Sunday, October 16, 2011

Bird's eye view

Traffic, Hongguang

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(Well, if the bird had to do a lot of waiting around at train stations, anyway.)

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Also a shot of students coming in to class.

Walking speed, of course, is different from culture to culture, as are traffic patterns.  Two years in, and I still do a back and forth avoidance dance with an approaching pedestrian who has zigged where I think they should have zagged.  And you know when you're in a car or on a bike, and you're turning when there are pedestrians crossing the street?  You slow down and then aim for the spot behind them, right?  Unless you're in China, in which case you speed up and cross directly in front of them.  Of course.  (My students all get a big kick out of hearing that in America, I usually walk across the crosswalk without stopping once the green man lights up...)

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