Sunday 24 May 2015

Causes Of New York Traffic

By Tammie Caldwell


New York is among the most densely and highly populated cities in the world. There are therefore, many people who are travelling from one place to another; there are several means of travel that they may use. These include the railway network which is by trains or the airways by airplane. The most common means however, is by means of road network. Motor vehicles carts tricycles and movements of people are all causes of the New York traffic.

This can be described as the number of people and vehicles that are moving from direction one to the other. These movements may exceed a certain sustainable limit. When this happen then jams occurs leading to delays and slow or lack of movements thereof in the road. This is because one must wait for the other vehicle ahead to move before they can move.

The city has many superhighways that have more than six lanes. Despite this, the problem still persists. It can be attributed to the influx of motors into the highway being greater than the number coming out. Thus, there are other causes that results to the traffic apart from the number or sizes of the road.the number of lanes also do not matter.

Accidents or incidents that happen cause delays in the movements of vehicles. They may lead to diversions and usage of longer routes. When an accident happens drivers are forced to consistently brake to avoid bumping onto to the vehicle that is in front. Although accidents results to traffic jams, the traffic may also cause accidents.

This city has projects and infrastructures that are always coming up. All this construction requires supplies which are delivered by slow moving large trucks. It is a common sight for this large motors moving very slowly on the lanes. Roads are also in need of repairs or expansions and these usually result to too many vehicles being stuck so as to allow the works to continue.

Sometimes the weather is very harsh. Extreme snowfalls results to very slippery roads. Drivers are forced to drive slowly and carefully. They therefore have to brake frequently. This means that they spend more time on the road. In return the fuel consumption goes up and travel cost also. Other situations such as a cop giving a warning to an offender may also result to jams.

Due to the various losses of both resources and time, it is important to curb this menace. The government in collaboration with the private sectors seeks alternative ways that can help to reduce or improve it. The available highways are not enough for the ever increasing number of vehicles. There is need to build and expand the existing ones. This however is a very expensive undertaking.

Other methods have been used in other cities to deal with the jams . This methods include car pooling or sharing of a single vehicle. Other methods are ramp metering which allow cars to enter the highways at time intervals. This method lowers both the frequency of accidents and increases the speed of movements.




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