On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 02:52:16 +0100, Andy Hall
wrote:

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 00:08:55 +0100, "Doctor Evil"
wrote:


Because Chicago is built on a grid system, not a medieval street pattern.
The business section in the morning is light in traffic, as only traffic
going there is actually there. None running straight through as happens in
the west end of London. Before the congestion charge, surveys found that
the majority of vehicles in the west end were just passing through. It is
those that need to be discouraged.


Negative control again. The correct way os to encourage people to
use alternative routes by building appropriate capacity through ways
and bypasses.

Building a road system that allows anybody to travel anywhere at
anytime with no congestion requires a lot of land space which we don't
have in the UK. Also there are hidden environmental and quality of
life costs.

If people have a resource they pay a fixed charge for, like water,
waste disposal or road space, then they tend not to use it as
efficiently as they might.

If road space is finite then an automotive 'eat as much as you like
buffet' won't work in the long run...

cheers,
Pete.