Still, each foreign climber is required to have a Sherpa guide and bad weather left them with only a five day window when they could try to reach the top so that worsened the traffic jam.
And since it's the main reason why traffic congestion even exists, big cities will finally enjoy relatively free roads, and we'll all be able to get things done on time.
Even if you aren't trip chaining it's no fun being stuck in a traffic jam – that's a large number of vehicles close together moving slowly – or being packed into a crowded train like sardines.
Combine that with constant traffic congestion, air pollution and rapid growth an estimated 10 million people live in Jakarta and you have a burden that Indonesia's president says is too big for a capital to bear.
So as we age, things like getting stuck in traffic or being in congested public transportation for so long only to take a long walking distance could be a major barrier to work for many senior citizens.