Mad Man Traffic

Recently, I got a copy of an article from the AJC about some of the area’s mayors meeting to talk about my favorite subject, traffic. The problem I have is they see the problem incorrectly. They spoke about wanting to come up with taxes or fee’s. Typical politicans. Trying to spend their way out of a problem, I guess. What amazes me is none of them is aware of the work of a number of agencies and people here in the metro area who meet on a regular basis to come up with practical low-cost or no-cost solutions to easing congestion. That would be the TIME Task Force. There’s link on this page. I recently became a board member of the group. How can I talk and write about traffic if I’m not willing to get into the game? These are dedicated professionals from the DoT, police, fire, EMS, towing & recovery and the state and federal government all actually coming up with practical answers or ideas to the questions these community leaders claim they’re looking for. They need to get involved. It’s as plain as the poorly-timed traffic lights in their cities.