Here are some methods to avoid congestion:

Article Crowd dynamics - Being stuck

Article Negative feedback in ants: Crowding results in less trail ph...

https://www.quantamagazine.org/complexity-scientist-beats-traffic-jams-through-adaptation-20200928/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mBjYZTeaTc

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-ai-traffic-distant-memory.html

Article Set road charges in real time to ease traffic

Article Dissipation of stop-and-go waves via control of autonomous v...

https://techxplore.com/news/2018-08-scientists-concept-traffic.html

https://spectrum.ieee.org/app-makes-traffic-jams-disappear-with-flow-optimization

http://www.amasci.com/amateur/traffic/traffic1.html

Article Winning strategies in congested traffic

Article Dissolution of traffic jam via additional local interactions

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2014/12/reducing-traffic-congestion-with.html

Article An efficient strategy for enhancing traffic capacity by remo...

https://scienceblog.com/15054/traffic-jam-mystery-solved-by-mathematicians/

Regards,

Joachim