Congestion was intentionally and artificially created when all roads were cut to 2/3rds capacity by creating massive bike lanes for bike riders who are reckless.

It was also artificially and intentionally created by adding a massive amount of uber/tlc vehicles. Just stand on any block and watch the cars go by. 90% are not private passenger vehicles.

Before bike lanes and uber there was almost no congestion except for limited rush hours.

There are actually fewer vehicles on the road today than ever but it's an optical illusion of more for the reasons listed above.

This is just more long term political trickery just like the hudson yards project.

Walk around in London where this has been instituted and all you see are 100k+ vehicles on the road.

That's the end game. Serfs and the Elite. Emotional naivety prevents people from understanding this.