I’m a traffic engineer and I’m just cringing at this metaphor. Like, it’s probably a great metaphor, but the maximum throughput for cars is generally accepted as 1200 vehicles / lane / hour, and you have to keep these vehicles at a specific speed range, otherwise the traffic flow breaks down.
I’m a traffic engineer and I’m just cringing at this metaphor. Like, it’s probably a great metaphor, but the maximum throughput for cars is generally accepted as 1200 vehicles / lane / hour, and you have to keep these vehicles at a specific speed range, otherwise the traffic flow breaks down.
More info is this kind of thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_diagram_of_traffic_flow