THE TRENCHANT OBSERVATION OF THE SEASON.

"Models are error-prone at best and fundamentally flawed at worst."  That's Aaron Gordon, transportation analyst, displeased with the state of the art in transportation demand modelling, one of the required steps in getting matching funds to build useless roads. In addition, he notes, "Either way, nearly everyone agreed the biggest question is not whether the models can yield better results, but why we rely on them so much in the first place," and "In other words, the model shuts people up. It may not be honest, but in the world of transportation politics, there’s nothing more valuable than that."

The extension is straightforward.