Talk:Three-phase traffic theory

Hinsbergen 15:56, 22 November 2006 (UTC) started this page about Kerner's traffic theory. I am curious about the criticism on this theory and the comparison of it with the existing theory of the fundamental diagram.


 * I'm fascinated by this topic and found this article informative but I'm a novice in this field. I wonder if you think this article should be merged with Traffic congestion? Please see . Whether or not it succeeds, it would bring a number of readers to this article. Best wishes, Walter Siegmund (talk) 18:04, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


 * This page may expand through time, because the topic is complex and there is much to say about it. I plan to expand the page; I'm following a course on Kerner's theory. I think merging it into traffic congestion may make the page too long. Also, I think there needs to be a page on the fundamental diagram; when I have the time, I'll see if I can create it. Hinsbergen 13:51, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The merged article would certainly be well within the 32kb guideline and would bring an international perspective to that article. Please see WP:SIZE. That is a good idea to have an article on the fundamental diagram. I look forward to reading it. Best wishes, Walter Siegmund (talk) 15:32, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Hard to Read
This article is currently very hard to read, full of phrases like Spatial-temporal and temporal-spatial, no x-refs to them or decent explanations. Even though I understand queue theory I came away not understanding this as the text scared me off. What I think it means is that static features in the road create what for fluids constitute turbulence, this propagates upstream through direct congestion (vehicles in the way) and indirectly (brake lights, etc). How is this different from basic fluid dynamics except that game theory applies to the decisions make drivers make as they try to optimise their own journeys?

Merger proposal with Traffic congestion reconstruction with Kerner's three-phase theory
I propose to merge Traffic congestion reconstruction with Kerner's three-phase theory with Three-phase traffic theory. I think that the content in the Traffic congestion reconstruction with Kerner's three-phase theory article can be explained in the context of three-phase traffic theory. I do not think Traffic congestion reconstruction with Kerner's three-phase theory is suitable for an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not an academic journal. -Eóin (talk) 02:28, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

I do not think that merging of Traffic congestion reconstruction with Kerner's three-phase theory with Three-phase traffic theory is a good idea. I think that the content in Traffic congestion reconstruction with Kerner's three-phase theory article cannot be clear explained in the context of Three-phase traffic theory. The reason for my comment is as follows: The article Three-phase traffic theory is a general article about common spatiotemporal features of vehicular traffic. Contrarily, the Traffic congestion reconstruction with Kerner's three-phase theory article is a specific but important engineering article that ideas were applied in real traffic installations. The Traffic congestion reconstruction with Kerner's three-phase theory article might be totally misunderstandable if the article is integrated into the context of Three-phase traffic theory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:16b8:2cb3:b300:f902:b0e:c885:b93f (talk) 13:27, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Closing, given the uncontested objection and no support. Klbrain (talk) 11:30, 10 October 2021 (UTC)