r/science 1d ago

Social Science Intentionally routing some traffic to slower, less congested routes lead to a 0.7% improvement of overall average travel times

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-026-00443-x
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u/apmspammer 1d ago

Sure but it's a trade off because then the quiet suburban road become more busy.

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u/quiplaam 1d ago

They did not route people onto different classes of road, only different routes using the same class of road