Recently read this fascinating but sort of traumatic article on worldwide traffic problems. Here’s a picture of Moscow at its worst:
I love the guy roughly in the middle (circled) changing lanes. Yeah, that'll help.
This is pretty much my nightmare. I will drive an hour out of my way to avoid congestion. My house is under 15 minutes from work and sometimes it still feels like I’m wasting too much time and effort commuting. I can never ever accept any job that requires a serious (like, 30+ minute) commute.
Have you heard about the 9-day, 60-mile jam currently happening in China? I don’t have a link handy, but you could probably find something on Google.
Yeah, definitely some of the inspiration for this post. Shudder.
K points out this excellent New Yorker article on commuting as well.