Problems I face WRT Traffic / Commutes / Related factors:
* Drivers who can't just drive at at _least_ the speed limit. Flow is mentioned several times in the article, but flow is also a major part of traffic issues I face daily. Every time drivers refuse to merge right to allow others to pass (state law here). Every time drivers slow down instead of speeding up because they're unsure. Every time there's traffic enforcement for revenue rather than enforcing the laws that would promote a smooth and steady commute. That causes the rate of flow to decrease. It lets other slower drivers merge into the gaps opened in front (which pushes the stack of cars further back and further slows the flow, compared to just going down the road). The only way to clear a log jam in a river is to get the logs out, down the river in the case of traffic. After the block clears up traffic should go slightly _faster_ to pull the flow forward, removing the pressure and restoring safety and expediency for drivers behind.
* Freeways built to hub and spoke main city designs, when I need to cross around major geographic features (lakes, 'very big hills' with a couple mounts along the most obvious paths).
* No where NEAR enough housing built in the last 40+ years anywhere near jobs. (Solution: have good building codes and auto approval if code conditions are met, and build build build.)
* Family with roots in an area far from where jobs are today... the suburbia of my childhood is not a center of well paying white collar jobs. (That's what hub and spoke to the big city used to be; before businesses escaped to other outlying areas.)
> Drivers who can't just drive at at _least_ the speed limit.
I don't mind people who drive under the speed limit (it is, after all, meant to be a limit and not a minimum speed), but they need to not hang out in the passing lane. Nobody should be hanging out in the passing lane in general, but you especially don't get to do it if you aren't even driving the speed limit.
* Drivers who can't just drive at at _least_ the speed limit. Flow is mentioned several times in the article, but flow is also a major part of traffic issues I face daily. Every time drivers refuse to merge right to allow others to pass (state law here). Every time drivers slow down instead of speeding up because they're unsure. Every time there's traffic enforcement for revenue rather than enforcing the laws that would promote a smooth and steady commute. That causes the rate of flow to decrease. It lets other slower drivers merge into the gaps opened in front (which pushes the stack of cars further back and further slows the flow, compared to just going down the road). The only way to clear a log jam in a river is to get the logs out, down the river in the case of traffic. After the block clears up traffic should go slightly _faster_ to pull the flow forward, removing the pressure and restoring safety and expediency for drivers behind.
* Freeways built to hub and spoke main city designs, when I need to cross around major geographic features (lakes, 'very big hills' with a couple mounts along the most obvious paths).
* No where NEAR enough housing built in the last 40+ years anywhere near jobs. (Solution: have good building codes and auto approval if code conditions are met, and build build build.)
* Family with roots in an area far from where jobs are today... the suburbia of my childhood is not a center of well paying white collar jobs. (That's what hub and spoke to the big city used to be; before businesses escaped to other outlying areas.)