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Mental Speed Bumps: The smarter way to tame traffic

Mental Speed Bumps: The Smarter Way to Tame Traffic is a practical, down-to-earth guide for residents, parents, health professionals and city planners that turns conventional wisdom on its head.

• Find out how to use mental speed bumps to instantly slow drivers without them being aware that they have slowed.

• Learn why removing all traffic signs, white lines, speed humps and traffic lights dramatically slow traffic and makes streets safer.

• Discover why building the social life of the street is the most effective way to tame traffic.

Now everyone has the power to tame traffic.

		Ellen Vanderslice City of Portland Office of Transportation David Engwicht has done it again... A little gem of a book... Enchanting and accessible. Busts myths and spins the traffic paradigm in a whole new direction. Delightful...
		Ben Hamilton-Baillie Architect, Street Designer, Researcher An exceptional little book... Profound, simple, concise, accessible and beautifully presented... Essential reading... A vital gift for future generations...
		Professor John Whitelegg Professor of Sustainable Development, University of York, UK. Turns conventional thinking upside down... radical simplicity and overwhelming logic... This is powerful stuff and it works.
		Chrisna du Plessis Cities of the Future, CSIR, South Africa A powerful reminder... we can be the change we want to see. [David's] principles will work equally well in other conflict situations where those being marginalized need to reclaim their rightful territory.
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AU$29.95 (about US$23)

David Engwicht is one of the world's most innovative urban thinkers and is inventor of the Walking School Bus.

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David tells how he accidentally discovered Mental Speed Bumps - 5 min.

David reads chapter 2: Mental Speed Bump 1: Intrigue - 12min.