For an interesting discussion of why transit WILL NOT SOLVE CONGESTION, see:

www.examiner.com/printa-498090~Wendell_Cox:_Mass_transit_does_not_reduce_congestion.html

For another view of why MAX DOES NOT reduce congestion, here is a well supported claim that MAX only carries a tiny fraction of the number of people that a single lane of road carries (the key secret is that most MAX riders came from the bus, not cars):

www.debunkingportland.com/Transit/RailAttractsDrivers.htm

Thanks
JK