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Why is an article about traffic leading to debate about population control?
You know a lot of the traffic especially on freeways include working population. If population is reduced it would stand to reason the traffic problems wouldn't until you reduce the number of drivers right?
I'm sure everyone knows this but the roads and freeways in many of the bad traffic cities were originally designed for a certain amount of traffic but over time their answer to more traffic is more lanes. Freeways do not scale very well. It just makes yet another lane people have to cross to get where they are going.
Another thing that would help traffic is better driver training. I remember the hilarity that is the Ohio driving test... it was a short maneuver test and about a quarter mile of on the road. Bink you pass. I'm not entirely sure what all we should add but I'm thinking there should be a little more to it than that?
IMO some better driver training along with more efficient roads, freeways, signals and signs will improve traffic conditions....not population control.
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