Streets need planning, like any network. We had one near me that was congested every day. It was solved by planning: one lane in each direction was turned into

Streets need planning, like any network. We had one near me that was congested every day. It was solved by planning: one lane in each direction was turned into a bicycle lane. Lower car capacity, higher bicycle capacity, higher overall and a localish problem was relieved (the street formed a too-fat pipe into the area at its western end, leading to clogs there).