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Overview of the Causes of Congestion

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Road Traffic Congestion: A Concise Guide

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Traffic congestion results from the imbalance between the supply of and the demand for transportation facilities

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  1. NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, New York, USA

    John C. Falcocchio

  2. Transportation Consultant, Wallingford, CT, USA

    Herbert S. Levinson

  3. Region 2 Urban Transportation Research Center, City College, New York, USA

    Herbert S. Levinson

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  1. John C. Falcocchio
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Falcocchio, J.C., Levinson, H.S. (2015). Overview of the Causes of Congestion. In: Road Traffic Congestion: A Concise Guide. Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15165-6_4

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