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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Georgia Tech researchers in the College of Civil and Environmental Engineering found that drivers who travel too fast or two slow cause ripples in the flow of traffic by forcing other drivers to break. Timid drivers leave large gaps in traffic, and aggressive drivers travel too close to the cars in front of them. Cities everywhere have unique traffic issues, but this is one of the common issues among them. Many scientists around the world are currently studying how to end congestion on city streets. Possible solutions include vehicle-to-vehicle communication, the creation of user crowdsourcing traffic apps, and even driverless cars.
