How long does it take to read Traffic?
why we drive the way we do (and what it says about us)
Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt takes about 7 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2008. 409 pages, about 112,475 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Automobile driving, Traffic congestion, Psychological aspects, Nonfiction, Sociology, Transportation
