I've lived in a car-dependent suburb for years, and every trip to work means sitting in traffic for at least 40 minutes. We keep hearing that building more lanes will solve congestion, but my city added two lanes to the main highway and it's just as jammed as before. Induced demand is real—new roads fill up with new drivers. Should we keep spending billions on highway expansions, or finally shift that money to real alternatives like bus rapid transit and bike lanes? Our current approach seems to guarantee we'll be stuck in the same gridlock forever.