I first thought the author, Tom Vanderbilt, was stuck in everyday traffic and bored. He then began to write this book to pass the time away. He probably used a tape recorder, so he could continue to drive at 5 mph. As I read further, I realized how much research he did for the book. The ultim...
—Joss Whedon WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW? In 1882, at a Christie’s auction in London, the record was set for the highest price ever paid (six thousand pounds) for a painting by a living artist. The work? The Babylonian Marriage Market, by Edwin Longsden Long. If the crickets are chirping as y...
The Psychology of Commuting You’re not stuck in a traffic jam. You are the traffic jam. —advertisement in Germany One of the curious laws of traffic is that most people, the world over, spend roughly the same amount of time each day getting to where they need to go. Whether the sett...
