It would appear that, at the very least, 1/5 of Radiohead has a good grasp on the relationship between building new roads and how they invariably fail at solving the congestion they were tasked with relieving. Singer Thom Yorke in the New York Times:
Signing a new major-label contract “would have killed us straight off,” he added. “Money makes you numb, as M.I.A. wrote. I mean, it’s tempting to have someone say to you, ‘You will never have to worry about money ever again,’ but no matter how much money someone gives you — what, you’re not going to spend it? You’re not going to find stupid ways to get rid of it? Of course you are. It’s like building roads and expecting there to be less traffic.”