In the ebb and flow of crowded crosswalks, a surprising pattern emerges: people can naturally form neat lanes of movement.

MIT applied mathematics instructor Karol Bacik and an international team of researchers have pinpointed a precise factor that ...

In a nutshell Crowds naturally form organized lanes when most people walk in two main directions, but become chaotic when ...

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Mathematicians studied the flow of human crowds and developed a way to predict when pedestrian paths will transition from orderly to entangled. Their findings may help inform the design of public ...

Pedestrian crossings generally showcase the best in pedestrian behavior, with people naturally forming orderly lanes as they ...

Next time you cross a crowded plaza, crosswalk, or airport concourse, take note of the pedestrian flow. Are people walking in ...

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Next time you cross a crowded plaza, crosswalk, or airport concourse, take note of the pedestrian flow. Are people walking in orderly lanes ...