no widening M1

The widening of the M1 motorway (already started) is a short sighted thing. Apart from the obvious contradiction to the government's green rhetoric, it has been shown that increasing motorway capacity is only a short-term solution because the traffic build up to fill the new space (will find some evidence for this) - and so in the end you have the same problem.

Imagine a reliable, clean, cheap, safe rail service: frequent trains that are on time, that have spaces for bikes and places for families (so that babies can be changed and fed - i know from personal experience how hard it is to take a small baby on a midland mainline train) - and imagine linked bus services. Imagine trams that cross cities (again that you can take bikes on). Imagine cycle lanes that you can follow everywhere! I don't see why this is impossoble. If the government is spending so many millions on widening the M1 : http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2073611,00.html
how can they not justify spending the same on environmentally friendly means of travel?