car flow improved when 42 traffic lights zonked out in beverly (east yorkshire, UK, the earth) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3266133/All-FORTY-TWO-tr

car flow improved when 42 traffic lights zonked out in beverly (east yorkshire, UK, the earth) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3266133/All-FORTY-TWO-traffic-lights-break-Britain-s-chaotic-junction-guess-happens-flow-cars-IMPROVES.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3266133/All-FORTY-TW... (kind of amusing that the number is 42) Related conclusion is that crowdsourcing decisions works when a few conditions are met (all related to decentralized information). More here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds#Four_elements_required_to_form_a_wise_crowd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds#Four_elem...