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Congratulations, you have just been part of a phantom traffic jam or "jamiton" as it is called by Temple University mathematician Benjamin Seibold.
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Much like a detonation wave from an explosion, a "jamiton" can ripple through the moving traffic, causing delays at numerous points quite a distance back from the origin of the initial traffic slow down.
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The MIT researchers even came up with a name for this kind of gridlock - "jamiton."
Wired Top Stories 2009
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In future studies, the team plans to look more detailed aspects of jamiton formation, including how the number of lanes affects the phantom traffic jams.
Energy News - Energy Technology - Energy Business - Energy and the Environment 2009
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Variables such as traffic speed and traffic density are used to calculate the conditions under which a jamiton will form and how fast it will spread.
Energy News - Energy Technology - Energy Business - Energy and the Environment 2009
alexz commented on the word jamiton
a traffic jam caused by the wave action of cars stopping quickly and speeding back up slowly.
September 2, 2014