>I get that regularly too (OK, so it's only 2 lanes of traffic, not 6, but the width don't make much difference when there's over 2 miles of stationary vehicles in front). I sit in the car thinking of my first 10 years of working, all of the jobs were within 3 miles of my home & I walked every day - often beating people in cars when the traffic was bad.

Yes, and I'm afraid we're looking at it getting worse, not better. :-) The main problem, road wise, it seems is not the size of the exiasting major connectors but the number of major connectors. We need more large, limited access roads, but there is only so much space to work with.