Mathematicians have solved traffic jams, and they’re begging cities to listen

https://www.fastcompany.com/90455739/mathematicians-have-solved-traffic-jams-and-theyre-begging-cities-to-listen

by chadash • 6 years ago

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jdivo• 6 years ago

Article is about solving traffic jams, but point #3 focuses on increasing the use of electric vehicles... how does this assist in solving traffic jams?

vivekd• 6 years ago

Yes I was disappointed too, the article doesn't offer much in the way of stopping traffic jams other than

1. use one navigation system (most people already use google maps or waze which is owned by the same company)

2. get rid of street parking on narrow streets (should be obvious)

3. use computer modeling more - okay - but how, and how would that solve exiting problems of road use space

4. special lanes for green vehicles (seems like it would increase traffic since such a small % of cars are electric and those high occupancy lanes didn't do much to increase car pooling in the past, so why would this work)

more importantly I didn't understand from the article how math was involved in any of these steps

heavenlyblue• 6 years ago

4. this point doesn’t even solve the traffic issue per se

alimw• 6 years ago

When he asks for a central hub to direct drivers, he might be asking for a central hub that optimises according to a system-wide objective. I'm pretty sure that Google Maps just tells each driver what it reckons best for them individually.

Mathematicians have solved traffic jams, and they’re begging cities to listen

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