Today’s Solutions: February 05, 2026

For a big part traffic jams are caused by lack of coordination. Example: If all cars start driving exactly at the same time when a red light turns green, many more cars can pass the green light. But that’s not how it goes. First one accelerates, then the next, and the next… and that slows the process tremendously. This will change with the arrival of self-driving cars as is nicely explained in this video.

 

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