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Will people willingly give up personal information to move more quickly and safely through the air traffic system? Some frequent flyers already do. U.S. airlines such as Delta and American are subtly providing speed lanes with separate security lines for well-known premium passengers. Some 2,000 U.S. and British citizens who fly British Atlantic and Virgin Airways between America and Britain will be able to pass through immigration without stopping. They have provided personal and employment information and signed on to an iris-recognition database. Iris recognition, which will go into operation mid-January at London's Heathrow...
...border. And since the September attacks, the INS has started feeding into the FBI's crime database information about aliens who have received final deportation orders but failed to show up for their exit trips; so if they show up in the legal system--even for a minor traffic offense--they can be nabbed and booted...
...Less traffic. The two lanes of street formerly used by city-dwellers too finicky for public transportation will now be used for pick-ups and drop-offs only. Commercial drivers making deliveries will have easy access to the curb and will no longer clog the streets; buses will make their turns faster; cabs won't have to double-park just to grab a fare. The city's business will run faster and more smoothly, and everyone will get where they have to go in less time, with less stress...
...rest will take cabs. More taxis means more decent transitional jobs for those displaced by Sept. 11 or any other part of the economic downturn that has hit New York City so hard. Less traffic means cab drivers will make more money working shorter shifts. (Mike, we may want to switch temporarily to a "zone" fare system to keep everybody calm until the market forces settle...
...this isn't a pitch for Dean Kamen's Segway. New Yorkers are avid pedestrians and steel-nerved riders - a motorized scooter, methinks, offers them too little of either. But it is a pitch for the cities of the future Kamen dreams about - less cars, fresher air, more foot traffic and less sitting in midtown gridlock...