I recently posted something about the traffic in Costa Rica. Well today I just read a statistic from the Tico Times newspaper that claims over 1 Million people enter San Jose daily. Supposedly 80% of them come by public transportation, leaving just 20% driving. And according to Johnny Araya (Mayor of San Jose), the driversr take up 70% of the space. This I can believe!

In the short 2 years I have been living here I have noticed a dramatic change for the worse in traffic congestion. Yet the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) has made many changes, such as limiting by license plate 20% of those who could potentially drive into the city. Now they have added exclusive, reversible lanes and new traffic lights in western San Jose. And parking is being eliminated in various neighborhood to increase flow.

I’m glad to see the changes being made, but just can’t help but think we are in trouble if the government doesn’t do something (more) soon to improve the infrastructure.