Stay in your lane: Density fluctuations in multi-lane traffic
J. Worsfold,
T. Rogers
Abstract:When a new vehicle joins a lane, those behind may have to temporarily slow to accommodate them. 
Changing lane can be forced due to lane drops or junctions, but may also take place spontaneously at discretion of drivers, and recent studies have found that traffic jams and traffic oscillations can form even without such bottlenecks.
Understanding how lane changing behaviour affects traffic flow is important for learning how to design roads and control traffic more effectively.
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