When will the elected officials realize that that the majority of traffic stems from extremely poor planning and  civil architects who designed mass transit systems for the present populations at the time of drawing. They had no foresight for the expansion of the present day populations nor did they leave any room for expansion along major highways and bi-ways in the state. We the citizens need to impress upon our elected officials that no amount of dollars spent on clean air initiatives such as car pool lanes, bike lanes or immensely expensive electric green energy bus systems will be the fix for increasing traffic congestion. We choose to drive our cars for the freedom mass transit does not offer and simply because people have different schedules, routines and needs in our daily lives.