I will never understand the planning and construction of freeways here in Phoenix.
Every single new freeway starts off with three lanes in each direction. Immediately after it’s opened the freeway is clogged every rush hour with thousands of cars going down the blacktop. Inevitably, the state decides that the freeway is congested (duh!) and that it needs to be widened. They then spend years widening the freeway to four lanes plus an HOV lane in each direction.
Come on, people! Get your heads out of wherever you stick them and build the freeways with five lanes to begin with. We’re the fastest growing place on the continent. If you build it, they will drive on it.