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Gridlock Has Been Around Since Ancient History

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Davenetics.com
20 June 2002 - 6:00am

A transit expert argues that people in every society throughout time have budgeted, on average, 30 minutes for travel.

"Commuting, you see, has its own theory of relativity, postulated by U.S. Department of Transportation scholar Yacov Zahavi many years ago. He argued that people in every society in every era budget roughly the same amount of time for daily travel — about half an hour one-way — to accomplish routine tasks. Whether we’re walking, or riding horseback, carriage or bullet train, the average commute time stays about the same."

Full Story: Commutes haven’t changed for eons
Source: Wall St. Journal, June 19, 2002
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