How to stop traffic

"The dream of bringing Manhattan traffic flow to a total standstill draws nearer every day," writes Bruce McCall in an op-ed piece in Wednesday's New York Times. McCall is a humorist as well as artist. Even so, his 13 "new regulations" suggest that the City's recent traffic interventions are making some folks resentful. No. 1 on his list: "No-drive zones denoted by special painted lanes are reserved exclusively in the new Citi Bike bike-sharing system. Those riders are required to pound, whack, kick, spit on or key any vehicle entering or crossing a lane." Left unanswered: Why does a Manhattanite like McCall insist on driving everywhere?

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