[new2ford]

Congestion is a disincentive to driving but politicians here are reluctant to endorse such a method. Continuously increasing road capacity (trying to decongest) is a downward spiral into rats alley because as soon as you create more road space you induce demand for it and it becomes congested again. You can never win on that one. The only way out in cities is to increase public transport capacity to take the pressure off the roads.

The most effective road projects in urban areas are the ones that bypass centres (ring roads etc). They've pretty much been already built in Sydney but public transport is being overwhelmed by demand. Yet the money is going to urban motorways not public transport. Not very logical.

The road money is needed outside urban areas and ordinary roads generally, not motorways except where gaps remain to be filled.