The major question being...

Where are the damn flying cars?!

Ah, right... terrorism potentialities.

I thought this:

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Originally posted by DJ Shibby However, traffic is a constant, and can never be eliminated while we're still on the ground. The more layers you build to allow breathing room, the more that breathing room will be utilized... and the population is only getting larger.

was invalid in terms of traffic (though I certainly see the logic being true in say network bandwidth), but now it's been presented in terms that I can see by emc^2

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Originally posted by emc^2 However, the flipside of that coin - the less traffic there is, the more incentive there is for people to drive to work, instead of taking public transportation. So, in a long run, I think it would just even out. The people who parked their cars and took a train to work, would now drive because there's less traffic. So, traffic and work start time serve as an incentive for people to commute, rather than drive.

I will meditate on this

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I think emc's argument defeats it.

Can it be salvaged. I don't think without some significant initiative to counteract it (i.e. free rush hour transit). Oh well.

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Originally posted by Subey I think emc's argument defeats it. Can it be salvaged. I don't think without some significant initiative to counteract it (i.e. free rush hour transit). Oh well.

or charge like London does... and like Bloomberg is planning to in Manhattan:

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/...imit_fare_hikes

It's already about $45/day to park in manhattan - I thought that was enough incentive not to drive in. Well, if that plan were to be implemented, I can see it now - thousands (if not tens of thousands) of people jump on a public transportation because of traffic tax... This should be fun. I recall number of peak time trips on new york MTA system - not very pleasant by any means, esp. in hot summer. Now, increase your ridership by several thousand more riders per day and you have a formula for disaster. I don't think the MTA could deal with it efficiently. There'd be murders, no exaguration.

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