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bound008 · 2018-01-17 · Original thread
This was covered in a very entertaining show called Adam Ruins Everything. Each episode has footnotes for the sources:

http://www.trutv.com/shows/adam-ruins-everything/blog/adams-...

Interestingly enough, their source was an article from Vox from 2007: https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2934608/N...

EDIT: the article references the original author's work and the book (also cited as a source by the show) http://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Traffic-American-Inside-Techn...

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