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Bumpy landing for Bangalore's airport dream
Comment To spare thousands of their employees from getting stuck in the never-ending traffic jams that choke the arterial road taking them to Electronics City, companies are chipping in to fund the government's... [30 Jul 2008]
IBM Case Study: The City of Stockholm
White Paper Stockholm wanted to reduce both the number of traffic jams in the city and the municipality's air pollution levels. Road-use charging systems must demonstrate a high degree of accuracy. An inefficient... [11 Jun 2008]
Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear
News Outside healthcare, the report points to many future applications of wireless tech in the transport sector, including road-to-vehicle and car-to-car comms technology to alert drivers to traffic jams to... [08 May 2008]
The high-tech road to happiness
News The government has laid out its vision of motorists avoiding jams by watching live video of their route before setting off, and using smart signs to open and shut lanes and warn of queues. Ambitious proposals in the... [01 Apr 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: How we'll beat road pricing
Comment Traffic jams are the norm, with the time and energy wasted exceeding the combined national education and heath budgets. And then of course there is the resulting CO2 pollution created by slow moving... [12 Jun 2007]
Leader: Save the world - stay at home
Leader Flexible working will also allow employees to dodge rush hours when they do have to drive - meaning fewer traffic jams and reduced carbon emissions. If you're not working remotely already - either from... [04 May 2007]
India diary, day 12: Searching for the next big thing
Comment Although perhaps that would simply transfer the traffic jams from the roads to the sky. And then I realise what he undoubtedly worked out long ago - no matter how fast you go on the roads of Bangalore,... [15 Mar 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Getting lost with GPS
Comment More recently units showing the real-time slowing of traffic and the creation of jams have become available. Being able to see approaching junctions or reductions from a dual to single carriageway well... [02 Jan 2007]
Intelligent Traffic System Alleviates Congestion for Londoners
These endless traffic jams lead to blaring horns, flaring tempers, missed meetings, and an eroding quality of life as noise and pollution increase. Instead, intelligent traffic systems... [15 Nov 2006]
Intelligent Traffic System Alleviates Congestion for Londoners
White Paper These endless traffic jams lead to blaring horns, flaring tempers, missed meetings, and an eroding quality of life as noise and pollution increase. Instead, intelligent traffic systems... [15 Nov 2006]
Can BlackBerrys put an end to jams?
News T-Mobile has teamed up with mxData to sell TrafficTV, an app which lets road warriors check up on jams and other traffic worries with their BlackBerry. How about watching traffic... [13 Sep 2006]
Motorists to get jam-busting traffic info
News Earlier this year the HA announced a 12-month trial that will allow drivers to download video footage from motorway CCTV cameras onto their mobile phones to help them avoid jams. The HA is also developing trials of other... [19 Jul 2006]
Radioactive: Today a jam, tomorrow the open road?
Comment If car-to-car technology comes through, waiting in jams and skidding on ice patches could be a thing of the past. The C2C CC is rising to the challenge set by an EC eSafety programme that is seeking to reduce road... [21 Jun 2006]
Satellite tech to map cables under UK roads in 3D
News He said in a statement: "We'll always need to dig holes in the street but reducing the amount of roadworks would bring enormous economic and environmental benefits, with fewer traffic jams and exhaust... [22 Mar 2006]
Re:Viewing 2005: The year in public sector IT
News Poor decisions about IT investments have left motorists stuck in traffic jams, according to a PAC report in June. High-tech traffic systems also grabbed a lot of headlines this year.... [19 Dec 2005]
