Complexity Scientist Beats Traffic Jams Through Adaptation | Quanta Magazine
By using computer simulations that specialize in adaptation and not in prediction, Gershenson uses self-organization as a tool to improve urban mobility. Although most of the transport-system solutions he has proposed to various cities have encountered political and bureaucratic obstacles, his ideas were implemented successfully in Mexico City s metro system in 2016. Just by signaling clearly where people should wait to let passengers exit before boarding the trains, the pilot project eliminated almost all conflicts and pushing during the boarding process and reduced the time spent boarding by as much as 15%.