Traffic

Chapter 1

Tom Vanderbilt: part 1

Pollution, congestion and noise: you don’t necessarily need to drive to be affected by traffic. We spoke with author Tom Vanderbilt who, almost 10 years ago, wrote a book called ‘Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do’.

Chapter 2

Madrid bans cars

The Spanish capital has suddenly emerged as a European leader in curbing car fumes through a scheme to restrict non-residential traffic.

Chapter 3

Tom Vanderbilt: part 2

We continue our conversation with the author of ‘Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do’ and talk about how to get drivers to slow down.

Chapter 4

150 years of the traffic light

This week marks 150 years since the very first traffic light was installed. We asked Andrew Mueller to take a stationary position on the curb and be that very traffic light for a day.