In article , JJ
writes:

The U.S. does need to develope better mass transit in large
metropolitian areas. When I lived in the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas area,
the two cities were always complaining about the heavy commute traffic
and how they were not using the available mass transit system. The would
encourage people to car pool or use what mass transit was available, all
the while they were expanding the freeway system to accomodate more
vehicles. If you want people to use mass transit you have to 1) build a
good mass transit system, and 2) don't build massive freeway systems
that make it easier for people to drive their vehicles to work than ride
mass transit.

One of the main problems is that even in the most densely-populated areas
during peak traffic hours, all those cars on the roadway only occupy about
five percent of the available road surface. Intelligent highway systems could
solve that problem by taking the drivers out of the loop during, taking control
of the cars and allowing them to safely convoy almost bumper-to-bumper.
In this way, traffic volume could be multiplied many times without building
more roads. Would you trust a computer to drive your Buick?

73 de Larry, K3LT