Friday, September 6, 2013

Clogged Streets: The Price of Status in Mexico City



Stranded in a Sea of Cars, Where Speedometers Barely Budge. (The New York Times, 9/5/2013)

Print edition headline:  "In Maddening Traffic, Road Rage Is Too Much Trouble".

Excerpt: “There is a resignation when it comes to traffic,” said Bernardo Baranda SepĂșlveda, Latin America director of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, an international nonprofit promoting sustainable transit. “In a way it’s good because otherwise we’d be killing each other, but it’s also frustrating because people here aren’t complaining and demanding better options.”

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