Traffic

With people moving farther from city centers and commuting at more irregular hours, peak traffic times have shifted and stretched.

Companies could make their packaging more efficient and remap routes. Or expand cargo bike delivery programs, or schedule deliveries during the late night and early morning hours when congestion pricing is less expensive.

“I used up eight of my nine lives in that job,” said Ray Charlton, who drove paperwork around Los Angeles in the 1980s.

New York’s governor pulled the plug on the congestion pricing plan for NYC. But congestion can cost more than the $15-per-driver planned charge.

Previously, 30,000 cars and trucks would traverse the Francis Scott Key daily. Now all those vehicles have to find other routes.

The modern roundabout was created in 1960s Britain. But since the ’90s, the small Indianapolis suburb of Carmel, Indiana has slowly become the roundabout capital of the United States.

Manhattan could soon charge drivers a toll to enter midtown, the financial district and other active areas.

Pretty well, it turns out.

Instant deliveries and ride-sharing.services have increased demand for limited real estate.

Montreal and Oslo are aiming to alleviate truck traffic and pollution.