FOR METRO'S PLAN Approve transit solutions; reject highway myths The steamboat, the locomotive, the automobile, the Wright brothers' first powered airplane -- all were ridiculed in their day before they proved to be engines of progress that increased the quality and bounds of human life. Voters should view the Metropolitan Transit Authority's transit proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot in the same light. The plan, dubbed Metro Solutions, proposes to expand local and express bus routes and Park & Ride facilities. It would increase the frequency and hours of bus operations and expand the fledgling light-rail line that will open...