  We study a two-lane driven lattice gas model with oppositely directed
particles moving on two periodic lanes with correlated lane switching
processes, so that particles can switch lanes with finite probability only when
oppositely directed particles meet on the same lane. This system exhibits an
unique behavior, wherein a phase transition is observed between a homogeneous
absorbing phase, characterized by complete segregation of oppositely directed
particles between the two lanes, and a jammed phase where each species of
particles occupy both the lanes, along with formation of large cluster. This
transition is accompanied by a finite drop of current in the lattice, emergence
of cluster comprising of both species of particles, and is determined by the
interplay of the relative rates of translation of particles on the same lane
and their lane switching rates. These findings may have interesting
implications for understanding the phenomenon of jamming in microtubule
filaments observed in context of axonal transport.
