Reduce Traffic & PricesHow?

Time spent waiting at intersections significantly reduces peoples' quality of life. Currently, Bentonville's intersections compose of coordinated actuated signaled intersections (groups of traffic signals running on schedules that can individually deviate from the schedule based off real time censor data), stop controlled intersections (stop signs), and roundabouts.
The cheapest and most urgent need of change, when it comes to intersections, is in Bentonville's coordinated actuated traffic controllers. These controllers run on a central, coordinated plan, but they are actuated, meaning traffic signals can adjust individually, according to their sensor data. The problem with them is that they can not adjust their coordinated plan in real time. That is what would make the controllers adaptive. In addition, it is seems that the traffic signals in Bentonville do not even individually adjust to traffic conditions suffiently. There could be fourty people waiting at an intersection, while the intersection's lights allow only four people to move, or in extreme cases, there could be someone waiting for twenty minutes at a red light, while the cars to the front, left, and right get to experience several stop-and-go cycles. It is like there is a problem with their sensors.
For solutions to waiting in traffic, where new intersections are built, most new intersections should have no traffic signals at all. Instead roundabouts should be made, which would allow a more continuous flow of traffic, instead of requiring short periods of high speed and short periods of not moving at all, but the city still needs to invest more of its money in its intersections, especially in adaptive signal control technology (ATSC). The way the intersections are now is not enough.

Throughout the city, there are several instances of unique problems with the streets and roads. There are obstructive medians, unnecessary speed bumps, visability issues from hills, etc. All of these minute details must be delt with individually, and the concerns of residents must be taken completely seriously, but currently, many city council members do not. Instead, they listen to "experts" who contradict the facts presented by people who take the time to show up to council meetings. For example, a resident could say that there is a company committing some violation, and the "expert" could interject, saying "no that's not what the company told us," and just like that the resident's complaint is dismissed.

The most effective, evidence based way to reduce traffic is to simply reduce the number of cars on the road. The only way this can be done, while not making it more expensive to drive, is by introducing other reliable modes of transportation. This could be done by (1) introducing a new bus station, (2) increasing the walkability of the city, and (3) building more bike lanes. If implemented correctly, these modes of transit would significantly reduce traffic, reduce the amount of money someone must spend to get from one point in the city to another, and would increase transportation's accessability to children and the disabled.

Each city council member would be required to host at least two (2) nieghborhood town halls each month. These meetings would be required to be set in the ward the council member resides in and have the sole purpose of connecting with residents. This requirement for council members would allow the voters to be able to see who their council members truly are, and would thereby weed out uncommitted and oligarchic council members. In addition, it would allow residents to inform council members of local issues and would increase civic participation.

Each registered voter would be given ten (10) one dollar ($1) coupons each year, that could be donated to campaign funds of candidates for city positions. This would increase the influence of regular people (demos), reduce the influence of super-wealthy donators (oligos), and increase civic participation. This project would cost less than 1% of the city's annual budget.