Friday, November 6, 2009

LRT Economics

Are we any better?



For the first time in a long while, I rode the train today and came back irate about how inconsiderate people around me seemed to be. People were as usual, crowding around train doors, pushing to get in. It is obvious that passengers outside the train cannot enter until those inside have exited, and hence, blocking their way only slows things down. Why don’t people bring their manners to train stations?

I looked it up when I came home this evening, and as expected, Tim Harford has suggested an economic answer to this question.

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