tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13301700.post114354576772547409..comments2009-07-14T16:53:43.921-05:00James A. Baconnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13301700.post-1143560257572323242006-03-28T10:37:00.000-05:002006-03-28T10:37:00.000-05:00"The new system spreads the traffic load more widely across the city's road network ...."<BR/><BR/>Well, fancy that. Do I need a computer model to tell me the way you diffuse congestion is to spread it out?<BR/> <BR/>Dilution is not the solution to pollution, but pollution is a lot more dangerous when it is all in one place. Given that we have the people (pollution), what we need is more places, not more people in the same places.<BR/><BR/>Imagine, here is a scientist coming to grips with the idea that there is a maximum workable traffic density, and a maximum workable road density. By extension, this would imply a maximum workable population density. Now all we have to do is agree on what those parameters are.<BR/><BR/>For that young couple in Caroline county, they are different than for the new residents of Metro West. Einstein tells us that space and time are a continuum: apparently people are willing to trade one for the other, and energy is the medium of exchange.<BR/><BR/>Free trade anyone?Ray Hydehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16435550701916966015noreply@blogger.com