Congestion Quotes

As people talk, text and browse, telecommunication networks are capturing urban flows in real time and crystallizing them as Google’s traffic congestion maps.

Rio is an energetic, vibrant place, full of beauty and nature. But we face the kinds of problems any developing metropolis does – with pollution, traffic congestion, poverty. Distribution of green areas, for example, is not uniform. Madureira, the heart of the suburb in Rio, is a concrete jungle.

I’m the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.

There is no magical solution because urban traffic congestion arises from the fact that a lot of people want to be in the same place at the same time often.

There’s no traffic jam on the extra mile.

People are sitting in traffic longer, and the types of solutions that are needed to relieve that congestion are ones that are paid for by the Highway Trust Fund.

Non-commercial general aviation flights serve as a lifeline to thousands of communities where airlines do not fly, while contributing a fraction of total U.S. air traffic congestion.

Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves.

There is no traffic congestion on the straight and narrow path.

None of the proposed inter-city solutions would have offered more frequent or more affordable service than existing options like bussing. Busses can also be easily re-routed around gas leaks, car accidents, or traffic congestion.

Investing in rail is an easy way to reduce congestion, cost, and energy consumption and make our producers more competitive.

When you think of driverless cars, there’s a huge potential for these cars to save lives by preventing accidents and by reducing congestion on highways.

Raising the congestion charge won’t necessarily make a difference. Rather than increasing the amount you pay in congestion charge, we should be thinking about an ultra low emission zone. We should penalise those cars who are the biggest polluters and reward cars that don’t, like electric cars.

What I find is really interesting is the Ear-Nose-Throat doctor thing, which I know would take a lot of work and education, but it’s something that really interests me, because it’s something that helps people who’ve had the same problems as me, with the whole hearing and nose congestion and problems with your voice.

If you sell me a car, we have perhaps made a good bargain for ourselves. But there are effects of this transaction on others, which we do not take into account. There is more pollution, the price of gas goes up, there is more congestion.

I take Sudafed to combat my congestion, so I always carry some with me because I like to be prepared and make sure I’m ready whenever symptoms strike. It’s also a really good idea to figure out what your triggers are.

If we could just stop the tourism, we could stop the congestion.

We need to find innovative ways to dramatically ease congestion, improve personal mobility, and cut energy use.

America faces a mounting transportation crisis, and the primary culprit is road congestion. Traffic makes us unhealthy, wastes enormous amounts of time, and cripples national productivity. America needs expanded roads and transportation infrastructure, but traditional gas tax funding is no longer available.

To avoid congestion, I get up at 5:10, grab a slice of raisin toast, and leave the house at 6 A.M. My husband, Tim Dunn, who works for an environmental agency, is still asleep when I slip out, and I find that rather annoying.

The Prius does about 55mpg and it always amuses me. I love it when you pull up at someone’s house and all you can hear is the gravel crunching under the tyres. I don’t have to pay the central London congestion charge, either.

When all is said and done, cheap gas is an illusion, because our reliance on gas creates a whole series of costs that aren’t factored in to the pump price – among them congestion, pollution, and increased risk of accidents.

Our world is evolving without consideration, and the result is a loss of biodiversity, energy issues, congestion in cities. But geography, if used correctly, can be used to redesign sustainable and more livable cities.

Teach kids not to fight. Can they change taxes? I’d get rid of all the congestion charges, because they’ve not stopped traffic. They’re a waste of time, not that I’m getting all political.

It would actually be quite nice if the American ambassador in Britain could pay the [congestion] charge that everybody else is paying and not actually try and skive out of it like some chiselling little crook.

Constant rhythmical movement is necessary to health and harmony. Much ill health is due to emotional congestion.

Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.

Sometimes, you still have days when you don’t just feel right, like there is a kind of congestion, and the flow isn’t there. You’re just not playing clearly.

In Western Europe people perish from the congestion and stifling closeness, but with us it is from the spaciousness…. The expanses are so great that the little man hasn’t the resources to orient himself…. This is what I think about Russian suicides.

This congestion in the post offices is due to what are technically known as “regulations” but what are really a series of acrostics and anagrams devised by some officials who got around a table one night and tried to be funny.

Data can generally travel the speed of light unless networks are congested. When there’s congestion, usually the cheapest and best thing is simply to add capacity generally, not to prioritize certain sites over others.