Quantitative Aspects of Traffic
How to Reduce Congestion I: Optimal Speed Limit for Urban Traffic
How a mean-field model predicts the most fluid traffic flow on urban streets if the speed limit is 30km/h. And what real-world observation has to say about that.
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RandomPhysics made a Youtube video about this: "Limite di velocità ottimale per decongestionare il traffico in città | Dimostrazione matematica"
How to Reduce Congestion II: Optimal Speed Limit for Highways
How the Nagel-Schreckenberg model explains the emergence of traffic jams out of thin air. Understand the differences to urban traffic and find out what the optimal (in view of reducing congestion) speed limit for highways is. To appear.
How to Reduce Congestion III: Braess's Paradox
How closing existing major roads can improve the traffic flow. Or how the Nash equilibrium may not equate with the best overall flow through a network. To appear.
Comparison of travel times in Milan
Bicycle versus car versus public transportation: who is the winner at different times and on different routes in the city?
Surprise: also Bergamo - Milano and Magenta - Milano are faster by public transport than by car (and significantly cheaper).
To be expanded
Links
- The War on Cars: podcast
- Not Just Bikes: youtube channel
- r/fuckcars/: discuss overcoming car dependency
- Genitori Antismog: parents against dangerous smog in Milan
- Cittadini per l'aria: citizens for safe air in Milan
- Massa marmocchi Milano: bicycle bus to schools in Milan
- Clean Cities: coalition to build cities for people not cars
- Benzina zero: Italian blog
- FIAB Milano Ciclobby: Italian cyclists association, section Milan
- XKCD 2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression
Become Active
- Città delle persone: Sign the public letter
- brouter: bicycle route planning (click on "Layers" in upper right corner and select "CyclOSM")
- Sai che puoi? Citizens' association in Milan
- Gruppo WhatsApp #bastamortiinstrada: news channel about demonstrations and events in Milan for a safer city
- Gruppo WhatsApp Codice Della Strage: activism in Italy for safer streets
Embrace the cycling revolution and never miss the thrill of whizzing past endless lines of frustrated car commuters. Don't be left behind in traffic jams – soar ahead on your bike, arrive swiftly, park effortlessly, and savor the joy of being home while others are still stuck in the rush.
Books
- Jessie Singer - There Are No Accidents
- Mikael Colville-Andersen - Copenhagenize: The Definitive Guide to Global Bicycle Urbanism
- Grant Ennis - Dark PR: How corporate disinformation harms our health and the environment