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In article <3740c752.1250391@news.pacbell.net>, stgeller@pacbell.net wrote:

> Stergios Papadakis <papadaks@princeton.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> >As much of my family lives in Greece, I have seen how they
> >have started to deal with this problem.  Only half of the
> >cars are allowed into the bigger cities on any given weekday.  If 
> >your licence plate ends in an odd number, you can only
> >drive in the cities in odd days (and even on even days).
> 
> This rule has been used several places.  I think it's a good idea.
> It roughly halves the traffic.
> 
> If that's not enough, make it modulo 3 or more.
> 
> People who just must drive every day might get sold a special override
> sticker.
> 
> What do odd Athenians do on even days?  Do they ride public transit,
> catch a ride with an even Athenian, or just stay home?
> 
> I'd think the rule would encourage car pools, matching even and odd.
> Ad in the "personals":  "Odd male seeks even lady for car pooling".

What do Athenians do? They park their cars anywhere there is an open space
-- sidewalks, alleys, fire lanes, somebody else's driveway, etc.

The problem isn't cars, it is that cities are obsolete as places to live.
B y their very nature, they have been concentrations of pollution, disease
and crime. Medieval accounts describe being able to detect the presence of
cities upwind by the foul stench emanating therefrom.

People are trying to escape cities by moving to the suburbs. They know
that city life is unhealthy. Don't try to force them back.