Comments on: Cultural Traffic Calming http://www.neohouston.com/2009/05/cultural-traffic-calming/ advocating urbanism in the opportunity city Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:06:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Like I said… http://www.neohouston.com/2009/05/cultural-traffic-calming/#comment-303 Like I said… Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:16:08 +0000 http://www.neohouston.com/?p=1032#comment-303 [...] post on the Chron blogs was interesting, especially in light of my earlier post this week about cultural traffic calming. When talking about the experience of walking a few blocks from her parking area to City Hall, Tara [...] [...] post on the Chron blogs was interesting, especially in light of my earlier post this week about cultural traffic calming. When talking about the experience of walking a few blocks from her parking area to City Hall, Tara [...]

]]> By: Todd http://www.neohouston.com/2009/05/cultural-traffic-calming/#comment-302 Todd Thu, 21 May 2009 13:44:33 +0000 http://www.neohouston.com/?p=1032#comment-302 They offered a similar story a few weeks ago on "This American Life" (NPR). A judge in Florida requires apprehended thieves to spend several hours walking around in front of the store they stole from with a sign that says, "I stole from this store." What impresses me most is that in Germany the justice system is *thinking* about the effectiveness of what they are doing. I think in general, justice departments do far too little of this. They offered a similar story a few weeks ago on “This American Life” (NPR). A judge in Florida requires apprehended thieves to spend several hours walking around in front of the store they stole from with a sign that says, “I stole from this store.”

What impresses me most is that in Germany the justice system is *thinking* about the effectiveness of what they are doing. I think in general, justice departments do far too little of this.

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