1950's LED TO A 1960's TRAFFIC JAM, WHAT'S THE SOLUTION? . . .

     The cars in the 50's were built like tanks and in the 60's the "stream line" style cars and even homes made their way into this era of "new way of thinking".  The men were back from WWII and people were having more babies than ever creating the "Baby Boomer" Class of people which meant more people = more cars and, more cars = more traffic.  Below is a case study showing an example of this era of "new way of thinking" by a study: how to handle the traffic in a big city.

     The thinking was (at least the stated thinking) to ring the core with fast moving traffic that would dump into large parking garages at the edges. Then people would walk to their work place. This would (the thinking goes) eliminate congestion in the center. It was a very idealistic and supposedly a very "progressive idea" which many cities considered implementing.
      Gradually people began wakeing from their coma and came to realize the damage these highways were doing to our cities. It was the birth of a new way of thinking. In the early 1960's Jane Jacobs published her ground breaking book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" in which she described and exposed the myths of highway planning and the destruction wrought by their construction (among many other urban bungles).

What were they thinking? And, how do we even plan ahead?

1.  What were we suppose to do with all the 1950 tanks after people bought the new "stream line" cars?

2.  Most families had one car, but still, the population was growing at a fast pace.  How do you move these people around and not clog the streets?

3.  What about the cost of gas? Can people afford it?  How do you get the private sector to open enough gas stations to accomodate the amount of cars?  How do you get the gas there?  Are there enough bigger roads to allow trucks to get the gas delivered? Please opine in 50 words or less about as many or as few points as you want to discuss.  Thanks and come back soon.