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Interactive Technology Eases Urban Traffic Jams

posted by martyb on Saturday May 30 2020, @01:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the don't-get-jammed-up dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Can interactive technology ease urban traffic jams?:

Traffic congestion is a serious problem in the United States, but a new analysis shows that interactive technology -- ranging from 511 traffic information systems and roadside cameras to traffic apps like Waze and Google Maps -- is helping in cities that use it.

Potentially, the researchers said, technology could limit the need to widen and expand roadways while saving commuters time and money and lessening environmental damage.

[...] Pavlou [author of the report] said the study suggests alternatives to simply building more and bigger roads to keep up with population and traffic growth. Using large-scale technology systems in conjunction with real-time traffic apps at the individual level is less expensive and more effective than only spending funds to expand and maintain roadways, he said .

Journal Reference:
Zhi (Aaron) Cheng, Min-Seok Pang, Paul A. Pavlou. Mitigating Traffic Congestion: The Role of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Information Systems Research (DOI: sre20190894)

The real question is, when cars honk does Pavlou's mouth water?

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2020, @04:09AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2020, @04:09AM (#1000912)

    What happens when they "ease" urban traffic jams is that an algorithm like google's starts routing hundreds of impatient pricks through backstreets and past my house. Which makes everyone pissed off and want to put speed bumps and whatnot, which riles folks up about taxpayer money and government overreach. Before you know it, it's civil war. So please - sit in the traffic jam and suck it up.

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2020, @05:13AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2020, @05:13AM (#1000933)

    Those apps had large trucks cutting through our little townhouse community as a shortcut. We put up one chain blocking egress/entrance for the "straightest shot" through our neighborhood. Not a shortcut now.

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2020, @06:02AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2020, @06:02AM (#1000951)

      What Communist freedom-hating country was this in?

      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2020, @04:00PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2020, @04:00PM (#1001042)

        It was 100% private property. "Road" included.