Hi. I'm here to talk about congestion, namely road congestion.

Jonas Eliasson How to solve traffic jams

Traffic jams are just a symptom of this challenge, and they're really very, very inconvenient, but that's all they are.

And this is going to create the kind of global gridlock that the world has never seen before.

Frankly, four billion clean cars on the road are still four billion cars, and a traffic jam with no emissions is still a traffic jam.

You really reduce congestion quite substantially.

It's the lines. At this time, they are very busy.

It s an unfortunate reality in nearly every major city road congestion, especially during rush hours. Jonas Eliasson reveals how subtly nudging just a small percentage of drivers to stay off major roads can make traffic jams a thing of the past.

Wrong again. It's now six and a half years ago since the congestion charges were introduced in Stockholm, and we basically have the same low traffic levels still.

The first day with the congestion charges looked like this.

They're actually confident that they have liked congestion pricing all along.

They're relieving congestion, and they're frankly starting to save some fuel.

We need that same kind of passion and energy to attack global gridlock.

It was predicted that some highways and national or provincial roads in and out of the city would still have high traffic volume, and the visitor traffic in tourist attractions would significantly increase. And the traffic jam and safety risks would increase.

And let's now look at how we can use this insight to combat road congestion.

A free society requires red lights and green lights, otherwise it soon descends into gridlock.

And these red dots show the most congested parts, which are the bridges that lead into the inner city.

If you can reduce traffic even somewhat, then congestion will go down much faster than you might think.

I go to the office by car, and I try to leave home as early as I can so that I can avoid the traffic jams.

Pedestrian zones and dedicated traffic lanes are going to be created, and all of this will cut down the average rush hour commute to get across town in New York from about an hour today at rush hour to about 20 minutes.

Most people say, no, I'm going to schlep across town to save 100 bucks on the purchase of a car?

Gag

If we can get rid of that, then the highways will now be useful to you, as contrasted by what's happening in many parts of the world today.

This is the last day with the congestion charges, July 31, and you see the same street but now it's summer, and summer in Stockholm is a very nice and light time of the year, and the first day without the congestion charges looked like this.

It is getting dark, go and remove the flag on the flag pole in front of the temple.

Get 'em in there!

It would be a pleasure... but that door is now a wall.

And what with the gas shortage and everything... i know that, but we've got to try anyway.

Plugging the Leaks

White fence.

Greater than 80 per cent of equity ownership.

I'd bet my head on it. You should avoid that phrase.

Stop up the holes!

He blocked the barrel!

Clear Gag List

You break through the wall.

Listen, I'm in a jam.

The town's jammed.

Go over that way.

Please don't block the doorway.

...where I gave you your life!

We've encountered joggers, busy highways, toll booths, and this is without a person in the loop the car just drives itself.

Chile and the Third Wall

The wall is thirty yards long.

Düsseldorf