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Why the @#$% is there so much traffic?

Benjamin Seibold · TED

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About

You're cruising down the highway when all of a sudden endless rows of brake lights appear ahead. There's no accident, no stoplight, no change in speed limit, or narrowing of the road. So why is there so much traffic? It's due to a phenomenon called a phantom traffic jam. Benjamin Seibold explains why it happens and how we might prevent it in the future. [Directed by Cris Wiegandt, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by André Aires, AIM Creative Studios].

The talk

  1. Why the @#$% is there so much traffic? 5 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Benjamin Seibold
Year
2020
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Physics, Psychology and the brain, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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