9 Quotes & Sayings By Tom Vanderbilt

Tom Vanderbilt is a writer and journalist. He has written for The New York Times, Time, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications. His work has appeared in New York Magazine, The Believer, and The New York Times Magazine. He received a B.A Read more

in English from Wesleyan University and an M.A. in English from UC Santa Cruz. He currently resides in Brooklyn with his wife and son.

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The road itself tells us far more than signs do. Tom Vanderbilt
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Drivers should not drive more than a minute without having a (purposefully-designed) curve. Tom Vanderbilt
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Traffic was as much an emotional problem as it was a mechanical one. Tom Vanderbilt
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Traffic is more of the in between time where we think more about where we are going than where we are at the moment. Tom Vanderbilt
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In America, a pedestrian is someone who has just parked their car. Tom Vanderbilt
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As Harvard University psychologist Daniel Gilbert argues, 'You can't adapt to commuting, because it's entirely unpredictable. Driving in traffic is a different kind of hell every day.' Tom Vanderbilt
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Intersections are crash magnets. Tom Vanderbilt
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Men may or may not be better drivers than women, but they seem to die more often trying to prove that they are. Tom Vanderbilt