Tom Vanderbilt

In this brilliant, lively, and eye-opening investigation, Tom Vanderbilt examines the perceptual limits and cognitive underpinnings that make us worse drivers than we think we are. He demonstrates why plans to protect pedestrians from cars often lead to more accidents. He uncovers who is more likely ... (more)to honk at whom, and why. He explains why traffic jams form, outlines the unintended consequences of our quest for safety, and even identifies the most common mistake drivers make in parking lots. Traffic, a New York Times Notable Book and one of the Best Books of the Year according to The Washington Post, The Cleveland Plain-Dealer, and Rocky Mountain News, is about more than driving: it's about human nature. It will change the way we see ourselves and the world around us, and it may even make us better drivers.
Tom Vanderbilt writes about design, technology, science and culture for Wired, Slate, The New York Times and other publications. He lives in Brooklyn and drives a 2001 Volvo V40. Check out his "companion blog" to the book: How We Drive.

Author: Tom Vanderbilt is the Bestselling Author of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and of Survival City: Adventures Among the Ruins of Atomic America. Tom writes about culture, science and technology for Wired, Slate, The New York Times and other publictions. Tom has given lectures at colleges and ... (more)business conferences, and has appeared on a wide variety of radio and television programs around the world, including NBC’s Today Show, ABC News’ Nightline, NPR’s Morning Edition, Fresh Air with Teri Gross, the BBC’s World Service and The One Show, Fox Business, and CNN’s Business Today, among many others. Title: Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do, $16.00 Softcover, ISBN 9780307277190, On Sale Date: August 11, 2009. Rainy Day Books will have Tom Vanderbilt's Books
for Sale at this Author Event. What: Tom Vanderbilt will talk about his New Book, Traffic, his life, his work, answer
audience questions and he will autograph copies of his New Book purchased from Rainy Day Books, on our website and / or at our Author Event, that are accompanied by a Stamped Ticket. When: Monday, September 14, 2009, 6:30 PM Where: A Rainy Day Books and Kansas City Public Library Author Event at Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum, 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112, Reservation Phone: 816-701-3407, Reception at 6:00 PM, Discussion at 6:30 PM, and Booksigning at 7:30 PM
Admission: Complimentary and Open to the General Public. Please Call the Kansas City Public Library at 816-701-3407 for Reservations. Rainy Day Books will have Tom Vanderbilt's Books
for Sale at this Author Event.

Harvard Book Store is pleased to welcome design, technology, science, and culture writer TOM VANDERBILT for a discussion of his book Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (And What It Says About Us), which is now out in paperback.