Billions of dollars of building later, traffic is only worse. Now the pols and planners are coming to us with more of the same. You give us more taxes and we'll build more roads to solve your problems.
Problem is, studies show exactly the opposite happens.
The more roads you build, the more people drive. We never catch up with the growth. It is beginning to approach at least some limits. When the Taxpayers and the Sierra Club align on something, maybe a sea change is at hand. The San Diego County Taxpayers Association has signaled that it's time to rethink historical approaches to regional transportation and land use planning.