Expanding the freeways are needed. However, that's not to say that other methods aren't needed too.

Keep in mind that on I-75 that the 4th lane will be an HOV lane during rush hour. This will promote folks to get cars off the road.

Those saying that induced demand is going to eliminate all congestion relief are not being genuine. There most certainly will be induced demand, there will also be some reduction due to the HOV lane. However, adding a lane is going to reduce congestion, for now.

The bottom line is, it's going to move people faster to where they're going. It's going to buy us some time to start working on real regional transit. While I'm not hopeful we will ever really get it done, I do think attitudes are starting to change. Hopefully they change fast enough.