Using Technology To Tame Traffic

19 March 2003 - 5:00am

New technologies attempt to predict congestion and help drivers steer clear.

When gridlock sets in, the responsibility for interpreting the data and recommending responses falls to human traffic managers, who sometimes err." New prediction technologies will change all that. "...Several traffic-prediction efforts... by 2004, could be saving drivers' time in cities such as Tokyo, Los Angeles, Houston, and Stockholm, where 'intelligent highway' infrastructures are already in place..."

Full Story: Taming Traffic
Source: Technology Review, March 17, 2003
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