Video: Why traffic apps make congestion worse
Has your smartphone traffic app ever led you into a traffic jam? Join the club.
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Feb 2, 2018
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Smart cities need to be more human, so we're creating Sims-style virtual worlds
Huge quantities of networked sensors have appeared in cities across the world in recent years. These include cameras and sensors that count the number of passers by, devices to sense air quality, traffic flow detectors, and ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 1, 2018
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Car navigation tech brings new twists and turns to driving
Digital maps that dodge traffic jams are saving time for millions of motorists, but they're also turning some neighborhood streets into headache-inducing escape routes from congested highways.
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Sep 5, 2017
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Tunnel visions: China bets big on subways as cities expand
Deep under Shanghai, workers on a flood-lit construction rig carefully install massive concrete wall sections for a new subway tunnel, adding metre-by-metre to the world's longest metro system.
Engineering
Jul 21, 2017
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Want to escape Sao Paulo's traffic? Take a flying taxi
While Uber has changed ground transport in many cities, Sao Paulo's infernal traffic jams have sparked a new app that opens the sky to commuters: Voom, a helicopter taxi service that charges according to distance and the ...
Business
Jul 19, 2017
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Traffic signals in Frisco will soon talk with cars as part of a new technology push
What if you knew when you stopped at a traffic signal whether you had two minutes or 10 seconds before the light turned green?
Hi Tech & Innovation
May 5, 2017
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Bike-sharing launched in congested Beirut
Lebanon launched a bike-sharing programme in its capital Beirut on Sunday, hoping to cut down on the congested city's notorious traffic and pollution.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 30, 2017
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Calculating where America should invest in its transportation and communications networks
The American economy is underpinned by networks. Road networks carry traffic and freight; the internet and telecommunications networks carry our voices and digital information; the electricity grid is a network carrying energy; ...
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Apr 20, 2017
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Chicago's red-light camera program has significant safety benefits
Chicago's red-light cameras reduce serious injury crashes at intersections where they are placed and also have a measurable "spillover effect" that improves safety at intersections without cameras, according to a Northwestern ...
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2017
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An algorithm for taxi sharing
Researchers in Uruguay have developed an evolutionary algorithm to allow a smart city to facilitate efficient taxi sharing to cut an individual's transport costs as well as reduce congestion and traffic pollution. Details ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 26, 2016
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