text: During the first decade plus of this century, Portland added hundreds of thousands of people and jobs without seeing any increase in automobile traffic. The exception proves the rule here; more people does not necessarily mean more congestion. It really depends on several factors. Unfortunately, Eugene is failing on all of those factors.
  
  Our roadways are so uninviting to walk and cycle on that we have lost 37% of our cyclists back into cars over the past six years. I wonder if we will ever have any traffic law enforcement or sensible traffic diversions and signal cycles. Heck, I'd settle for not being harassed by the drunks who are living on the bike paths. 
  
  Our mass transit system is a near-complete failure. We have encouraged the placement of nearly all our destination shopping facilities to near-freeway locations and we never but never do anything to inhibit the driving of the suburbanites.
  
  We have tremendous potential, but our reality is no where near it.