Computational framework for optimizing traffic flow could be
the beginning of a road revolution
(April 2, 2015) Drivers
trying to get to work or home in a hurry know traffic congestion wastes a lot
of time, but it also wastes a lot of fuel. In 2011, congestion caused people in
US urban areas to travel an extra 5.5 billion hours and purchase an extra 2.9
billion gallons of fuel costing $121 billion. But despite the tangle of
vehicles at busy intersections and interstate ramps, most of the country’s
highways are open road with vehicles occupying only about 5 percent of road
surface.