It is observed that the fluctuation of a traffic current on an expressway obeys the 1/f law for low spectral frequencies. Under proper assumptions the variation of the car concentration is expressed by the Burgers nonlinear differential equation. The observed power spectrum is accounted for as a characteristic feature of the Burgers turbulence.
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Musha et al. (1976) studied this question.