page_title: Traffic congestion
hierarchical_section_title: Traffic congestion
caption_attribution_description: Садовая-Триумфальная Moscow in 2016; Москва в 2016
context_page_description: Traffic congestion is a condition on transport that is characterised by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queueing. Traffic congestion on urban road networks has increased substantially since the 1950s. When traffic demand is great enough that the interaction between vehicles slows the speed of the traffic stream, this results in some congestion. While congestion is a possibility for any mode of transportation, this article will focus on automobile congestion on public roads.
  As demand approaches the capacity of a road, extreme traffic congestion sets in. When vehicles are fully stopped for periods of time, this is known as a traffic jam or a traffic snarl-up. Traffic congestion can lead to drivers becoming frustrated and engaging in road rage.
  Mathematically, traffic is modeled as a flow through a fixed point on the route, analogously to fluid dynamics.
context_section_description: Traffic congestion is a condition on transport that is characterised by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queueing. Traffic congestion on urban road networks has increased substantially since the 1950s.  When traffic demand is great enough that the interaction between vehicles slows the speed of the traffic stream, this results in some congestion.  While congestion is a possibility for any mode of transportation, this article will focus on automobile congestion on public roads.
  As demand approaches the capacity of a road (or of the intersections along the road), extreme traffic congestion sets in. When vehicles are fully stopped for periods of time, this is  known as a traffic jam or (informally) a traffic snarl-up. Traffic congestion can  lead to drivers becoming frustrated and engaging in road rage.
  Mathematically, traffic is modeled as a flow through a fixed point on the route, analogously to fluid dynamics.
caption: Heavy traffic jam in Garden Ring, Moscow
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