I just returned from a trip out to Los Angeles. While there I took this picture of the city from one of the highways. When I looked at the picture later, I was shocked that I managed to capture an LA highway with only two cars on it. We were totally surrounded by traffic, so I have no idea how I managed this picture! (“Twilight Zone” moment.)
Los Angeles has some of the worst, if not worst traffic in the United States. There are many cities around the world, including LA, that are on the verge of total gridlock. So, not only would a great authentic project be for students to start to think of creative ways to solve these traffic nightmares, it will most likely be one of our current young students who ends up helping to solve this problem as an adult.
Mass transit, tele-commuting, self-driven cars, monorails, flying cars… Ideas? Plans? Diagrams? Models?
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