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Traffic Circles and Safety

As promised in the last post, here’s one on traffic circles, a subject that I have also taken up here. From The Economist: One of their main attractions, says Mayor Brainard, is safety. The Insurance...

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Traffic Jam Solutions

I’ve argued before that calling roads public goods is a mistake, and that imposing costs on (actually, revealing costs of) road congestion can help to make traffic flow more efficiently. Here is a...

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Micro-Institutions Everywhere: Jaywalking

1937 WPA Poster, from Wikipedia “There was a lot of anger in the early years,” says Norton. “A lot of resentment against cars for endangering streets…. [Auto manufacturers] said, ‘If we’re going to...

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Micro-Institutions Everywhere: Walking Paths

I was delighted to discover an example of micro-institutions at work this week right in my own backyard, er, campus. Several of my classes have been held in the Social Psychology building on Duke’s...

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