Need Directions? Might Not Want To Ask a Transit Rider 97
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Daniel_Stuckey writes "According to new research, drivers, walkers, and bicyclists will generally provide us with more useful directions than transit riders. Published in Urban Planning, 'Going Mental' shows that cognitively active travelers, regardless of commute by foot or car, tend to trump cognitively passive travelers (those who frequent public buses and trains), in perceiving distance. Questioning cognitively active, passive, and mixed travelers about distances from a survey site to LA's city hall, the research demonstrated that the passive bus and subway riders have less of a grip on distance. Actively cognitive travelers, according to the results, were more likely to integrate street names in their directions, and also exhibited a sharper understanding of distances."
Of course people who navigate... (Score:5, Informative)
Of course people who navigate...are better at locating than people who are passengers.
This article does not need Slashdoted,
it needs a quick trip to dev null...
(provided someone can give it directions)
THIS JUST IN: (Score:5, Informative)
Navigators know more about Navigation than People who don't Navigate
More at.... wait no, that's it.
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