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more about #traffic more comments → Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est: "Naked Traffic" is patently not the same as the absence of thought in the roads of Jakarta, Mexico City, Mumbai and Cairo. It is the removal of signs... more » CatherineNoodle: It's also waaaaay too easy to get a driver's license here in the US. Imagine racing if everyone had fundamental differences in the way they drive, ta... more » zentinal: Have Dr. Gerald Wilde's theories been peer reviewed? Have they been developed well enough so that other researchers can validate them by conducting re... more » Mobius: Once again, Jeremy Clarkson was ahead of the times. more » carguy: I call BS. The theory that poorly marked roads are safer only works because drivers perceive a difference between their normal safe roads and the "cha... more » evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars: This reminds me of an editorial Patrick Bedard once wrote in Car and Driver. He advocated a speed limit of 100 mph on many freeways. The reason being ... more » OM617952: Traffic circles are dead, they need to stay dead. This is the 21st century, right? more » GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls: Halleluiah! It’s about time. And an extreme relief to know I’m not the only one who’s long suspected the proliferation of traffic control devic... more » citroën67: I'm not sure that I would like this idea...at least from the experience standpoint. By that I mean that when I was a wee lad I lived in a God-forsaken... more » FTGDWolverineEdition'09: Naked streets to me just means one thing. But I can't post any pics here. more » 3.slow: i love the small traffic circles they installed here to slow traffic down,after making sure no pedestrians or other traffic is around they're fun to g... more » ABSORB: I think this is a great idea but towns and city would never adopt this idea, because if they couldn't put up signs telling you what to do they couldn'... more » TheGuinnessTooth: I didn't realize traffic circles needed signage to begin with, in fact I can't think of a more self explanatory road feature. more » GeeHalen: You know the joke when a guy drives through a to him yet unknown state and there is the sign saying 'Speed Limit 40'... so he slows to 40. Rolles on, ... more » VeeArrrSix: I lived on a small Peninsula that had the powerlines underground and often the power would go out when the rising tide filled up the underground vault... more » -
#infrastructure
Naked Streets: Why Traffic Signs Don't Make Us Safer
According to some traffic experts, "Nanny State" traffic lights and road signs don't make us safer. Instead, making our streets deliberately "naked" of speed bumps, chicanes and signs will make drivers more cautious. More » -
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Helpful Holiday Traffic Graphic: Why Highways Come To A Halt
Thanks to the folks at the Cleveland Plain Dealer for showing us why traffic sometimes inchworms along for no apparent reason. Surprise! It's slow drivers! Or maybe they don't want to go to Cleveland, which seems rather narrow-minded. [coolinfographics] -
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Virtual Traffic On Actual Roads Is Pretty, Not Helpful
This is the work of RIT design student Philip Baudoin, who used an actual map and simulated vehicles to make this visualization of traffic patterns. It only needs the right data to be both useful as well as striking. [Philipbaudoin.com] -
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Spanish Artist Stages Mountaintop Traffic Jam
Spanish artist Maider Lopez stranded 160 vehicles on a typically empty, verdant road to display the impact of cars on the environment. It's fairly clever — unless you didn't intend to be part of an art installation. More » -
#traffic
Here's Why Ford's Training Chinese Car Buyers Not To Kill Themselves
Ford will launch a driver education campaign in China because, as an emerging market, there's lots of first-time car buyers. We've interspersed four videos of the Chinese driving "experience" into the press release below to show precisely why. More » -
#trafficlights
15 Crazy Traffic Signals
We encounter traffic signals daily and though they might annoy us dailyat times, we definitely take ours for granted. Take a peak at these 15 crazy traffic signals and let us know if you still have the same complaints. More » -
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Times Square Traffic Shutdown Preview Of World Without Cars?
