Module 6 Traffic Regulations: Past and Present

In the video I talk about the transportation of goods (building materials, food, etc.) into Rome and how traffic regulations were implemented by the authorities to make sure the city was not jammed by vehicular traffic. That this was necessary is highlighted by the following passages in Juvenal's Satires:

“…what sleep is possible in a lodging? Who but the wealthy get sleep in Rome? There lies the root of the disorder. The crossing of wagons in the narrow winding streets, the slanging of drovers when brought to a stand, would make sleep impossible...”
(Juvenal, Roman poet, late first and early second century AD, Satires 3)

“ … hurry as we may, we are blocked by a surging crowd in front, and by a dense mass of people pressing in on us from behind: one man digs an elbow into me, another a sedan-pole; one bangs a beam, another a wine-cask, against my head. My legs are be-plastered with mud; huge feet trample on me from every side, and a soldier plants his hobnails firmly on my toe.”
(Juvenal, Roman poet, late first and early second century AD, Satires 3)

Does the city you live in have similar restrictions or do we have other ways to regulate traffic today? Compare the network of roads in a Roman city with a modern city (e.g. your own) and account for their similarities and differences.

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