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Re: Beltway Traffic Jams --I don't understand!!



In article <3vosap$it9@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
Alex8940 <alex8940@aol.com> wrote:
}Can someone explain why between the hours of 4:30 and 7:00 there is a
}miserable backup on the interloop starting at Wisconsin Ave and stretching
}to Georgia Ave ?  I swear, as soon as we pass that exit the pace picks up
}from 15 mph to 45 mph.  What's strange is that very few cars get off at
}the exit, in fact, I've kept track of the cars along side of me and as
}soon as we all go over the bridge, all the cars speed up as if that bridge
}had been some kind of obstacle.

}What's going on ?????!!!!!!

You'd have to watch the pattern start to figure it out-- it's possible
to get "standing waves" in traffic that persist long after the reason
for it was gone.


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Matthew T. Russotto      russotto@pond.com     russotto@his.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."


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