Public transport is not the panacea and solution to all travel.
It requires certain parameters like, closeness to where you live, work, comfort, convenience, time, and many other considerations before making the trip.
Before cars we walked or if wealthy rode a horse. Increased travel availability has created a mobile society where we live considerable distances away from things that once were within walking distance.
But having our own vehicle gives us the freedom to choose.
Unfortunately we developed from a slow moving society to a fast moving one and the roads technology has not been logical nor has it kept up.
The result is the congestion gridlock and jams seen daily on the road.
The motor vehicle will remain a part of our lives well into the future albeit they will become green using hydrogen gas piston engines.
So then we address the real problem the design of intersections used for 141 years since the first traffic light was installed outside the Houses of Parliament...
Address the root cause of congestion and you resolve the problems.
It is not the number of vehicles on the roads it is whether they can transit from point A to point B and to do so without stopping.
How much would you save if every trip around the country, city or town was done with never stopping at a single intersection?
Do a simple calculation that the entire trip on the major arterial road was done at an average speed of 70 Mph or more.
Yes the entire trip across any city at 70 and not being held up with congestion, jams and gridlock.
Then ask!
How far did you drive today before you hit the red of a traffic light?
Today we negotiate Traffic lights, Diamond intersections, Roundabouts and many other intersection designs that all succeed in doing one thing and one thing only, particularly in peak times.
They either stop or slow you and the more there are, the slower traffic speeds become.
Apply restrictive speed limits and any extra lane becomes quickly jammed with vehicles.
‘Liquid Flow Traffic’ intersections resolve the issues. Placed into the major arterial roads they allow all drivers at all times to drive across town and never stop at a single intersection.
It requires certain parameters like, closeness to where you live, work, comfort, convenience, time, and many other considerations before making the trip.
Before cars we walked or if wealthy rode a horse. Increased travel availability has created a mobile society where we live considerable distances away from things that once were within walking distance.
But having our own vehicle gives us the freedom to choose.
Unfortunately we developed from a slow moving society to a fast moving one and the roads technology has not been logical nor has it kept up.
The result is the congestion gridlock and jams seen daily on the road.
The motor vehicle will remain a part of our lives well into the future albeit they will become green using hydrogen gas piston engines.
So then we address the real problem the design of intersections used for 141 years since the first traffic light was installed outside the Houses of Parliament...
Address the root cause of congestion and you resolve the problems.
It is not the number of vehicles on the roads it is whether they can transit from point A to point B and to do so without stopping.
How much would you save if every trip around the country, city or town was done with never stopping at a single intersection?
Do a simple calculation that the entire trip on the major arterial road was done at an average speed of 70 Mph or more.
Yes the entire trip across any city at 70 and not being held up with congestion, jams and gridlock.
Then ask!
How far did you drive today before you hit the red of a traffic light?
Today we negotiate Traffic lights, Diamond intersections, Roundabouts and many other intersection designs that all succeed in doing one thing and one thing only, particularly in peak times.
They either stop or slow you and the more there are, the slower traffic speeds become.
Apply restrictive speed limits and any extra lane becomes quickly jammed with vehicles.
‘Liquid Flow Traffic’ intersections resolve the issues. Placed into the major arterial roads they allow all drivers at all times to drive across town and never stop at a single intersection.
