Focus on commute to solve problems

From the title of Dave Aldrich’s article, “Building roads won’t help traffic congestion” (Forum, June 15), one would expect an argument centering on the failure of road building to resolve transportation problems. Instead, Aldrich shares his personal opinions on urban sprawl and over-consumption, as if these issues share space with the debate surrounding what to do about traffic congestion. Not only are these separate issues, but they cloud the debate and prevent thoughtful and reasonable solutions to our traffic woes.

We don’t need “out-of-the-box thinking” that seeks to restructure how we live and behave. To find a reasonable resolution to traffic congestion we should focus on who we are as commuters and what choices we generally make, seeking solutions along these avenues.

Monroe