Tom Vanderbilt

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An unassuming Dutch traffic engineer showed that streets without signs can be safer than roads cluttered with arrows, painted lines, and lights. Are we ready to believe him?

The Traffic Guru

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Tom Vanderbilt on the future of the auto industry.

Oiling Our Progress

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What will America look like in the year 2050, by which time it is predicted that there will be an additional 100 million people within its borders?

Living on the Edge

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New York City's garment district illustrates that manufacturing can still be vital to the innovation that cities foster.

Long Live the Industrial City

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Today, we worry about the social effects of the Internet. A century ago, it was the telephone that threatened to reinvent society.

The Call of the Future

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Online review culture — on sites like Yelp, Amazon, and IMDb — is dotted with black holes of bad taste.