Headline from 2004: "Seattle Praised for Traffic Efficiency"

I just found this article from NPR from 2004. Seattle was praised as having one of the most efficient programs to ease traffic flow.

Seems that it's gotten much worse since then. Roads are kind of like harddrives: the more space you get, the more you fill them up. Now we need to figure out how to ease traffic on the roads we have by better driving techniques. If everyone chips in, it will ultimately save taxpayers (all of us) loads of money.