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hypercongestion: a standalone construct

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Transportation planning

traffic state in which density is so high that flow falls as more vehicles enter, so speeds and throughput drop together.

In transportation planning, hypercongestion refers to traffic state in which density is so high that flow falls as more vehicles enter, so speeds and throughput drop together. This meaning comes from Small (2003) in Journal of Transport Economics and Policy.[1]

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References

Small, K. A., & Chu, X. (2003). Hypercongestion. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 37(3), 319-352. https://doi.org/10.3828/jtep.2003.37.3.319

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