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You've all been stuck in traffic jams before... it's hard to understand why, all of a sudden, traffic slows down to create a tailback when there seems to be no explanation for it.
In France, many services exist to collect information on road traffic, study it and use it to try to regulate traffic… with the result that we know (hello Bison Fûté). And for good reason, it is no easy task to smooth the flow of vehicles on the roads. Nevertheless, we can hope that in the coming years, the machine learning algorithm and artificial intelligence, even the interconnection of vehicles between them, make it possible to eradicate this modern-day problem. But for now, we're not there yet!
However, there are forecasting models that allow us to understand the mechanics of traffic jam formation. This is precisely what the site is trying to reproduce. traffic-simulation.de.
In fact, this site offers different routes and many adjustable parameters in order to simulate their impact on traffic flow.
So, it is possible to indicate the average speed of cars, the number of vehicles entering the road per hour, those leaving it, the maximum speed, the frequency of lane changes, the proportion of trucks... it is also possible to add traffic lights, roadworks... and there you have it, you become the absolute master of the motorway!
Create big traffic jams and adjust the settings to see when they clear. Is it running too smoothly? Add a traffic light or roadworks and see the results.
In short, this very realistic simulation of road traffic will allow you to understand to what extent road regulation is a balancing act and that ultimately, things are not played out by much. All it takes is a grain of sand in the mechanics for everything to go crazy!
Probably a website that will make you prefer cycling!
Article updated on January 16, 2023 by Byothe
