Traffic solutions

Traffic is getting worse every year. Not only is the amount of cars on the road increasing. But also the rate of increase is increasing. In other words: if $f(x)$ models the amount of cars on the road, then both $f'(x)$ and $f''(x)$ are positive.

What complaints do you have about the traffic system and how do you think they can be resolved while minimizing costs of the changes.

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Traffic jams ..... in paradise? :) So are you looking for something novel, besides the usual prescription of:

improvements in public transit, (paid for by increased gas taxes, auto sale taxes and parking fees, (really popular :P));
incentives for car-pooling, (express lanes, decreased tolls, tax deductions, etc.);
staggered work-days, so that not everybody heads to work and back home at the same time;
incentives to companies that allow their employees to telecommute to work when possible;
roundabouts rather than stop lights and signs where safe so as to promote traffic flow;
improved traffic engineering so that light signal networks are programmed to respond to real-time conditions;
encourage cycling (or surfing, hehe) to work, (tax deductions could apply here too), and providing safe lanes to do so;
remotely-administered tolls for entering certain high-congestion areas;
building live/work centers so that people can work and live in the same complex.

Need more? Got more ....