Traffic jams are a severe problem affecting cities around the world, and they are only getting worse as the population and number of vehicles continues to increase significantly while the area available for building roads does not. Annually, many citizens waste countless hours stuck in traffic, and the amount of time spent is expected to increase. One study calculated that in 75 different city ...

The elementary cellular automaton following rule 184 can mimic particles flowing in one direction at a constant speed. This automaton can therefore model highway traffic. In a recent paper, we have incorporated intersections regulated by traffic lights to this model using exclusively elementary cellular automata. In such a paper, however, we only explored a rectangular grid. We now extend our m...

Traffic management solutions are increasingly called for to address problems of transport and mobility. In particular, coordinated traffic lights that create green waves along major arterials are an increasingly used strategy to reduce travel times. Although it is usually assumed that an improved traffic flow will result in lower vehicle emissions, little scientific research has been spent on t...