Solution to Traffic : Serving close to the consumer

Isn't it cool that both, traffic on the roads (like bangalore) and the traffic on the internet have similar solutions.

"Serving close to the consumer"

One of the principle on which the CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) work is that closer is better, hence web caches store popular content closer to the user. This reduce bandwidth requirements, reduce server load, and improve the client response times for content stored in the cache.

Similarly city planner are now looking to create homes closer to offices and shopping malls closer to home, so that the whole ecosystem is nearby, thereby reducing the need for travel and hence the traffic.