How uncertainty can make traffic run smoother
Making decisions that affect traffic can have an enormous impact on our daily lives, the environment and our economy. We…
Category Archives: Traffic Congestion
Traffic lights no longer needed: back to the future
Traffic lights are currently an annoying but inevitable part of traffic. With the introduction of self-driving cars however, can we…
Traffic congestion: Braess' Paradox
Traffic congestion is a huge problem in urban areas nowadays, road networks are becoming rather complicated to design and extending…
Traffic congestion: Optimal tolling schemes
Congested road networks are a big problem in many countries. Building more roads is not always the best solution to…
Traffic congestion: Tolls
In a preceding article we have used a simple model to demonstrate how selfish behavior can create additional congestion. One…
Traffic congestion: Pigou's example
In network congestion models, we make some simplifying assumptions that make our life easier. In a large-scale system, each individual…