The Supercommuter

zarq — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:52:28 -0800

Joe Simonetti is a 57-year-old psychotherapist who lives with his wife in Pound Ridge, New York. His commute takes him from the northern reaches of exurban Westchester County to his office just south of Central Park. It's about three and a half hours each way. By bike. Single page version of the main article. Mr. Simonetti was mentioned in New York Magazine in 2009: Supercommuter. The article is by Tom Vanderbilt, author of the book, Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) (excerpt) which focuses in part on the ways driver psychology can cause us to take risks and have accidents. He also has a "How We Drive" blog on his site, which includes a post about the Outside article. Here's a video interview with him about driver perceptions and the potential dangers of advances in automotive technology on StreetFilms. (A transcript is available at the link.) Mr. Vanderbilt writes for Slate, too. Mentioned: Milwaukee news cameraman, photographer and cyclist Jeff Frings' Bike Blog. Fring films his bike rides, then posts his (and other people's) worst encounters with car drivers. Here's a video.

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