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Will traffic congestion always be part of our lives

Andile Gqaji

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Abstract

Some authors define traffic congestion as a condition on road networks that occurs as use increases, and is characterised by slower speeds, longer trip times and increased queuing. When traffic demand is great enough that the interaction between vehicles slows the speed of the traffic stream, congestion occurs. As demand approaches the capacity of a road (or the intersections along the road), extreme traffic congestion sets in.

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Some authors define traffic congestion as a condition on road networks that occurs as use increases, and is characterised by slower speeds, longer trip times and increased queuing. When traffic demand is great enough that the interaction between vehicles slows the speed of the traffic stream, congestion occurs. As demand approaches the capacity of a road (or the intersections along the road), extreme traffic congestion sets in.

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Some authors define traffic congestion as a condition on road networks that occurs as use increases, and is characterised by slower speeds, longer trip times and increased queuing. When traffic demand is great enough that the interaction between vehicles slows the speed of the traffic stream, congestion occurs. As demand approaches the capacity of a road (or the intersections along the road), extreme traffic congestion sets in.

Key concepts: Traffic congestion reconstruction with Kerner's three-phase theory, Traffic congestion, Traffic bottleneck, Transport engineering, Traffic optimization, Queueing theory, Traffic flow (computer networking), Computer science

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