Airlines have been unable to develop solutions to congestion problems, which are steadily growing worse.
As Tuohy adds: To blame congestion problems on cycling is clearly a nonsense.
"We can't build our way out of today's congestion problems, so we think it is important to test this out," Mr. McCardle said.
But if these fail to resolve the congestion problems the race will almost certainly be dropped from the calendar in 2003.
In late August, a 10,000-car, 60-mile-long traffic jam outside Beijing that lasted 10 days threw a spotlight onto China's epic congestion problems.
The game, which was delayed by 15 minutes due to a crowd of 29,472 leading to congestion problems, was played out in a frenetic atmosphere.
The story suggested the "current London Mayor" was turning the Thames into an express waterway to in a bid to tackle the city's congestion problems.
And congestion problems can be solved by requiring firms to pay for road and rail upgrades, something that the review is also considering.
In the 1920s, Mr. Corbett became a vigorous proponent of the skyscraper age, predicting that elevated sidewalks, urban airfields and subterranean rail lines would solve congestion problems.
Perhaps some megastore developers are too stupid to consider congestion problems before they build in Manhattan, but they won't be in business for long.
Recently, Dr. Bragdon concluded the first phase of a three-part consulting study on solving the congestion problems on Route 110, which parallels the Nassau-Suffolk border.
