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Traffic jams are back! What now?

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In this episode of the Khwezi Science Report, Tanya Farber looks at the physics behind traffic jams, and the conundrum of urban sprawl in which people need to get from A to B to earn a living. She asks if we've learnt anything during lockdown and how to untangle the mess our cities are in.
13 Oct 2020 English South Africa Science

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