The End of Traffic: How the Smartest People in the World Are Fixing Your Commute
By 2030, the number of cars on the road is expected to double. These innovators are developing strange and radical solutions.
Fixing Your Commute: The End of the Traffic Jam
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In the course of your life, you’ll spend an average of three months sitting in traffic. Lost productivity and wasted fuel cost the U.S. economy $160 billion a year. Traffic is responsible for adding 15,000 kilotons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
And here’s the good news: It’s only going to get worse. By 2030, the number of cars on the world’s roads is expected to have doubled. If we don’t do something about it, traffic, a byproduct of progress, will clog our cities and highways so badly that progress will grind to a halt.