Traffic Congestion Quotes

• There's no traffic jam on the extra mile.

  Zig Ziglar

  Jam, Miles, Traffic

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Nov 21, 2014

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• There is no magical solution because urban traffic congestion arises from the fact that a lot of people want to be in the same place at the same time often.

  William J. Mitchell

  People, Want, Facts

  Source: bigthink.com

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• Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.

  Lewis Mumford

  Obesity, Lanes, Traffic

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• Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves.

  Jane Jacobs

  People, Traffic, Vehicle

  Jane Jacobs (2016). “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, p.229, Vintage

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• People nowadays like to be together not in the old-fashioned way of, say, mingling on the piazza of an Italian Renaissance city, but, instead, huddled together in traffic jams, bus queues, on escalators and so on. It's a new kind of togetherness which may seem totally alien, but it's the togetherness of modern technology.

  J. G. Ballard

  Italian, Technology, Cities

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• I'm the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.

  Larry King

  Worst Person, Jam, Stuck In Traffic

  Larry King, Greg King, Peter Occhiogrosso (1989). “Tell It to the King”, Jove

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• There is an element of mystique to radio, and I often listen to cricket commentary on radio, especially when one is stuck in a traffic jam.

  Rahul Dravid

  Elements, Radio, Jam

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• There is no traffic congestion on the straight and narrow path.

  Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

  Path, Traffic, Congestion

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• None of the proposed inter-city solutions would have offered more frequent or more affordable service than existing options like bussing. Busses can also be easily re-routed around gas leaks, car accidents, or traffic congestion.

  Mark Noble

  Cities, Car, Leaks

  Source: www.columbusunderground.com

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• One expect summed it up by saying: "Trying to cure traffic congestion by building more roads is like trying to cure obesity by loosening your belt." One study of 30 California counties over several decades found that, for every 10% increase in road capacity, traffic increased by 9% within four years.

  David B. Sandalow

  Years, California, Trying

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• We did such a great job of creating the interstate highway system in Oklahoma City that we don't have traffic congestion. You can actually get a speeding ticket during rush hour in the city. That's how great our traffic flows.

  Mick Cornett

  Jobs, Oklahoma City, Cities

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• As people talk, text and browse, telecommunication networks are capturing urban flows in real time and crystallizing them as Googles traffic congestion maps.

  Carlo Ratti

  Real, People, Google

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