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2026-10-08 issue

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Visual Transportation Science turns traffic theory into visual essays

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An open atlas of 76 visual essays explaining transportation research across nine subject areas.

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The phantom-jam entry explains how small braking reactions can produce a queue without a crash, lane closure, or road defect.

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The collection is divided into traffic flow, intersections, networks, public transit, ride services, freight and logistics, policies, multimodal transport, and AI and machine learning. Its examples explain chains of cause and effect, including how late buses can accumulate more waiting passengers and fall further behind. The homepage lists nine subject sections with seven to nine films apiece.

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