World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum published this article by Anthony James, with the title: We can't keep adding cars to our roads. Is it time to say goodbye? Australian cartoonist Greg Foyster contributed the cartoon. (Originally published in The Conversation.)

‘The average car is stationary 96% of the time. That’s a fairly consistent finding around the world, including in Australia. A car is typically parked at home 80% of the time, parked elsewhere 16% of the time, and on the move just 4% of the time. And that doesn’t include the increasing time we spend at a standstill in traffic. Bill Ford, executive chair of the Ford Motor Company, says we’re heading for “global gridlock”. And he’s not alone in saying we cannot simply keep adding more cars to our roads.’

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