Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster” traffic merge

Re:Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster... by aenean on Thursday July 24, 2014 @03:55PM (#8081768)

Traffic management is a fascinating intersection of sociology, fluid dynamics, behavior change, and urban planning.

If you're interested in this field, I can't recommend the work of Tom Vanderbilt enough. His book "Traffic" brought urban planning to the masses in the same manner "Freakonomics" made social and public policy accessible.

http://tomvanderbilt.com/traffic/

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Re:Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster... by iLoch on Thursday July 24, 2014 @04:15PM (#8081917)

I've always found it fascinating how a single bad driver can cause a massive traffic jam ("ghost traffic jam"). I think this should be taught when you're learning to drive as part of some sort of mandatory basic training - zipper merges should be in there too.

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Re:Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster... by lotsofmangos on Friday July 25, 2014 @01:02AM (#8083851)

Critical Mass by Philip Ball has some nice bits on traffic.

http://www.philipball.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&vie...

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Re:Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster... by ChikkaChiChi on Thursday July 24, 2014 @04:10PM (#8081881)

I'm always blown away but how smoothly some areas handle congestion when overpasses are being built or repaired.

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Re:Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster... by hero454545 on Thursday July 24, 2014 @05:45PM (#8082454)

here's a post you might enjoy:

http://www.smartmotorist.com/traffic-and-safety-guideline/tr...

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