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Late merging makes better use of available road bandwidth. That's not anecdotal, that's simple math.
by icarus_drowning 13y ago
Late merging makes better use of available road bandwidth. That's not anecdotal, that's simple math.
- ronaldx 13y agoLate merging makes more effective use of the car waiting area, at the expense of a faster flow.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoSo you mean the flow through a straw is better than through a funnel?
- abstrakraft 13y agoBandwidth is probably the wrong term here. It keeps traffic from backing up as far, true, but this really only matters to people who are turning off before the merge. Ignoring early exits, at steady state, the only thing that really matters is flow _after_ the merge - that's what determines the rate at which traffic passes the restriction.