IN A ROAD NETWORK, INCREASING DELAY LOCALLY CAN REDUCE DELAY GLOBALLY.

THE OBJECT OF THIS PAPER IS TO SHOW HOW, IN A PARTICULAR SIMPLE CASE, TOTAL JOURNEY TIME VARIES WITH THE TRAVEL TIME ALONG AN UNCONGESTED LINK. IT IS SHOWN THAT FOR CERTAIN VALUES OF RELEVANT PARAMETERS A REDUCTION IN TOTAL JOURNEY TIME MAY BE ACHIEVED BY INCREASING THE TRAVEL TIME ALONG THE UNCONGESTED LINK. THIS RESULT IS OF PARTICULAR RELEVANCE TO TOWNS WITH A GOOD BYPASS OR, BETTER, A GOOD OUTER RING ROAD.(Author/publisher).