News tagged with freeway traffic

Auctions, traffic, selfishness, and data privacy: It all comes down to math

Every time you run a Google search, a split-second automated auction takes place to determine which of many competing companies will get to fill the ad space in your browsing window. The program controlling ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Traffic's true toll: Researchers explore the health effects of vehicle exhaust

(PhysOrg.com) -- When Dr. Ralph Delfino and Michael Kleinman look at Southern California's gridlocked freeways, they don't just see traffic. They see research opportunities.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 1




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BMW shows hands-free driving on Autobahn (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Move over, Google, or better still, stay off the Autobahn, best not to interfere with the main show, which now stars BMW and its technology feats with self-driving cars. BMW has been drawing ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report

Cellphone towers fade into landscape

Faced with providing service for ever more data-hungry cellphones, telecommunications carriers are in a nonstop race costing billions of dollars to boost the capacities of their networks.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research warns drivers about most deadly, accident-prone intersections

(PhysOrg.com) -- The difference between an intersection controlled by flashing lights and one controlled by a stop sign can play a big role in accident prevention, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Green routing' can cut car emissions without significantly slowing travel time

The path of least emissions may not always be the fastest way to drive somewhere. But according to new research from the University at Buffalo, it's possible for drivers to cut their tailpipe emissions without significantly ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Feds urge states to ban texting, talking on roads

(AP) -- Ren Bishop is one of many American drivers who texts, tweets and talks on her cellphone while she's behind the wheel - and thinks it should be up to drivers to use their discretion when it comes to ...

Technology / Other

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

IROS gets earful on Google's self-driving cars (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lots of people now know about Google's self-driving car project. The latest stats find Google's fleet of robotic vehicles have done over 190,000 miles with only occasional human interventio ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

Kicking hybrids out of carpool lanes backfires, slowing traffic for all

(PhysOrg.com) -- The end of a California program granting free access to carpool lanes by solo drivers of hybrid cars has unintentionally slowed traffic in all lanes, according to transportation engineers ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Engineers simulate large quake on curved bridge (w/ video)

Six full-size pickup trucks took a wild ride on a 16-foot-high steel bridge when it shook violently in a series of never-before-conducted experiments to investigate the seismic behavior of a curved bridge ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

California dreaming: LA imagines life without cars

Los Angeles is famous for its addiction to cars -- whether cruising in their convertibles, or (more often) sitting in monster traffic jams on the freeway, the car is definitely king for Angelenos.

Technology / Other

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Europe looks into helicopter commuting

A European research program is studying the feasibility of a new kind of individual transport that avoids traffic jams by taking to the skies. Two laboratories at EPFL participate in this project.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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