Traffic congestion is a condition in transport that is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queueing.
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14 Facts About Traffic congestion
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Traffic congestion occurs when a volume of traffic or modal split generates demand for space greater than the available street capacity; this point is commonly termed saturation.
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About half of U S traffic congestion is recurring, and is attributed to sheer weight of traffic; most of the rest is attributed to traffic incidents, road work and weather events.
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Economist Anthony Downs argues that rush hour traffic congestion is inevitable because of the benefits of having a relatively standard work day.
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Traffic congestion occurs in time and space, i e, it is a spatiotemporal process.
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Therefore, another classification schema of traffic congestion is associated with some common spatiotemporal features of traffic congestion found in measured traffic data.
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Common spatiotemporal empirical features of traffic congestion are those features, which are qualitatively the same for different highways in different countries measured during years of traffic observations.
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Common features of traffic congestion are independent on weather, road conditions and road infrastructure, vehicular technology, driver characteristics, day time, etc.
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Examples of common features of traffic congestion are the features [J] and [S] for, respectively, the wide moving jam and synchronized flow traffic phases found in Kerner's three-phase traffic theory.
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The common features of traffic congestion can be reconstructed in space and time with the use of the ASDA and FOTO models.
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One standard response to Traffic congestion is to expand road capacity, perhaps by widening an existing road or adding a new road, bridge or tunnel.
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Unique Chinese phenomenon of severe traffic congestion occurs during Chunyun Period or Spring Festival travel season.
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Traffic congestion flow is typically directional, with large amounts of the population working in more developed coastal provinces needing travel to their hometowns in the less developed interior.
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Traffic congestion is increasing in major cities and delays are becoming more frequent in smaller cities and rural areas.
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