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In the not-so-distant future, city streets could be flooded with autonomous vehicles. Self-driving cars can move faster and travel closer together, allowing more of them to fit on the road—potentially leading to congestion ...
Dec 16, 2019
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Automotive
The first driverless cars were supposed to be deployed on the roads of American cities in 2019, but just a few days before the end of the year, the lofty promises of car manufacturers and Silicon Valley remain far from becoming ...
Dec 15, 2019
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Automotive
During a trip to the United States, I was surprised to hear a transportation planner from a major American metropolis say that traffic congestion was not a problem because it was a sign of economic vitality.
Dec 5, 2019
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Decarbonizing vans that carry Internet-ordered deliveries: if it is a good idea then why not? A company's effort in the UK to do so might show the rest of the world that this is the way to go as we try to find solutions for ...
Automotive
Google spinoff Waymo is trying to educate emergency responders on how to deal with its autonomous vehicles.
Nov 22, 2019
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The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board says Uber had an ineffective safety culture when one of its autonomous test vehicles ran down and killed a pedestrian last year in Tempe, Arizona.
Nov 19, 2019
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ETH researchers have shown that we can use the structure of urban road networks to predict their traffic capacity. This information enables urban and transportation planners to quantify how changes will influence traffic ...
Nov 19, 2019
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Automotive
Researchers have designed multiplayer games occupants of autonomous vehicles can play with other players in nearby self-driving cars.
Nov 18, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Hyundai has unveiled special noise cancellation technology addressing noise control.
Automotive
The new transport projects governments are constantly announcing are expensive. In the recent New South Wales and Victorian elections, the returned state governments' transport infrastructure promises added up to A$165 billion. ...
Nov 11, 2019
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