What is 5G? An electrical engineer explains
5G stands for fifth-generation cellular network technology.
Jan 10, 2022
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News tagged with traffic jams
Automotive
Cycle lanes blamed for urban congestion: Here's the reality
The average driver in London spent 148 hours in traffic jams in 2021—twice the national average, according to a new report by Inrix, a firm that analyzes road traffic. These findings prompted a BBC story that attributed ...
Dec 09, 2021
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Team develops model to understand how a city's design creates congestion
City planners predict that as more people move into urban areas, traffic jams will get worse. That's why sustainability expert Neil Debbage, an assistant professor in the UTSA College of Liberal and Fine Arts' Department ...
Sep 22, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Technologies can help drivers maintain the two-second rule to improve road safety and traffic flow
The two-second rule, taught in driver's ed classes across the country, is a rule of thumb that helps drivers maintain a safe distance from the car ahead at any speed. Adhering to the two-second rule can be difficult. A team ...
Sep 14, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Moving hazardous goods in the smart city
The transportation of hazardous materials through densely populated areas, such as cities, is a necessary part of modern life, but comes with risks of spills and leaks, explosions, environmental issues, and public health ...
Sep 09, 2021
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Automotive
New platform allows autonomous vehicles to safely drive at small distances
Ph.D. student Robbin van Hoek has designed a new platform for automated vehicles that integrates the benefits of cooperative and autonomous vehicles. The framework is an important step toward autonomous vehicles that are ...
Jul 13, 2021
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Automotive
Congestion pricing could shrink car size
Rush hour will likely return when pandemic lockdowns lift, but a new study suggests that congestion pricing—policies that charge tolls for driving during peak hours—could not only cure traffic jams but also convince motorists ...
May 13, 2021
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Internet
On the road to smart cities: Where smart vehicles stand and where they're going
Central to any technological progress is the enrichment of human life. The internet and wireless connectivity have done that by allowing not only virtually anyone anywhere to connect real time, but by making possible connections ...
May 12, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Simulations reveal potential for up to 17% energy savings through traffic congestion controls
Inching forward in bumper-to-bumper traffic, drivers bemoan the years of their lives sacrificed in bad commutes. Even with the pandemic dramatically reducing the volume of traffic, Americans still lost an average of 26 hours ...
Apr 23, 2021
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Assessing aspects of Uber and Lyft on urban mobility in the United States
A trio of researchers, two from MIT and one from Tongji University, has conducted an assessment of the impact of ride service providers Uber and Lyft on urban mobility in the United States. In their paper published in the ...
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Traffic congestion
Traffic congestion is a condition on networks that occurs as use increases, and is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased queueing. The most common example is the physical use of roads by vehicles. When traffic demand is great enough that the interaction between vehicles slows the speed of the traffic stream, congestion is incurred. As demand approaches the capacity of a road (or of the intersections along the road), extreme traffic congestion sets in. When vehicles are fully stopped for periods of time, this is colloquially known as a traffic jam.
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