You won’t get where you are going faster just because a lane has no speed limit. There’s a reason the other lanes are moving at 5mph or less. Congestion isn’t

You won’t get where you are going faster just because a lane has no speed limit. There’s a reason the other lanes are moving at 5mph or less. Congestion isn’t about what happens on straight stretches of road, it’s about what happens at exits and junctions. I mean sure, you get “standing waves” is traffic caused by people changing lanes or braking suddenly, but when an exit lane is full because the traffic ahead is held up by a red light or a busy stop/yield intersection, no speed limit is going to help. What will help is fewer (yes, fewer) lanes on the main road, more lanes (or “holding space”) at intersections, and mechanisms for allowing exiting traffic to enter side roads without using intersections.