I'd argue that the whole thing is an interface, not just intersections. For example, did you know that the M4 motorway in the UK was designed not to have any straight sections? The idea was to force drivers to maintain a certain level of alertness and activity, to avoid zoning out as they might on straight roads. (Source: BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed, 22/7/09<http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/ta/ta_20090722-1711a.mp3> )
Cheers, Martin Polley Technical writer, interaction designer +972 52 3864280 Twitter: martinpolley <http://capcloud.com/> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Christopher Monnier <monn0...@umn.edu>wrote: > Speaking of Hans Monderman, he's featured in the book "Traffic" by > Tom Vanderbilt, which is a great and fun to read book that talks a > lot about the human factors of driving. It made me think of how the > lessons of interaction design could be applied to the design of > intersections and roundabouts. After all, isn't any given > intersection essentially just another user interface to be navigated? > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43897 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
