Anyone who drives to and from work knows that traffic congestion is getting worse every day. What can be done about it? That’s the question Marta Cyperling asks on The Walrus magazine’s website. In “Traffic Wars: R.E.M. knew it all too well” (accompanied by a great R.E.M. video) Ms. Cyperling looks at some cities that have come up with innovative ideas to “stop the pain” and asks readers to weigh in with their suggestions.
Do we need a national transit strategy? Or should we leave it up to the cities? Next time you’re stuck in traffic, give it some thought. It may help pass the time!
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Brishen Hoff
Do you really want to relieve congestion on Canadian highways or just be politically correct and avoid the overpopulation taboo?
For starters, you'd have to stop population growth, right?
Mass immigration is responsible for 2/3 of Canada's population growth.
Net reproduction is the other 1/3 of Canada's population growth.
So here's a solution:
1)Stop immigration
2)Stop baby bonuses
This would have the side benefit of giving Canada a chance in hell of reaching its Kyoto targets.
Tim Murray
The solution is simple. Remember the 1989 movie classic "Honey, I shrank the kids"? Well give the logic of the David Suzuki Foundation and the mainstream environmental movement, which is to never question immigration, we must assume that we will keep importing people here ad infinitum. And even with your oxymoronic "smart growth" palliatives, sooner or later, there just won't be enough space for all the hundreds of millions you want in this country. Even if we all rode bicycles and became vegetarians. The answer then is to shrink us down the size of say, six inches, so we can keep on growing. After all, we can't challenge growth, can we? That would be "racist".
Lora
Now I can say:
Commuting and Consuming Kill
Wow. That was amazing.
Thank you.
R.E.M.!
Lora