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There is no magic solution to reducing congestion and gridlock, but one thing is for sure: widening I-66 is not the answer. The Washington Metropolitan Area needs transportation alternatives including:

Transit Success Stories:

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More reasons why widening is NOT the answer:

"The long-term result of widening I-66 from four lanes to six would surely be swapping a four-lane traffic tie-up for a six-lane traffic tie-up."

- Chris Zimmerman, Arlington County Board

"Added lane mileage can induce significant additional travel."

- Robert Noland, U.S. EPA
Relationships between Highway Capacity and Induced Vehicle Travel

"When road capacity is expanded near congested routes the opposite happens -- drivers far and wide flock to the new facility hoping for reduced travel times, thereby increasing the total amount of traffic in the region."

- Surface Transportation Policy Project

"Widening roads to ease traffic congestion is ineffective and expensive at the same time. It's like trying to cure obesity by loosening your belt."

- Surface Transportation Policy Project

"Every 1% increase in new lane miles generates .9% increase in traffic in less than five years."

- University of California

"Less than eight years after the expansion was completed, the highway [I-270] is again reduced to what one official described to the Washington Post as a rolling parking lot."

- Neal R. Peirce Washington Post

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