i hate traffic! / maybe i should move to brazil?

while sitting in infernal LA traffic today, NPR had a story on success stories in south america. it seems that traffic congestion can be dealt with when you come up with creative solutions. i think NPR will put the story up tomorrow and i'll add that link as it's infinitely better than the US Dep't of Transportation link above. next in line is mexico city where the american ideal of "a car for every person" is going to be an impossibility for a city with such an enormous population. unlike others, i am not a car lover. it's a means to an end and i would love for nothing more than fast, effective and an appealing mass transit solution to my daily traffic nightmare. and it would be a god-send on my post call days!