Traffic and road management trends
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Computer World
A new MIT study based on mathematical modeling demonstrates that wirelessly connected vehicles would not need traffic signals or stop signs to navigate roadways.
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Spectrum IEEE
A future without traffic lights is fast, efficient, and terrifying
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Senseable
Slot-based intersections that could replace traditional traffic lights, significantly reducing queues and delays.
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Slashgear
Traffic lights that are projected onto your windshield and change color according to the actual road conditions rather than a preset pattern could cut commute
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Devex
As the world population continues to rise and more people move to cities, sustainable urban planning will increasingly become a priority in international development programs. That will require a new type of partnership focused on transit.
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Denmark
In Denmark, "the bike is a Dane's best friend". Read more about how biking has become the primary form of transportation and also supporting many other functions
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Popular Science
How we can make our lives with flying robots not suck.
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Archdaily
In the race to bring driverless cars from a futuristic fantasy to a present-day reality, developers have touted a plethora of advantages, from...
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Quantumrun
The year is 2033. It’s an unseasonably hot fall afternoon, at least that’s what the plane’s computer announced before including an exact temperature of 32 degrees Celsius. Just a few degrees hotter than New York, but you’re too nervous to care. Your nails begin to bite into your seat handles.
Your Porter plane was starting its descent into Toronto’s Island Airport, but ever since they re
Your Porter plane was starting its descent into Toronto’s Island Airport, but ever since they re
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Quantumrun
The year is 2021. You’re driving down the highway on your daily commute. You approach a car that’s stubbornly driving at the max speed limit. You decide to pass this overly law-abiding driver, except when you do, you discover there’s no one in the front seat.
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Latitude33
Earth 2050 - The future of transport from advanced 3D mapping to autonomous electric vehiclesBy 2050 it is estimated that there will be over 2 billion cars w...
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Popular Mechanics
Pittsburgh is installing traffic lights controlled by artificial intelligence, and they could be coming to your city soon.
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Pop Science
Human civilization wouldn't be the same without our busy streets and scenic byways, but they've changed a lot over the last few thousand years. Challenges such as extreme weather and carbon emissions mean our expressways must evolve even further, so engineers are turning to futuristic fixes to keep traffic flowing.
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Synergistic Traffic Consultancy
Advancements in Electric Vehicles and Artificial Intelligence technology has sparked a global rush toward the development of a mass produced Autonomous Vehic...
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IEEE
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BBC
A roundabout revolution is slowly sweeping the US. The land of the car, where the stop sign and traffic light have ruled for decades, has started to embrace the free-flowing British circular.
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Inhabitat
A subsidiary of France's Bouygues Group plans to test solar roads in Europe, North America, Asia and Africa in 2017.
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The Conversation
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Engadget
South Korea will soon open an 88 acre facility with everything an autonomous car might encounter, including expressways, parking areas and bus-only lanes, according to the Korea Business Times. First announced last year, it will be the world's largest, dwarfing Michigan's 32-acre Mcity facility that it's reportedly based on. The idea is to let companies test self-driving tech in a repeatable way,
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MIT Technology Review
It’s sometimes argued that the long-term benefits of self-driving cars, such as safer roads, may not be felt with much impact until robotic vehicles account for the majority of traffic on the road. Until that happens, those unpredictable lumps of meat we call humans will continue to exert their own effects on traffic—continuing to cause…
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Wired
Flawless curves, milled aluminum, endless glass, walled garden—sounds like an Apple product. In fact, it’s the company’s biggest launch ever.
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WeForum
Artificial intelligence could unclog China's traffic jams- but legislation and human error still pose barriers to development.
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AP News
BOSTON (AP) — One promise of ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft was fewer cars clogging city streets. But studies suggest the opposite: that ride-hailing companies are pulling riders off...
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IPAM
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Digital Trends
Driving on roads covered in potholes is no fun. Researchers from the U.K. think one solution might involve drones that are able to fly to the site of an impending pothole and 3D print some new asphalt. Sound like the most over-engineered solution around? Not necessarily.
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Engadget
As the Honda Pilot is about to enter the intersection a specially built HUD (heads-up display) flashes an orangish yellow with an image of an ambulance. Seconds later an actual ambulance that, moments before, the driver could not see barrels though the intersection with its lights on (no sirens). We watch the emergency vehicle drive off and continue through the intersection.
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The B1M
In an effort to reduce the environmental impact of road construction, a number of new innovations are being developed. For more by The B1M subscribe now - ht...
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City Lab
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BBC
With the number of cars clogging roads around the world expected to double in the coming decades, new approaches are needed to keep traffic moving.
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The Guardian
The next 15 megacities #2: Could Dar es Salaam’s experiment with Africa’s first ‘gold standard’ bus rapid transit system offer an alternative to a future dependent on private cars?
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Politico
How a fast-growing city has invested heavily in mass transit alternatives to keep a lid on gridlock.<br />
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VICE News
New York City cars will soon have to pay a fee to drive downtown. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for m...
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CNET
It's a joint research project with Microsoft.
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The Verge
Uber and Lyft have long argued that ride-hailing apps have the potential to make cities better by ameliorating traffic and reducing personal car ownership. But there is a growing body of research that suggests the opposite is taking place. The latest study, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, underscores how Uber and Lyft are worsening traffic in the city that gave birth to the ri
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Weforum
A new analysis released today estimates that urban last-mile delivery emissions are on track to increase by over 30% by 2030 in the top 100 cities globally.
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The Economist
The tragedy is that this is so easy to change
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Fast Company
Mathematicians are unimpressed by engineers’ solutions.
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ZD Net
Technology convergence allows for safer automated traffic lights with less waiting.
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Engadget
Google Maps' traffic predictions are 50 percent more accurate in some cities thanks to DeepMind's AI.
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Vice
For the last 70 years, American transportation planners have been using the same model to decide what to build. There’s just one problem: it’s often wrong.
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Motherboard
Only 10 percent of cars would have to be connected for it to work.
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WSJ
Cities across the country are turning to what government officials and urban planners call “curb management strategies” to help congestion, a year-round problem that peaks during the holiday shopping season.
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Canadian Under Writer
