Environmental Behavior

The Predictability of Humans in Public Spaces

Jan Gehl sits down with Greg Linsday to talk about his new book, Cities for People, if Phoenix could take lessons from New York, and "the needs of the urban habitat of homo sapiens."
26 September 2010 - 1:00pm
Fast Company

Bad Behavior While Driving is Actually Predictable

New research on the supposedly irrational patterns of behavior by drivers shows that bad driving decisions are predictable.
26 July 2010 - 2:00pm
In Transition

Enforcing Jaywalking With Mimes?

Bogotá, Colombia changed public opinion about jaywalking by putting mimes on the street to mock people who crossed illegally. Paul Romer of Stanford looks at other interventions that changed public opinion when laws couldn't.
26 July 2010 - 12:00pm
City Journal

Crowded Tubers Getting Ruder

A new report shows that overcrowding on the London Tube is hardening transit takers, turning them ruthless and selfish. Even pregnant riders are left to fend for themselves.
3 December 2009 - 12:00pm
The Age (Australia)
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