A joint research team from Toyohashi University of Technology, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Toyota Transportation Research Institute, and Daido University has established a method to represent driving ...
Mathematics
Apr 2, 2020
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With the addition of just a small number of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on the road, traffic flow can become faster, greener, and safer in the near future, a new study suggests.
General Physics
Sep 1, 2020
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A long-running debate among traffic engineers has been resolved by two A*STAR researchers who have discovered that two seemingly very different models of traffic flow in cities actually have similar underlying mathematical ...
Mathematics
Jun 15, 2016
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(Phys.org) —If you've been lucky enough to catch all the green lights as you drive down a busy street, you may have been benefiting from intentional synchronization called a "green wave." The green wave concept has been ...
Airline pilots and air traffic controllers are on schedule to switch to text communications at most of the nation's busiest airports by the end of the year, a milestone that holds the potential to reduce delays, prevent errors ...
Other
Sep 27, 2016
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A partial matching approach can overcome the dimensionality "curse" of continuous measurements over time to yield more accurate future predictions.
Mathematics
Aug 16, 2021
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For decades, flying cars have featured in our visions of what futuristic cities might look like. Now EU-funded researchers with the MYCOPTER project have developed a steering system that makes helicopters as easy to control ...
Engineering
Dec 5, 2014
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Tiny and industrious, ants are models of teamwork and efficiency. The picnic-wrecking insects could also teach city planners a thing or two about how to optimize the timing of traffic signals, according to students at the ...
Mathematics
Jun 13, 2016
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In Vienna there are some 200 push-button pedestrian lights (signalized pedestrian crossings). They allow pedestrians to cross the road safely. But only after a waiting time, which is annoying for many people. This often results ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
May 27, 2019
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The aircraft industry is expecting a seven-fold increase in air traffic by 2050, and a four-fold increase in greenhouse gas emissions unless fundamental changes are made. But just how "fundamental" will those changes need ...
Engineering
Nov 7, 2014
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