Today’s Solutions: September 05, 2026

Hours are lost every week sitting in traffic, but Lyft co-founders John Zimmer and Logan Green are promoting a plan: implement what they’re calling smart lanes in order to relieve congestion and give time back to the people. Best of all, they say, the smart lanes can be introduced almost immediately at a relatively low cost. In a post on Medium, the duo outlined the plan and the rationale behind it. Based on different studies,

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