One of the interesting benefits of the traffic grid management system is that it can coordinate what’s called emergency vehicle preemption to give first-responders the clearest path through busy commuter corridors. Read more in zdnet AI-based traffic management gets green…
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tech for life
Internet of Things Technology Will Connect Highways, Street Lights, and Vehicles By Kathy Pretz
28 August 2019Views: 1,426Municipalities can start making their roadways smarter right now by deploying off-the-shelf sensors. Wireless or wired IoT sensors of all types can collect data about a road’s condition, the weather, and wildlife-movement patterns. Read more in spectrum Internet of Things…
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Hyperloops & air taxis: Here’s what life might look like in 2030 By Greg Nichols
10 January 2019Views: 854In the area of transportation, it’s clear consumers are paying attention to coverage of (some might say “hype around”) EVs, air taxis, and hyperloops. More than half of respondents expect to be using an autonomous vehicle (63 percent), a driverless…
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mobility
Making the future of mobility work by Burt Rea, Stephanie Stachura, Laurin Wallace, Derek M. Pankratz
18 September 2017Views: 1,092History shows that new technologies often lead to increases in workforce participation for impacted sectors. Famously, since the introduction of ATMs in the late 1970s, the number of bank tellers and bank branch employees has actually increased—but the nature of…
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Merrill Lynch predicts the global market for AI and robots will be just under $153 billion by 2020, and some industries will experience up to a 30% productivity increase through the use of those technologies alone. Read more at import…
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Building transportation systems that connect areas has the power to transform the economic structure of a metropolitan region.California is starting to construct a high-speed rail network that will connect San Francisco and Los Angeles by 2028 and cut travel time…
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In 2007, Vancouver had annual emissions of 4.9 tons of CO2 equivalent per capita. By 2012, according to Vancouver’s city government, it had dropped to 4.4 tons per person. According to environmental advocates, the city has pursued three main agendas…
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5 Visions of What Transportation Will Look Like In 2030 by Sydney Brownstone
20 February 2014Views: 1,126In the megacities of the future, we are going to find new ways to move everyone around–from underground highways to roads where pedestrians and cars share the same space. The United Nations predicts that roughly 60% of the world’s population…