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  2. Traffic congestion - Wikipedia

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    Time lapse video of traffic congestion near HaShalom interchange in Highway 20, Israel. Traffic congestion occurs when a volume of traffic generates demand for space greater than the available street capacity; this point is commonly termed saturation. Several specific circumstances can cause or aggravate congestion; most of them reduce the ...

  3. Gridlock - Wikipedia

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    Gridlock on a network of two-way streets. The red cars are those causing the gridlock by stopping in the middle of the intersection. Gridlock is a form of traffic congestion where continuous queues of vehicles block an entire network of intersecting streets, bringing traffic in all directions to a complete standstill.

  4. Effects of cars - Wikipedia

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    According to Harvard University, [2] the main externalities of driving are local and global pollution, oil dependence, traffic congestion and traffic collisions; while according to a meta-study conducted by the Delft University [3] these externalities are congestion and scarcity costs, accident costs, air pollution costs, noise costs, climate ...

  5. Traffic bottleneck - Wikipedia

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    A traffic bottleneck is a localized disruption of vehicular traffic on a street, road, or highway. As opposed to a traffic jam, a bottleneck is a result of a specific physical condition, often the design of the road, badly timed traffic lights, or sharp curves. They can also be caused by temporary situations, such as vehicular accidents.

  6. Traffic flow - Wikipedia

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    In transportation engineering, traffic flow is the study of interactions between travellers (including pedestrians, cyclists, drivers, and their vehicles) and infrastructure (including highways, signage, and traffic control devices), with the aim of understanding and developing an optimal transport network with efficient movement of traffic and minimal traffic congestion problems.

  7. Avoid car insurance increases by attending traffic school for ...

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    Examples of State Traffic School Limits While the general rule is that you can attend traffic school only once every 18 months, there are specific regulations in place for different states.

  8. Societal effects of cars - Wikipedia

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    According to the Handbook on estimation of external costs in the transport sector [6] made by the Delft University and which is the main reference in European Union for assessing the externalities of cars, the main external costs of driving a car are: congestion and scarcity costs, accident costs, air pollution costs, noise costs, climate ...

  9. FDNY unions say congestion toll will hurt response times ...

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    The city’s hated new congestion toll could dangerously delay FDNY response times — meaning the “difference between life and death,” unions repping thousands of Bravest warned Sunday.. The ...