London was so worried about all the traffic the Olympics would bring that officials warned people to make alternate arrangements and even work from home if they can.
By many accounts it seems to have worked — and then some.
My commute to work from north London, which usually takes a little over a half hour, took 16 minutes Monday. On Tuesday I made it in 15.
A colleague who has a 55-minute commute from the west found wide open highways and arrived in just 40 minutes. Subway and train operators report fewer delays than usual — and in many cases fewer passengers. Even in central London there are eerily few cars. On Monday night I drove into Soho, a dense warren of theaters and restaurants, and found a parking space. On the street. For free.
That just doesn't happen in London.
— Niko Price — Twitter http://twitter.com/nikoprice
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