The Tourist Lane

To improve pedestrian efficiency, the people at Improv Everywhere is suggesting tourists to commute on their designated walkways so they could do what they do, like randomly change direction and walk into things while looking up instead of ahead.

I reckon this is healthy and relevant for any urban society, especially for a city like Seoul with 22 million people. I guess this also acts to preserve the locality and identity of a place. It actually got me thinking about how this would have already been implemented in North Korean as visiting tourists are embarked on a full guided tour.

From a local perspective, as seen from the video, this would also probably invoke a certain value of pride to be proud of your own identity.

What looks ridiculous on first impression might actually hold true weight if thought through!