All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often....

All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.

Benjamin Franklin


In 1907, with trolleys and traffic lanes, the Brooklyn Bridge carried 426,000 people a day; now, with space only for cars, it carries far less than half that number and is often jammed.

Statistic from a NY Times article

Something to think about next time you're stuck in traffic.