Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.
The flow of vehicles on roads emerges from the movement of devices or objects that utilize motion to transport people or goods from one place to another, harnessing energy to facilitate movement through space.
External reference — all senses of the word “traffic” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.