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  I do think it’s poor planning to a point.
  There never used to be everyday traffic in my town. But they kept developing green space and building new developments.
  This put a drain on the infrastructure. Now, you can’t even run to the store without a traffic jam. Same roads. New demand.
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  Being stuck in traffic is a car system failing.  Our towns used to be walkable, but now everyone is mandated to drive a car just to leave the house for a gallon of milk.  We took apart our public transportation systems and dismantled our city to city rail transportation systems, forcing families to drive absolutely everywhere.
  If all you have is a car, everything becomes traffic. 
  We are now the passive generation, sitting in our car behind other people sitting in their car, waiting in line at the Starbucks drive thru