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Traffic Quiz

Over at John Tierney’s always entertaining and edifying “Tierney Lab,” there’s a short quiz of curious traffic facts and phenomena — as well as an essay contest:

“What could be done to improve traffic in New York City?

You can suggest anything except for two obvious answers: congestion pricing (the favorite of traffic engineers and economists, but not politicians) and more police officers to enforce traffic laws. We’re looking for creative solutions to specific problems like cars blocking intersections, and for general ideas to improve traffic flow.”

The winner (there are loads of interesting stuff already I’ve yet to fully go through) gets a signed copy of the book.

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  1. Dan Ross Says:
    August 12th, 2008 at 10:46 am

    Do absolutely nothing to improve congestion. Regularly maintain the signage, but let the asphalt and markings rot. The easier we make things on motorists, the more of them there will be. When driving truly sucks more than biking or the bus, fewer people will do it less frequently. That will ease congestion. That and $6/gallon gas.

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How We Drive is the companion blog to Tom Vanderbilt’s New York Times bestselling book, Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us), published by Alfred A. Knopf in the U.S. and Canada, Penguin in the U.K, and in languages other than English by a number of other fine publishers worldwide.

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