I grew up in Caracas, where traffic was just as bad. It would take me ~1 hour to get to school in the morning, and 2-3 hours to get back home during rush hour. My school was only 6 miles away. Caracas is a terrible city to bike in (very hilly and unsafe).
Traffic was so slow that people would walk the highways selling stuff to bored drivers. What would they sell? Apart from snacks, you could fancy yourself a beer or a copy of the lastest leaked celebrity sex tape...
In Bogota, to control traffic, the government only allowed you to use your car on certain days/hours depending on your license plate. Otherwise you'd be fined. Very constraining IMO, but it seemed to work to some extent.
I grew up in Caracas, where traffic was just as bad. It would take me ~1 hour to get to school in the morning, and 2-3 hours to get back home during rush hour. My school was only 6 miles away. Caracas is a terrible city to bike in (very hilly and unsafe).
Traffic was so slow that people would walk the highways selling stuff to bored drivers. What would they sell? Apart from snacks, you could fancy yourself a beer or a copy of the lastest leaked celebrity sex tape...
In Bogota, to control traffic, the government only allowed you to use your car on certain days/hours depending on your license plate. Otherwise you'd be fined. Very constraining IMO, but it seemed to work to some extent.