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Focuses on traffic jams in Colorado. Topography; Options for highways; Growth in interstate residents.

The article discusses the reaction of New York state officials to New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's traffic congestion plan. A report from state officials rejects the plan because it places an unfair tax burden on low- and middle-income drivers. Bloomberg is upset that the state officials could cause the city to lose federal money to implement a plan that would improve air quality, ease traffic, and has the support of several environmental groups.

Suggests that summer drivers in the U.S. need strategies for avoiding traffic. Strategy of Rob Golding on Scarsdale, New York, on traveling to the Jersey Shore; Golding's long tradition of travel avoidance; The inevitability of encountering congestion on the way to a weekend vacation; Role of technology in informing drivers about where traffic is tied up and how to get around it; Campaign by Maryland to reduce congestion; How most people are constrained by work schedules; Golding's use of a navigation system; Comments of Chuck Jackson of Maryland, who founded an advocacy group called Citizen Advocates for Safe and Efficient Travel.

Reports on the construction of horse trails and assorted facilities in addition to the transportation infrastructure to resolve traffic congestion problems in the U.S.

Discloses the plan of the Westchester County officials to open a road that crosses a dam on its reservoir that was closed by New York City after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. Closure of the road to protect the city's water supply from terrorist attacks; Traffic congestion and inconvenience caused by the road closure; Officials' plan to open the road in September 2004.

Reports on the recommendations to improve the traffic congestion problem at Amsterdam Avenue and 181st Street in New York City. Elimination of street parking; Lengthening of walk signals for pedestrians; Creation of a bus lane and relocation of bus stops; Enforcement of block-the-box rules and removal of illegally placed street vendors.

Discusses the traffic study conducted on the square mile of Ozone Park in New York City for the purpose of decongesting the area and prevent sidesweeping of parked vehicles. Proposed one-way traffic solution to the problem; Approval needed by the traffic scheme proposal from community boards.