How traffic actually works

Re:How traffic actually works by jliszka on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @03:58PM (#6478694)

Really appreciate the feedback, comes with the territory :)

I added an update to the article looking at what happens when you vary the average car length (corresponding to the % of trucks on the road), fwiw.

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Re:How traffic actually works by Arelius on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @07:03PM (#6479647)

> I added an update to the article looking at what happens when you vary the average car length (corresponding to the % of trucks on the road), fwiw.

That's silly, at most reasonable traffic flow-rates the difference in a couple of feet between a short car and a long car (esp with how uncommon the outliers are) is insignificant compared to the constant overhead of the per-car padding. And below reasonable traffic flow you're already at a high enough density to cause catastrophic traffic speeds.

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Re:How traffic actually works by susi22 on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @06:35PM (#6479518)

I just read some of your older blog posts. They're close to my research and well written and very informative. Keep up the good work!

Cheers

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Re:How traffic actually works by jliszka on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @08:39PM (#6479952)

Thanks! What's your research on?

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