Posted on 23/05/08
The answer to urban traffic congestion? Cars
OTTAWA -- Every weekday, here in the heart of the nation's capital - within two blocks of Parliament Hill and one block of the urban-chic Byward Market - 18-wheeler transport trucks and gargantuan double-length "articulated" public transit buses clog Ottawa's main drag, relentlessly spewing exhaust fumes from idling engines into gridlocked intersections. For people in cars, trapped between trucks and buses, passage through this greenhouse gas dumping ground requires a significant sacrifice of life span. In accordance with orthodox wisdom, buses are pampered (exclusive lanes, high-priority right-of-way); cars are punished.
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