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Practices for Operational Traffic Simulation Models

This chapter presents the results of the literature review for operational traffic simulation models. Sources compiled for the literature review include guidance documents (general and DOT-specific), ...
Technical

Robocars can reduce traffic jams even when surrounded by regular vehicles, study finds

Robotic vehicles can optimize the flow of traffic in cities even when mixed in with vehicles driven by humans, thereby improving traffic efficiency, safety and energy consumption, my colleagues and I ...
Science Daily

Simulation illustrates how COVID-19 social distancing creates pedestrian 'traffic jams'

Researchers examine the dynamics of social distancing practices, common defense against the spread of COVID-19, through the lens of particle-based flow simulations. The study models social distance as ...
The Conversation

Traffic jams are contagious. Understanding how they spread can help make them less common

Traffic jams may have disappeared from our roads as people stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic, but we can be confident they will be back. Scientists have studied traffic and congestion for decades ...