Study: carpooling apps could reduce traffic 3x in NYC
I find the focus on congestion within the transport space to be perplexing. I'm guessing it is to do with the visibility of congestion. Waze recently did a survey and identified the Netherlands as the best place to drive (<a href="https://www.waze.com/driverindex" rel="nofollow">https://www.waze.com/driverindex</a>).<p>The Netherlands is also the only western country with a negative obesity trend expected to hit 8% by 2030, currently at 10% vs the UK's 25%. The USA I believe is getting close to 36%.<p>We can try and blame our diets, however our built environment is creating a public health crisis of inoordinate scale. The car is very much to blame for this.<p>The car and car sharing is not the answer to traffic. Creating segregated end to end cycle networks with good junctions enabling people to choose to ride up to 5 miles to school/work is absolutely critical to avert this public health crisis.