#tomvanderbilt — Public Fediverse posts

> Vanderbilt also argues that round-abouts may be safer than traditional stoplight intersections. Though traffic circles may seem confusing, they have fewer "conflict points," places where cars can physically hit an object or person. Intersections have 32 of these conflict points, where round-abouts only have 16.

https://www.npr.org/2008/07/28/92945220/navigating-the-science-and-sociology-of-traffic

#TomVanderbilt on #TrafficCircles #RoundAbouts

TheOnion: Texans Explain Why Helping Someone Get An Abortion Is A Crime https://www.theonion.com/texans-explain-why-helping-someone-get-an-abortion-is-a-1850805629?utm_source=regular #abortionintheunitedstates #antiabortionmovement #texasheartbeatact #hannahgallagher #terrymarshburn #richardrummell #kellymarkdole #tomvanderbilt #cyndibartlett #devinclifton #kerryrizzuto #sandywheeler #dancarpenter #socialissues #kenhenderson #logansather #kenbeasley #gregabbott #vanderbilt #staceylynn #tedlohman

> 危険な道の方がかえって安全？
> どうして道路を作れば作るほど交通量が増えるのか？（そして、それをどうすればよいのか？）
> あなたが自分で思っているほどよいドライバーではない理由
> 通行量調査や道路網整備や車の安全装備を論じるだけではない。それは人間の本質を追求する試みなのだ。多岐にわたるリサーチと世界中の専門家へのインタビューを通して、本書では、運転という日常的な行為に隠された深遠な交通の世界を垣間見ることができる。
https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-01-9784152089717

#トムヴァンダービル #TomVanderbilt #Traffic
#となりの車線はなぜスイスイ進むのか
#交通の科学

One day I'll find #PaulGoodman's lines about Borsodi's #ThisUglyCivilization. They came to mind while reading #TomVanderbilt on #ThePallet. It's a good read but I'm wondering about how oil and climate fit in.. And Goodman's lines about #Borsodi were that gains in centralized production were lost in packaging and transportation I guess it all seems to work because of energy subsidies: Cheap oil shored up by the Pentagon and direct tax giveaways to Exxon.
https://slate.com/business/2012/08/pallets-the-single-most-important-object-in-the-global-economy.html

#TomVanderbilt #HowWeDrive #TrafficEngineering #History

http://howwedrive.com/2013/01/29/a-short-history-of-traffic-engineering/