The reason we encourage driving is because driving exhibits within it the highest form of freedom. One driver in his or her car can go anywhere at anytime, ride the highways, explore the heretofore unseen. Only three barriers to driving exist and they are the cost of gas, the cost of parking, and competing traffic.

When trains first crisscrossed the nation, rail travel was the highest form of freedom. When airports began to sprinkle the landscape, air travel was the highest form of freedom.

Imagine, in the age of the horse, the miracle of traveling coast to coast in a mere seven days. And then by steam ship to Europe. Imagine the freedom!

Imagine, before the interstate highway system, the miracle of flying coast to coast in mere hours. And then another flight to Europe. Imagine the freedom!

But were have the fifty years of driving gotten us? The need to expand highways yet again for a few year reprieve before they are crowded again. What's the point?