...Democrats are fond of diverting transportation money into public transportation and HOV lanes instead of easing traffic congestion with more traffic lanes....
This is a foundational democrat and other liberal tactic. When the people are doing something Democrats don’t want them to do, then make doing that as difficult as possible.
Another example is restricting guns they don’t like and now making ammunition hard to buying California.
This is really no different than muslims, who overbreed and flood the locale with little muzzies. Eventually, the roaches take over and dominate politically, legally, and economically (if there is an economy left).