What will the future of traffic look like? Are there any positive aspects of our current traffic situation? This post points towards answers to both. It discusses both the traffic trends in the Brazilian megacity of Sao Paulo as well as the democratizing affects of traffic currently.

The post begins: Traffic democratizes; commuting equalizes. Hell, the very word commute comes from the Latin for to change.

It’s rush hour in Atlanta; if you’re on the road in a car, you’ll have to wait. The commute doesn’t care about your income level or what kind of car you drive. Twice daily, Interstates 75 and 85 are the most mixed of mixed-income experiments in the region. The trouble is, we’re all locked inside our cars.

The trouble could be worse. The rich could skip the traffic ritual in favor of a helicopter ride.