having lived in NJ long enough to endure this torture innumerable times, I now have switched from bad to worse. I live in Southern California and have experienced many freeway widenings. Ultimately, they are like the Holland Tunnel. Sooner or later, the freeway narrows, and there you are, backed up, trying to squeeze in. SoCal drivers have also learned from their NY brethren. What used to be a more courteous driving culture has morphed into a Darwinian survival of the fittest. Nobody lets anybody in a lane, while the same drivers try to cut into other lanes.Finally, as the article states, by some magic or principle of physics or whatever, the widened freeway eventually fills up and is eventually more congested than before.As a native NYer, I like the idea of mass transit. They’ve made fits and starts here. LA has a limited subway, and there are commuter trains, but the rush hour still comes earlier and earlier. Better get on the road by 2:30 if you want dinner at home.

Did I read this correctly? They might add four lanes for traffic entering the Holland Tunnel? Then what happens? Does the tunnel miraculously expand to accommodate the traffic? The congestion caused the narrowing lanes squeezing into the tunnel is one of the worst I have experienced in getting from NJ to NY. This proposal will just dump more cars competing for the final squeeze. Having lived in NJ long enough to endure this torture innumerable times, I now have switched from bad to worse. I live in Southern California and have experienced many freeway widenings. Ultimately, they are like the Holland Tunnel. Sooner or later, the freeway narrows, and there you are, backed up, trying to squeeze in. SoCal drivers have also learned from their NY brethren. What used to be a more courteous driving culture has morphed into a Darwinian survival of the fittest. Nobody lets anybody in a lane, while the same drivers try to cut into other lanes.Finally, as the article states, by some magic or principle of physics or whatever, the widened freeway eventually fills up and is eventually more congested than before.As a native NYer, I like the idea of mass transit. They’ve made fits and starts here. LA has a limited subway, and there are commuter trains, but the rush hour still comes earlier and earlier. Better get on the road by 2:30 if you want dinner at home.

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