What do you think of my idea for traffic?

Question

Everyone determines a time range for each highway they use:

ex)

101 S - 8-8:30

237 W - 8:30-9:00

101N - 5:15-5:45

237 E -5:45-6:15

The ranges are for slots of highways and come in 30 min denominations. You can purchase your range sticker and place it on the back of your car ($20/yr to cover admin costs).

There will be a website listing how many people are in each "range" and will very accurately tell you how long your commute will take. You can always (free of charge) change your range to another one but you cannot hold multiple ranges for the same highway slot in the same direction. You can also change ranges with a friend by exchanging stickers.

Drivers MUST use the highway during that time range only otherwise they will be ticked unless there are MAJOR accidents.

This will only apply to highways and freeways and during rush hour (8am-10am) (4pm-7pm)

Answer 1

I don't like it...too much paperwork and would be very hard to enforce.  Also what if there was an emergency and someone had to travel on that road but their sticker wasn't for that time slot...would there be any leniency?

Answer 2

Trying not to be offensive, it's not the best idea I've ever run across.

At one job I've had, changing shifts to allow for training and work for other co-workers was a relatively routine deal. Depending on the time slot I was in, at the moment, my time slot would be anywhere from minutes to hours. (one of the worst ones we measured with a calendar.)

You propose to spend who knows how much money to basically turn any road into a toll road, and fine me if my boss calls me on the way to the office at 7:30 am to tell me I'm on a flight to Milwaukee in an hour?

This would incur a surcharge, For using an interstate, when there's no way to get to the airport without using an interstate. Not using an interstate would increase the emissions of my vehicle, consume more gasoline and place much more automotive traffic on surface streets, suburbs and urban areas where children are more likely to run over by a frustrated driver.

So, let's see if common sense applies,...

Greater use and demand for gasoline is equal to higher gasoline prices and larger amounts of local pollution. Not the best Idea I've heard.

Increasing traffic on surface streets, (including those of us that know a neighborhood we can duck through to save some time,) thereby posing a greater risk to children, cyclists, joggers and walkers. Something tells me that's not the best idea in the world.

I don't really care where the freeway or interstate is. I paid for it with my tax dollars, (income tax, property tax, sales tax,) I get to use it when I want and when I need, as I want and need.

To look at it this way, would you like a mandate saying that you could only use whatever connection you have to the internet at certain times or risk a fine if you got caught outside those hours? For $80/month for my connection and a phone line I only use for ordering pizza, I'm thinking that very few people will be receptive to a law that limits the usage of something they're paying for.

At which point, does it make sense to you to tell me where and when I can use a piece of state property that I paid for when I renewed my license, when I registered my car, or paid for the fuel I just bought?

Is not being able to afford a computer so I can google map directions something I should be charged more for? Is being a hotshot driver or professional courier something I should be charged for? You want me to pay to work? You want me to take a one ton truck and a trailer full of Volkswagons through a surface street I don't need to be on?

I'm starting to think I disagree with you.

JT

Answer 3

I just don't see the point.  If you are trying to punish people for traveling by car, why not just raise the gasoline tax?  If you are trying to relieve congestion on the roads, why not just raise the gasoline tax? If you are trying to micromanage everyone's life, why not make their dentist appointments for them?  People who are stuck in traffic jams are there because they want to.  Let them have their fun.

Answer 4

stupid plan

Answer 5

Some people have jobs that have shifts that change day by day.  So it's a bad idea.