Fast Company highlights a new book about American facts and myths. The Real State of America Atlas by Cynthai Enloe and Joni Seager includes a look at vehicle-miles traveled per capita by state. Wyoming anyone?
Archive for the ‘Traffic’ Category
Real American Traffic
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011Congestion: On our roads, in Congress
Monday, August 15th, 2011The Wall Street Journal looks at congestion on American roads and how to get things moving.
We have tremendous technology available that could help make transportation smoother and more efficient. Traffic signals that are centrally controlled by computer can optimize the flow of traffic. Electronic toll-collection tags let drivers pay without .Read more...
Screens to Improve Safety, Reduce Rubbernecking
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011Eric A. Morris from Freakonomics looks at the effects of rubbernecking and the possible solution in safety screen.
As we all know, terrific jams can be caused even when the wreck(s) is moved out of the traffic lanes, as passing drivers gape at the carnage. It’s been quite a long time .Read more...
Parking 2.0
Monday, August 8th, 2011Guest Post by Kevin Blomberg, Parking In Motion
Nobody enjoys parking. The word itself has been known to summon a curse word or two.
Over the last few years, however, the industry’s produced exciting innovations will not only make parking a more seamlessly integrated experience, but also a more environmentally friendly one. Automated parking garages, which .Read more...
Using Tanks for Parking Enforcement?
Thursday, August 4th, 2011The mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania, Arturos Zuorokas, has taken parking problems into his own hands using a tank to enforce parking rules. This humorous YouTube video highlights the man, the problem, and the tank.
H/T Fast Company
New York Unveils Adaptive Traffic Signals
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011Mayor Bloomberg unveiled New York’s new ‘Midtown in Motion’ traffic system. More from Fast Company:
Midtown in Motion, a $1.6 million real-time traffic management system from NYC’s Department of Transportation, prevents gridlock with a network of sensors and cameras that allows operators to adjust traffic signal patterns on the fly.
Midtown in .Read more...
Carmageddon: How Bad Was the Traffic?
Friday, July 22nd, 2011Now that ‘Carmageddon’ is over in Southern California, how bad was the traffic? Freakonomics blogger Eric A. Morris weighs in on the results.
In fact, Carmageddon saw stunningly low traffic levels, with many who did venture out reporting they had never driven at such speeds in LA in their lifetimes. Moreover, .Read more...
Flight Paths as Art
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011Artist Aaron Koblin uses flight path records to generate compelling works of art. From his website:
Air traffic as seen by the FAA. The Flight Patterns visualizations are the result of experiments leading to the project Celestial Mechanics by Scott Hesselsand Gabriel Dunne. FAA data was parsed and plotted using the Processing programming environment. The frames .Read more...
Tampa Red-light Cameras
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011The St. Pete Times reports on Tampa, Florida’s red-light camera system.
What sets off a red-light camera?
A laser sensor about the size of a hockey puck is embedded in the middle of each lane behind the white “stop bar” line, which signifies the beginning of a signalized intersection.
If a car crosses .Read more...
Monorails: The Future or the Past?
Monday, July 18th, 2011Walt Disney expected monorails to be the public transportation of the future. Or are they a relic of the past?
The Wall Street Journal looks at monorails.
Although monorails have been around since the 19th century, they have mainly been short-line systems, limited to moving visitors around amusement parks or between airport .Read more...
Carmageddon: Los Angeles’ Traffic Nightmare
Thursday, July 7th, 2011The New York Times looks at the extensive highway work project expected to cause major disruptions this week.
You would think that Los Angeles, of all places, would know how to handle a catastrophe. But in just over a week, 11 miles of Interstate 405 — the north-south spine of the .Read more...
