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Something that’s normalized that’s actually super weird: the amount of time dedicated on the radio to talk about traffic jams. Coming just after the weather forecast, which is relevant for everyone, we hear about car traffic which impacts a small minority of people. But the placement, plus the regularity of it, gives the impression that it’s a high interest item.
Train schedules or pedestrian flows in the high street never get this treatment. Yet they impact more people.
It creates a sense of urgency for one problem (“so much traffic all the time”) but not others (“trains are crowded, sidewalks are too narrow”).