Tag Archives: traffic system

Child abuse

Posted on 19th June 2018 by Martin Cassini

The traffic system is based on priority aka inequality. It sets the stage for conflict. It puts vulnerable road-users in danger. It puts the onus on the child to beware the driver, when it could and should be the other … Continue reading →

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Stuck

Posted on 9th March 2014 by Martin Cassini

Our roads are stuck in the age of deference. By making side roads and pedestrians defer to main road drivers, regardless who arrived first, the traffic system is chronically out-of-date, as are most of the people who run it.

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Pulling off a fast one

Posted on 1st October 2013 by Martin Cassini

“We will find the money to pay for the fuel tax freeze,” says Cameron. It never enters the heads of policymakers to consider traffic system reform as a rich source of kind cuts and efficiency savings. In persuading us that we … Continue reading →

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