Green wave (traffic flow engineering)
A green wave or platoon effect occurs when a series of traffic lights (usually three or more) are coordinated to allow continuous traffic flow over several intersections in one main direction.
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View original on lemmy.worldA green wave or platoon effect occurs when a series of traffic lights (usually three or more) are coordinated to allow continuous traffic flow over several intersections in one main direction.
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Oh look, an article that my city's traffic engineers refuse to read. They insist that adding more lanes to every road will fix congestion. 5 minutes of my 10 minute commute is spent at 3 abysmally timed lights in a half mile stretch.
Just one more lane bro.