Tuesday 19 May 2015

How To Curb New York Traffic

By Tammie Caldwell


The city of New York is very densely populated. It is one of the biggest and the most densely populated cities in the world. When in New York expect to find lots of movements of people, trains, motor, vehicles motorcycles and bicycles . You may also on some occasion see tricycles and animals such as dogs and cats. Carts are another means of transport of goods that you may see. All these movements are the causes of New York traffic.

The design of most roads is that there are movements that occur from various directions. When these movement surpass a certain number it results to reduced speed or brakes altogether.this will cause more cars to also stop. If a car stops then the one behind must also stop. This continues until the number becomes substantially sustainable by the available network.

The city has many superhighways that have more than six lanes. Despite this, the problem still persists. It can be attributed to the influx of motors into the highway being greater than the number coming out. Thus, there are other causes that results to the traffic apart from the number or sizes of the road.the number of lanes also do not matter.

One factor that causes traffic is for example if accidents occur on the road. It true to say that incidents and accidents may results to traffic jams. As a result several lanes may be closed. However, it, s also true to say that jams are a major cause of these unexpected events. That why it is important to come up with ways that may curb this piling of vehicles on the roads.

The City is a continuously developing town. You will therefore find large road constructions going on. This may be to accommodate the increasing number of vehicles. It can alternatively be building of new roads, expansion of existing ones or repair and maintenance of the existing roads. This works result to disturbances. Drivers may be diverted to narrow roads or advised on alternative routes to allow for this works.

The winter period comes also with its own travel problems. The roads become very slippery during snowfall. There is also decreased visibility. The drivers have to drive slowly and persistently keep on braking. More time than usual is spent on the road . The amount of fuel consumed and other expenses will thus increase drastically. A cop dealing with an offender, an ambulance or a police chase out may also contribute to this menace.

The City authority has been trying to look at various ways to reduce jams. The fundamental principle is that the supply must meet demand. This means that the roads available must be able to support the available vehicles. Road networks are very expensive and long term and continuous process.

Among the ways that are being used is providing special lanes for vehicles with a high occupancy. This is known as car pooling. People who share cars are given the privilege of using the fast flowing lanes. Other methods that are being used are ramp metering. This method allows cars to enter the highways or lanes at timed interval. It has been showed to lower accidents and improve traffics speeds.




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