Why do traffic jams occur even without accidents or construction? This time, I learned about the mechanism of natural traffic ...

Remember the days before GPS when you had to recall a route, rely on a map or (gasp!) ask for directions? If you were stuck in a traffic jam and wanted to find an alternate route, those were your ...

Let's be honest about it: phantom traffic jams are real, happen regularly, and look impossible to prevent, especially because all it takes to create one is a single car slowing down. Phantom traffic ...

Traffic jams are nearly unavoidable on highways and interstates. Sometimes it’s easy to explain — crashes, construction, and sudden influxes of cars, for example. Americans are spending more time ...

A new study by French physicists has found an unexpected connection between the flow of cars on a highway and the movement of bacteria towards food. Alexandre Solon from Sorbonne Université and Eric ...