A few years ago I moved from New York City to a forest in New England. It’s very peaceful here, and very bucolic, and very spread-out: Every trip now requires a car. Which is fine—in fact, it’s great; I love driving. But I can’t stand the god-forsaken infernal traffic. I could have written this column in the time I’ve spent stationary on highways during the last couple days.
Traffic in America is getting worse. According to a study by Texas A&M, last year Americans wasted 7 billion hours stuck in traffic—traffic in which they wasted $160 billion dollars on gas. Why? Inadequate roads and stupid traffic laws. It’s time we fixed both.
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