The intuitive fix—widening highways—consistently fails.Studies comparing highway infrastructure and vehicle miles traveled in ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jumping lane doesn't save any time, but only increases the risk of causing an accident, traffic experts say. Bodo Marks/dpa It ...

Gary Fong was on his way out of town when he got stuck on the Golden Gate Bridge in June 1980. In a flash, a mundane moment ...

Have you ever found yourself stuck in traffic jams that seemingly form out of nowhere? It’s a frustrating experience for drivers around the world. The University of Nagoya in Japan decided to create a ...

We've all been part of plenty of traffic jams in our lives, but no matter how frustrating and annoying even the worst traffic jam you've ever experienced was, it probably wasn't bad enough to justify ...

Panic is mounting in Crimea; there are about 1,500 cars stuck in traffic jams On Wednesday, June 24, a Planet Labs satellite captured a traffic jam stretching more than 10 kilometers toward the ...

Nobody likes traffic jams, but they have become a common part of every modern driver, especially in urban regions. Spending minute after minute in standstill traffic is often a nerve-racking ...

Mercedez-Benz has announced approval of their “Drive Pilot” system, in Germany, which does fully autonomous operation in highway traffic jam situations. Such systems have been promised for many years.