A recent Planetizen blog claims that news media exaggerate the problems caused by induced vehicle travel. I disagree. A growing body of research indicates that most highway expansions are economically wasteful and contradict community goals.
Active modes (walking, bicycling and their variants) and micromodes (e-bikes and e-scooters) can provide large climate emission reductions and other important benefits, if we let them. Small modes are important but often undercounted and undervalued.