Cool traffic simulator, if you're a geek :D

[Tonington]

http://www.traffic-simulation.de/index.html

 

[eh1eh]

I've over 1,000,000 miles in and around Toronto and I'd say that seems pretty realistic.

 

[Tonington]

I haven't driven that much, but I thought it was pretty accurate too. Seemingly small changes can make a huge difference. Changing from 1400-1500 cars per hour in the lane change for instance causes a huge log jam. Of course, increasing trucks clogs the arteries too.

Want to see something really cool? Check out the traffic circle in the java link, and then watch this experiment with real drivers in a traffic circle. Pretty much bang on.

 

[Kreskin]

You can have the traffic at full tilt and it flows but at half traffic and adding the on ramp it bottlenecks. Interesting.

 

[eh1eh]

It doesn't matter how hard you try you can't hold a steady speed. so one guy drops a few km and the guy behind gains a few km and then they have a 5 or 6 km difference so behind guy has to drop 12 km to correct, bingo. Once it starts it's like the wave at a stadium.

 

[Scott Free]

What a great site! Thank you :lol:

 

[Tonington]

It doesn't matter how hard you try you can't hold a steady speed. so one guy drops a few km and the guy behind gains a few km and then they have a 5 or 6 km difference so behind guy has to drop 12 km to correct, bingo. Once it starts it's like the wave at a stadium.

Yup. Happened to me all the time in Calgary this summer. That plus the lanes closures for the construction crews.

Also the traffic lights thing. I think that's why some cities went to green light routes, or whatever the hell they call them.

 

[Tonington]

You're welcome Scotty