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[ltf56]

we face serious traffic pressure in Beijing? I want to compare the traffic system in Tokyo and NewYork in order to find a effective solution?

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[BakaGaijin]

I'm not sure of your question. But while there is a mass of traffic in Tokyo, it's rather expensive to own a car in Japan so most people use the Public Mass Tranportation sysytem(bus, cab, ect) so there is more human traffic than actual vehicular traffic. In regard to the vehicular traffic, it's relativly well organized but it's difficult for people who depend on street signs(alot of streets don't have names) to get around so you may have alot of lost traffic in areas. The higway system is very good here. That is, compared to the US. Now, I wouldn't want to be downtown in Tokyo or other places during the morning or afternoon because, like New York, the trafic barely moves.

Ah. And for clarification, here is a image of Tokyo. It changes cause it's live but you may be able to get a view of the Streets of Tokyo.

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[LucentShade]

The problem with roads and highways in any city is that no matter how many new roads are built or how many existing ones are improved, traffic will always expand to fill them. After a certain point, roads just aren't enough and mass transit systems have to be used. (Of course, rising pollution levels and the eventual exhaustion of the oil supply will make this situation worse.) The problem with the U.S. is that since the 1920's, we've had a love affair with the automobile, so to speak. A lot of cities that grew a lot since then (such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Mineapolis, Kansas City, Denver, St. Louis, etc.) were designed with the automobile in mind. Many of these cities are so spread out that people have to use a car to get to anywhere. Older cities like Boston, New York, Washington DC, Baltimore, and Philedelphia are more compact, but the sheer size of population in those cities creates traffic problems as well.