Riding my bike through downtown Seattle last week, I counted ten minutes of green lights where cars sat bumper-to-bumper while I zipped past them on the protected lane. That experience makes me think we should stop investing in wider roads and instead pour that money into more bike lanes and bus-only corridors. Congestion pricing in London cut traffic by 30% within a year, and cities like Copenhagen show that cycling infrastructure pays for itself in health and safety benefits. Critics argue that car dependency is too entrenched in American suburbs, but isn't that exactly why we need to shift priorities now rather than later?