Sadly enough, the average commute time in Sao Paulo (Brazil) is 4h daily. 10 million people live here after almost a century of chaotic, totally unplanned grow

Sadly enough, the average commute time in Sao Paulo (Brazil) is 4h daily. 10 million people live here after almost a century of chaotic, totally unplanned growth. Currently there are 7 million vehicles licensed in the city, with more than 1000 brand new hitting the streets daily (3.8 million considered "active"). At the peak hours, main streets look like parking lots - 500km of jammed streets is not uncommon on a typical day, worst if it is raining (and it rains a lot in summer). Public transportation is crap, so people prefer to suffer inside their own cars - at least they can sit, have AC and music (and even being forbidden, I see people watching television all the time). Sometimes after a big rain fall there are floodings and thousands of citizens can't even make home. I'm lucky enough to telecommute (why do I live in such a hellish metropolis if I'm able to work from home is a very good question). Once or twice a week I go out for some meeting riding my Yamaha Tenere at 60km/h (40 mph) between the jammed traffic[1]. By average 3 motorcycle riders die daily splitting lanes like this, and yearly traffic kills are higher than the casualties at Bagdad and Afghanistan together (on both sides). [1] http://www.mundomoto.esp.br/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/corredor31.jpg http://www.mundomoto.esp.br/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/corre...