I find this article to be annoying.  Manufacturing leaders often draw upon thought tools such as fishbone diagrams, the five “why’s” or other root cause analysis exercises to really understand problems.  This article stops at the first or second apparent answer…expanding roads increases congestion because additional drivers use the new resource.  A thoughtful person would then ask the question…why?   The answer might include: population growth, easing surface street transportation demand, new commuters now able to access valuable jobs due to new transportation capacity, and so on.  Why can’t journalists dig a little deeper and provide the real root cause?  Why can’t we measure the number of people impacted and the economic implications?  Government isn’t going to provide this level of analysis.  We need journalists and NGO’s to collaborate and help us understand why.Commenters, calling people lazy for driving cars is ignorant.  While I appreciate the desire to get the general public to embrace mass transit and self powered locomotion, not everyone has the opportunity to embrace this paradigm. Age, injury, a difference in values, weather, trying to thrive in a society built on cars, or simply being at different station in life prohibits some of the alternative solutions (try taking a sick toddler to the doctor on a bus with a newborn during a winter storm).  Let’s get deeper into the facts and work together to solve the underlying problem. Seek solutions, don’t sow division.

I find this article to be annoying.  Manufacturing leaders often draw upon thought tools such as fishbone diagrams, the five “why’s” or other root cause analysis exercises to really understand problems.  This article stops at the first or second apparent answer…expanding roads increases congestion because additional drivers use the new resource.  A thoughtful person would then ask the question…why?   The answer might include: population growth, easing surface street transportation demand, new commuters now able to access valuable jobs due to new transportation capacity, and so on.  Why can’t journalists dig a little deeper and provide the real root cause?  Why can’t we measure the number of people impacted and the economic implications?  Government isn’t going to provide this level of analysis.  We need journalists and NGO’s to collaborate and help us understand why.Commenters, calling people lazy for driving cars is ignorant.  While I appreciate the desire to get the general public to embrace mass transit and self powered locomotion, not everyone has the opportunity to embrace this paradigm. Age, injury, a difference in values, weather, trying to thrive in a society built on cars, or simply being at different station in life prohibits some of the alternative solutions (try taking a sick toddler to the doctor on a bus with a newborn during a winter storm).  Let’s get deeper into the facts and work together to solve the underlying problem. Seek solutions, don’t sow division.

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