Topic: traffic
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How Traffic Jams Became a Common Movie Trope
By trapping characters indefinitely, fictional jams can set up otherwise implausible plotlines.
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Postcard
Hate Traffic? How About a Hug
Traffic Psychologists in Sao Paolo try to cheer up the city's drivers with signs, high fives, and physical affection.
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Study of the Day: Planners Miscalculate Benefits of New Roads
Researchers in Denmark found that municipalities underestimate the economic and environmental impact of new roads.
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Olympics 2012
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like the Olympics
London's traffic is being re-routed, bunting is being hung and public art is sprouting up in advance of the Games. -
Videos
In the Future, Traffic Might Sound Less Like 'Honk' and More Like 'Eee-Beep-Boop'
A British designer wants to turn the noise of electric cars into a city-wide, experimental symphony.
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Traffic Noise Might Give You a Heart Attack
Louder streets have been linked to greater risk of cardiac arrest.
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Freeway Removal Hits a Roadblock in the Bronx
Reports of the death of the Sheridan Expressway have been greatly exaggerated.
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Urban Wonk
Could Density Actually Reduce Traffic?
Yes, according to one new study.
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Charts
Rethinking the Economics of Traffic Congestion
Traffic is not an economic problem. It’s an indicator of a healthy urban economy.
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The Big Fix
Chicago's Ambitious Plan for Zero Traffic Fatalities
Can a city reduce the number of deaths to zero?
