Horse Sense

I remember reading a quotation from the late 19th century to the effect that if people continued to pile into London at the current rate....the city would be 6 ft deep in horse muck within 5 years.... all those carriages and landaus etc... Well it didn't happen, but it would have been kinda interesting if it had done...London could be the world's biggest mushroom farm by now.
Point being...things change...both in terms of behaviour and technically. Goodbye hoss muck...hello carbon monoxide !
There are plans afoot to track car movements by satellite and charge per mile...per journey etc.
Another approach would be to ask why we all pile into the towns and cities in the first place. Notice the amazing difference in traffic levels during school holidays.... how much quieter it is outside the main rush hours.... Regular reader(s?) will notice a hobby horse galloping on stage and an old chestnut beginning to sizzle and split.... technology now gives us the possibility of working more from home..and in particular...devolving education.
I long for the day when the present schools are demolished in the same way as the old Manchester textile factories. I long for the regeneration of local communities with small learning centres and work stations. More people not only living...but working in a village or suburb.
Swords into plough shares...multi storey carparks into mushroom farms...?