Three-Phase Traffic Theory (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Three-phase traffic theory is an alternative theory of traffic flow developed by Boris Kerner between 1996 and 2002. It focuses mainly on the explanation of the physics of traffic breakdown and resulting congested traffic on highways. Kerner describes three phases of traffic, while the classical theories based on the fundamental diagram of traffic flow have two phases: free flow and congested traffic. The word "wide" is for some reason used even though in fact it is the length of the traffic jam that is being referred to. A phase is defined as a state in space and time.