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Published online 8 June 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040607-2

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Bold motorists clear roads

Computer model explains Bogotá's jam-free streets.

Aggressivedriving can ease traffic congestion, say researchers who have created a computer model of the mean streets of Colombia's capital Bogotá.

The study shows how a city's traffic build-up is influenced by the characteristic driving style of its motorists, say study authors L.

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