On Monday morning, Malta was once again paralysed by a massive rush-hour traffic jam, this time because of a car fire on the Marsa-Hamrun bypass that took the authorities five hours to clear.
With children soon returning to school, congestion will no doubt be one of October’s main talking points for the umpteenth year in a row.
It’s easy to believe traffic is an unsolvable issue. But in reality, the solution is simple: the government should ban everyone in Malta from driving, except me.
This would require every driver in the country (except me) to permanently ditch their car and use public transport, a taxi or a bicycle. Overnight, more than 430,000 vehicles – all but mine – would be removed from Malta’s roads.
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