You are working on fixing a system that is the wrong paradigm: one car per adult in the US, driven an average of 15k miles per year, double what we drove in 1982, and triple what we drove in 1970. More VMTs (vehicle miles travelled) per person puts each of us more at risk.

It also doesn't make sense to have each person surrounded 90 sq feet of space, or lugging a couple of tons of metal around in order to move our own 150+/- lbs. And then we have to store these blasted things, and for each one of them have an average of 3 parking spaces waiting. The young and the old are trapped, and today the average American spents 19% of their income on their car, and this is going to move to 25% over the next 5-10 years if we remain car dependent.

I haven't even mentioned carbon emissions, or the 10 years is is going to take before any alternative fuel source can make a dent on fulfilling our demand.

Brad, help us solve those problems. That'll reduce congestion and VMTs (and therefore risk) in a flash.

Your pal.