Cars causing traffic congestion

We are being taxed enough. First let the taxes be "recompensed" with rael action from government. Well, population itself is increasing so, why not tax those having three or more children at a per child basis?

Mr. Nilesh Jain, Please note that all developed nation and the recently developed nation have a robust car manufacturing industry. It is a known fact that these engineering side of the manufacturing sector brought about growth and development in these nations. The auto industry also brought about large scale developments in lots of related as well as non related industries around the world.

When people prosper, they want all luxuries and it is the job of the government and its employees to see to it that these aspirations are met. 

This might seem like a odd statement, but the truthful fact is this - 

It is the 2 wheelers, Auto rikshwas and metro buses that weave in and out of lanes causing much hardships to all users. Most car drivers / owners, I say MOST car drivers and owners follow lane discipline. They are scared about causing dent to their vehicle (due to the expenses involved in repairing the damages). Whereas most 2 wheeler driver aren't bothered about these and just weave in and out of the traffic without even bothering about other users. What to say about the Auto drivers, most of whom are road ruffians. And then the bus drivers who aren't bothered much because it is not their money which is spent in either purchasing or repairing the buses which get dented in the process of hitting other vehicles. And then, the buses just stop (instead of the road side where the bus stand is situated) in the middle of the road causing traffic jam. 

These are the ones that cause lots of traffic jams and also accidents and it is better to correct these rather than blaming the poor car driver/owner for traffic jams.

Traffic congestion is not necessarily due to the presence of the huge number of cars. For one thing it is the sizes of our roads. Road widening often gets into all sorts of political wrangles. One other reason for congestion is the non intuitive management of traffic by the cops or the design of the sinalling systems. Activities like Metro Construction that are prolonged beyond the originally planned completion schedules apart from bleeding the exchequer also puts the average commuter(read: taxpayer) to a lot of inconvenience. For instance even a slow moving traffic is better than one that has been brought to a halt by a uncontrolled U-turns being executed by big-sized vehicles, allowing parking of vehicles like passenger carriers on main roads in the rush hours and the like. There is a lot to be said on Road management, including diversion path setting.  

A few years ago our city planners and politically elected leaders made a mistake. They thought that most Indians would never prosper and would always be stuck in poverty and never own cars and other vehicles. Hence, it is not necessary to have wide roads.

One can excuse the politicians, because most of them were uneducated and only bent on fattening their purse. But the educated engineers who worked in the town planning division are the real culprits.

It is the lopsided planning of our cities that has led to the problems.

Traffic is a problem in most cities around the world. The idea is to have :-

a. Better and multiple public transport systems. (Bus - some of them A/c, Rail Systems - Metro, Mono, MRTS, etc., Dedicated Bus corridors, better and smaller transport vehicles like autos and taxis, etc.)  

b. Car pool may work for larger companies with many employees staying in any given single location.

Best would be to have flexible timings for some employees - like the ones in IT industries, accounts, legal department, back end operations, etc. Some of them can also work from home.

But for..... This idea of sharing vehicles is age old.The individual status is not allowing this idea to fructify. This or similar idea has to be adopted now and then to be switched over to.