But even by the 1920s it was becoming controversial, as urban congestion and traffic accidents mounted.
The sound overlays abstract shots of water, rivers and sea, until urban congestion is wholly wiped away by Mediterranean tranquillity.
The Tories are also opposed to both urban and inter-urban congestion charging, even though the last Conservative government proposed tolls on motorways.
With modern technology, knowledge workers and knowledge businesses can escape urban congestion and the high cost of living by moving to the open spaces.
Ministers know they need to switch the burden of tax from fuel to direct charges such as motorway tolls or urban congestion charging, but fear voters' reaction.
"Our objective is to provide the basic infrastructure, planning and necessary management framework in creating satellite cities that reverses the current trend of unplanned development and urban congestion in most of Africa's growing cities, " says Tim Beighton, of Rendeavour, which is developing several new cities in Africa.
CNN: Africa's 'new cities': Urban future or utopian fantasies?
The reduction in urban traffic also depends on the successful introduction of urban-congestion charges and taxes on workplace parking.
The Chicago truck vouchers may help congestion and urban planning needs over a decade.
TomTom's Congestion Index is the world's most accurate barometer of congestion in urban areas.
ENGADGET: TomTom HD Traffic 6.0 upgrade ready for consumers, hopes to guide them through LA traffic
It's all a trip back to an America where driving was fun, unencumbered by angst about pollution, congestion and urban sprawl.
The Federal Highway Administration calculated that, in 2009, congestion in urban areas resulted in 4.8 billion hours of traveler delays and burned up 3.9 billion gallons of fuel.
That's not far or fast, but it's enough to make the EN-V useful for cutting down congestion in urban settings, particularly high-density cities in China and India, Borroni-Bird said.
Out of Los Angeles and Oakland, it's highway gridlock, merely the beginning of a trucking nightmare that extends into much of the U.S. Not only are few roads being built in urban locales, and congestion pricing that would free up existing capacity being blocked, but neglected bridges and tunnels portend more Minneapolis-like calamities.
Urban car use creates more congestion than rural car use, but petrol taxes do not distinguish between the two.
Look for, among other things, preferential insurance rates, HOV lane access, reduced tolls, and the suspension of congestion fees entering urban areas such as San Francisco and Manhattan.
C. to Boston, bike sharing has become an increasingly popular way for people to travel around urban environments while decreasing vehicular congestion and doing something positive for the environment.
The county council said the route will reduce traffic congestion and support Lincoln's growth as a principal urban centre.
We dream of these cities as being well-managed and administered, relatively clean and absent of congestion, offering mobility, access, the capacity to partake and enjoy in urban life.
One study estimated that traffic congestion wasted 4.8 billion hours and 1.9 billion gallons of fuel a year for urban Americans.
FORBES: Fasten Your Seatbelts: Google's Driverless Car Is Worth Trillions
By the 1950s and beyond, it became steadily clearer that the exercise of each person's freedom imposes costs on others through congestion, noise, pollution, ugliness and danger, as well as having indirect effects by encouraging urban sprawl.
应用推荐