Last Sunday, New York City sealed off Broadway to traffic at Times Square and Herald Square, from 35th to 33rd Streets. A day later 350 lawn chairs were set out where cars had previously reigned supreme. Is this the future? More » -
#roadrage
Suicidal Man Pushed Off Bridge By Angry Commuter
Tired of waiting in traffic while someone threatened to jump off a bridge, one commuter climbed the bridge and pushed the would-be jumper off. Apparently, he forgot to TIVO How I Met Your Mother. [MSNBC] -
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Driving On Cairo’s Congested Roads
The BBC’s Christian Fraser reports from the back seat of a dilapidated Fiat taxicab to describe a city of utter traffic mayhem. More » -
#googleearth
The 20 Most Traffic-Congested Cities In America
From New York to San Bernardino, drivers in America's cities live in their cars. Below we use Google Earth to take an in-depth look at the intersections of the nation's 20 most traffic-congested cities.
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#googleearth
New York: America's Second Most Traffic-Congested CIty
2008 Congestion Rank: 2
2007 Congestion Rank: 2
Change In Congestion 2007 To 2008: -25%
Population Rank: 1
Approximate Population: 18,816,000
Road Miles Analyzed: 2,073 miles
Worst Hour: Friday @ 5 PM More » -
#googleearth
Houston: America's Sixth Most Traffic-Congested CIty
2008 Congestion Rank: 6
2007 Congestion Rank: 7
Change In Congestion 2007 To 2008: -16%
Population Rank: 6
Approximate Population: 5,628,000
Road Miles Analyzed: 1,170 miles
Worst Hour: Thursday @ 5 PM More » -
#googleearth
Detroit: America's Nineteenth Most Traffic-Congested CIty
2008 Congestion Rank: 19
2007 Congestion Rank: 17
Change In Congestion 2007 To 2008: -47%
Population Rank: 11
Approximate Population: 4,468,000
Road Miles Analyzed: 790
Worst Hour: Friday @ 5 PM More » -
#googleearth
Atlanta: America's Twelfth Most Traffic-Congested CIty
2008 Congestion Rank: 12
2007 Congestion Rank: 10
Change In Congestion 2007 To 2008: -36%
Population Rank: 9
Approximate Population: 5,279,000
Road Miles Analyzed: 1,017
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#googleearth
Phoenix: America's Thirteenth Most Traffic-Congested CIty
2008 Congestion Rank: 13
2007 Congestion Rank: 15
Change In Congestion 2007 To 2008: -27%
Population Rank: 13
Approximate Population: 4,179,000
Road Miles Analyzed: 1,125
Worst Hour: Tuesday @ 7 AM More » -
#googleearth
Philadelphia: America's 11th Most Traffic-Congested CIty
2008 Congestion Rank: 11
2007 Congestion Rank: 12
Change In Congestion 2007 To 2008: -28%
Population Rank: 5
Approximate Population: 5,828,000
Road Miles Analyzed: 1,017 miles
Worst Hour: Friday @ 5 PM More » -
#googleearth
Riverside-San Bernardino: America's Twentieth Most Traffic-Congested CIty
2008 Congestion Rank: 20
2007 Congestion Rank: 16
Change In Congestion 2007 To 2008: -57%
Population Rank: 14
Approximate Population: 4,081,000
Road Miles Analyzed: 612 miles
Worst Hour: Friday @ 4 PM More » -
#googleearth
Chicago: America's Third Most Traffic-Congested CIty
2008 Congestion Rank: 3
2007 Congestion Rank: 3
Change In Congestion 2007 To 2008: -17%
Population Rank: 3
Approximate Population: 9,525,000
Road Miles Analyzed: 1,320 miles
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#googleearth
San Diego: America's Fifteenth Most Traffic-Congested CIty
2008 Congestion Rank: 15
2007 Congestion Rank: 14
Change In Congestion 2007 To 2008: -47%
Population Rank: 17
Approximate Population: 2,975,000
Road Miles Analyzed: 604 miles
Worst Hour: Thursday @ 5 PM More » -
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Denver: America's Sixteenth Most Traffic-Congested CIty
2008 Congestion Rank: 16
2007 Congestion Rank: 18
Change In Congestion 2007 To 2008: -26%
Population Rank: 21
Approximate Population: 2,465,000
Road Miles Analyzed: 936 miles
Worst Hour: Friday @ 5 PM More »
