Traffic Jam Pictures and Avoidance Advice

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Traffic Jam Pictures and Avoidance Advice

August 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Traffic jams really capture the essence of humanity’s absurd systems of living. Rather than cooperate to build infrastructure that may have a large up front cost but long term benefits, many cities continue to pursue the “have 10,000 engines running at once going 1 km/h model” of transportation planning. It’s such a simple problem to solve when one steps back to look at the problem but the association of the car with individual freedom and the industries that profit from this kind of inefficiency continue to propagate the problem.

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