Reality:  In the early 1980s, Houston's freeways were frequently congested, but after a concerned effort by government, private and public entities, Houston has become the only major American City to actually improve its mobility. Hundreds of miles of freeways and toll ways have been built in Houston in the past 10 years. The Sam Houston Toll way and the Hardy Toll way, completed in the 1990s have significantly contributed to Houston's improved mobility. Houstonians average close to 300,000 passenger trips per weekday on METRO buses, some 83 million per year. the METRO fleet has been ranked in the top five in size nationally, verses 20th in 1984.