Traffic - Tom Vanderbilt

Given that I spend a couple of hours per day in my car, as do many other people, it is startling to discover how little we know about why drivers behave the way they do. This interdisciplinary overview raises a number of very interesting questions, answers a few of them, but is too diffuse in its approach to provide a coherent read.

Some of the conclusions are surprising. We should all merge at the last minute when a lane ends, and I was convinced by the argument that we’d all be better off with higher parking fees in cities.