Roads should have lanes for autonomous vehicles
While we may have to wait a little longer for fully automated flying cars, the future of automated vehicles is not far away.
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Automotive
Playing nice: How self-driving cars and human-driven cars could share the road
Akin to when Model Ts traveled alongside horses and buggies, autonomous vehicles (AVs) and human-driven vehicles (HVs) will someday share road. How to best manage the rise of AVs is the topic of a new Carnegie Mellon policy ...
Oct 3, 2022
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Sick of dangerous city traffic? Remove left turns
To reduce travel times, fuel consumption and carbon emissions, in 2004, UPS changed delivery routes to minimize the left-hand turns drivers made. Although this seems like a rather modest change, the results are anything but: ...
Jun 2, 2021
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Engineering
What are roundabouts? A transportation engineer explains the safety benefits of these circular intersections
If you live on the East Coast, you may have driven through roundabouts in your neighborhood countless times. Or maybe, if you're in some parts farther west, you've never encountered one of these intersections. But roundabouts, ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Surtrac allows traffic to move at the speed of technology
Artificial intelligence is giving more Pittsburgh drivers the green light.
Oct 29, 2019
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Engineering
Understanding how ions flow in and out of the tiniest pores promises better energy storage devices
Modern life relies on electricity and electrical devices, from cars and buses to phones and laptops, to the electrical systems in homes. Behind many of these devices is a type of energy storage device, the supercapacitor. ...
May 29, 2024
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Wisconsin's COVID-19 stay-at-home order drove changes in state's traffic volume
Traffic along Wisconsin's highways had an unprecedented drop and remained well below normal in the weeks since Gov. Tony Evers' Safer at Home order took effect March 25, giving traffic engineers an unusual perspective on ...
Jun 3, 2020
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Automotive
Child pedestrians, self-driving vehicles: What's the safest scenario for crossing the road?
Crossing a busy street safely typically is a result of a social exchange. Pedestrians look for cues—a wave, a head nod, a winking flash of the headlights, and, of course, a full vehicle stop—to know it's safe to cross.
Apr 24, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
New tool simulates real-world vehicle traffic to predict large-scale energy impact
From a city's rush-hour commute to the operations of a cross-country transport fleet, a new tool from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory can paint a picture of how vehicles are using energy on a large ...
Aug 6, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Simulating realistic lane changes in two-lane traffic
Many urban areas worldwide are now rapidly expanding, often with major negative impacts on traffic congestion. To address this issue, researchers have constructed models aiming to simulate the flow of traffic—but so far, ...
May 4, 2022
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