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--- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > > -Greg (...who is learning just enough about > traffic engineering to > > realize how much he really does NOT know about > traffic. It's > > complex, and intuition is often misleading.) One of the most interesting statistics I ever heard (and I don't even know if it's true) is that there is a "total saturation point" at which traffic can be running along relatively uncluttered with no stop-and-go, and the introduction of ONE MORE CAR to that equation completely bottlenecks the whole situation and can affect traffic for miles. I don't know where I read that, but I remember thinking it was pretty fascinating... ===== ----------------------------------------- Have you driven your Type 3 today? http://www.tiserves.com/VW/ ----------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org