Transportation news, curated through an EECS lense. Special interest and emphasis on autonomous vehicles, scalable solutions, cost-efficient transit (e.g. busses), innovations in infrastructure, security, IU/UX, and insights into the behavioral/legal/ethical aspects.
Using real-time road traffic data to evaluate congestion – Research – University of Cambridge 2012-01-31 A new project has shown that by using existing sources of information about traffic flow it is possible to create a minute-by-minute image of congestion in cities. via Using real-time road traffic data to evaluate congestion – Research – University of Cambridge. Research being done in the UK, with emphasis on data collection using low cost sensors. ...
LiveLeak.com – Redefining the Media 2012-01-31 http://www.liveleak.com/ Full of car accidents For example:
Technical Documents | GENIVI Alliance 2012-01-30 The resources page is where GENIVI® will post technical documents and other information in the form of videos, presentations, white papers, case studies and webinars. Much of this will be the output of work currently underway in the GENIVI working groups. via Technical Documents | GENIVI Alliance. Industry alliance for open source in-vehicle infotainment software framework. Is it ...
Progress and challenges in intelligent vehicle area networks 2012-01-30 Vehicle area networks form the backbone of future intelligent transportation systems. via Progress and challenges in intelligent vehicle area networks. This article is a gold mine! The National Transportation Safety Board reports that U.S. highways on average experience 43,300 fatalities per year. Every day, more than 16,000 crashes occur on U.S. highways, mainly due to driver error, poor ...
Research « Progressive Transit 2012-01-29 In cities or areas with low-density traditional static route transportation does not work well, and with the ubiquity of mobile phones and easy communication, there is no need to rely on this type of transit. If a passenger can communicate his or her destination and current location to the transit operator (similar to calling ...
GOOD.is | How Does LA Move (Raw Image) 2012-01-29 via GOOD.is | How Does LA Move (Raw Image). Infographic: How Does Los Angeles Move?
Let the Robot Drive: The Autonomous Car of the Future Is Here | Wired Magazine | Wired.com 2012-01-29 “My other car drives itself.” via Let the Robot Drive: The Autonomous Car of the Future Is Here | Wired Magazine | Wired.com. Working on autonomous cars: Google, BMW, Audi, VW, Toyota Google isn’t the only company with driverless cars on the road. Indeed, just about every traditional automaker is developing its own self-driving model, peppering Silicon Valley ...
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