The Metropolis

How London's Tube map tricks you into taking longer routes

Mike Pollitt | Tuesday 7 June, 2011 14:21

●

What’s the best way from Paddington to Bond St? It’s certainly not to go to Notting Hill Gate and get the Central Line, but 30% of people do, because it looks like the shortest route on the map. Click through to Nudge Blog for more.

Filed in:

Snipe Highlights

Some popular articles from past years

  1. An interview with Desiree Akhavan
  2. Margaret Thatcher statue rejected by public
  3. London has chosen its mayor, but why can’t it choose its own media?
  4. Number of people using Thames cable car plunges
  5. Could red kites be London's next big nature success story?
  6. Random Interview: Eileen Conn, co-ordinator of Peckham Vision
  7. Summer Camp: Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days
  8. Peter Bayley has worked for 50 years as a cinema projectionist in East Finchley
  9. Only 16 commuters touch in to Emirates Air Line, figures reveal
  10. Nice Interactive timeline lets you follow Londoners' historic fight against racism