http://urbanplanningblog.com/456/what-can-humans-learn-from-ants/ Thoughts on Urban Planning and Design Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:21:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://urbanplanningblog.com/456/what-can-humans-learn-from-ants/#comment-219 Tony Spencer Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:19:54 +0000 http://urbanplanningblog.com/2009/03/23/what-can-humans-learn-from-ants/#comment-219 This seems to be related to a different link that I saw a while ago: http://trafficwaves.org/ The basic idea is that traffic behaves like fluid, forming waves that cascade backwards, even after the cause of the jam is removed. His thesis is that instead of stop-and-going with the rest of traffic, if you drive at a slightly slower average speed, then you can help dissipate these waves. Interesting read, at any rate. This seems to be related to a different link that I saw a while ago: http://trafficwaves.org/
The basic idea is that traffic behaves like fluid, forming waves that cascade backwards, even after the cause of the jam is removed. His thesis is that instead of stop-and-going with the rest of traffic, if you drive at a slightly slower average speed, then you can help dissipate these waves. Interesting read, at any rate.

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