In article , Adrian Tupper
URL:mailtoackadrian.tupperaging@zetnetinsurance .co.uk wrote:

Didn't one city - Copenhagen perhaps - do away with traffic planning?
No more no entry nor one way signs. The result was an improved
circulation!

But there you have the key. Road planning in this country is done mostly by
anti private motorist councils. Therefore, the whole point is to cause
congestion for at least two reasons:

1) They hope that people will get frustrated and revert to the horse and
cart, (stops the proles getting about so easily you see).

2) They can point to the congestion and say "Oh dear, look at that.
Something must be done. How about screwing the motorist a little more?"

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AJL