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Tag: Road transport

Tag Archives: Road transport

20Oct/17

Latest design may help eliminate traffic jams in the future

October 20, 2017InnovationDahir Insaat, Dahir Semenov, Gyro monorail, Land transport, Monorail, Road safety, Road traffic management, Road transport, Street furniture, Sustainable transport, Traffic, Traffic law, Transport, Trolleybus, Vehicle, Vehiclessmbale

Turkish engineering company designs a vehicle travelling above central reservation line to ease heavy traffic
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17Feb/17

Dutch town installs special pavement lights for smartphone addicts

February 17, 2017MobileBodegraven, City: Bodegraven, Disaster/Accident, Dolf Roodenburg, Environment, Here Technologies, Land transport, Netherlands, Personal computing, Road, Road safety, Road traffic management, Road transport, smartphone, Smartphones, Traffic, Traffic law, Traffic light, Transportsmbale

Dutch town installs special pavement lights to prevent traffic accidents caused by people looking too closely at their smartphones.

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13Jan/17

Flashing the peace sign could get your identity stolen, Japanese researcher says

January 13, 2017SecurityBiometrics, Disaster/Accident, Fingerprint, Headlight flashing, Human anatomy, I (Almost) Got Away With It, Identification, Land transport, NEXT MEDIA, Politics by country, Road transport, Sankei Shimbun, Technology/Internet, Traffic law, Traffic signals, Traffic signs, Transportsmbale

Japanese scientists are warning people their identities could be stolen simply by flashing the peace sign for a photograph.
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22Jan/16

Washington declares state of emergency, braces for ‘historic’ snowfall

January 22, 2016Environment2009–10 North American winter, American women in politics, Baltimore, Blizzard, Blizzards, COLLEGE PARK, Daniel Petersen, Disaster/Accident, February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard, Ice storms, January 2016 United States blizzard, Meteorological phenomena, Meteorology, Muriel Bowser, New York City, Nor'easters, Road traffic management, Road transport, Storm, Traffic congestion, United States, Washington, Washington and Baltimore areas, Washington D.C., Washington D.C., Virginia and Marylandsmbale

D.C. struggles with first test of weather preparedness, failing to treat roads early enough and causing major traffic jams ahead of a massive storm.

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05Jan/16

Lyft’s vision for an on-demand network of self-driving cars will mean fewer cars on the road

January 5, 2016TransportAutomation, Autonomous car, Car, E-hailing, Emerging technologies, General Motors, GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY, John Zimmer, Location-based software, Logan Green, Lyft, Motor vehicles, NEXT MEDIA, Ridesharing company, Road transport, Robotics, Self-driving cars, Sustainable transport, Technology, Transport, Transportation network companies, United States, Vehicular automationsmbale

Lyft, an American ride-hailing service, announced on Monday that General Motors has invested $500 million in the company, and the companies together plan to develop a network of autonomous vehicles.
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08Oct/15

Massive traffic jam outside Beijing after national holiday

October 8, 2015WorldBeijing, China, Expressways in China, Land transport, national holiday, North China Plain, Road traffic management, Road transport, Traffic congestion, Transportsmbale

Photos from Chinese media show a huge traffic jam on the outskirts of Beijing caused by a massive flow of travellers returning after a week-long national holiday.

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20Jul/15

Google self-driving car was rear-ended early July, causing injuries

July 20, 2015TechnologyAlphabet Inc., Austin, Automation, Autonomous car, Business/Finance, Chris Urmson, Disaster/Accident, Google, Google driverless car, GOOGLE INC., Land transport, Lexus, Motor vehicles, Mountain View, Road transport, Science and technology, Self-driving cars, Technology, Technology/Internet, Toyota, Traffic collision, Transport, Vehicular automation, Waymo, Xsmbale

A Google self-driving vehicle was involved in another rear-end collision, bringing the accident count to 14 since 2009.

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23Mar/15

Self-driving car to begin coast-to-coast road trip

March 23, 2015InnovationADAS, Aptiv, Audi, Audi Q5, Audi SQ5, Automated driving system, Automation, Autonomous car, Car classifications, Cars, Delphi, Delphi Automotive, Disaster/Accident, DPH HOLDINGS CORP., Driving, Embarcadero Delphi, Emerging technologies, Motor vehicles, New York City, NEXT MEDIA, Road transport, Robotics, San Francisco, Self-driving car, Technology/Internet, Traffic congestion, Transportsmbale

USA (Next Media) – Delphi Automotive hopes their self-driving car will travel across the country on Sunday. The Audi SQ5 will travel 3,500 miles from San Francisco, California to New York City, New York. It is the first coast-to-coast trip by an autonomous vehicle, and arguably the longest automated drive ever attempted.
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15Mar/15

Qatar event aims to cut traffic deaths

March 15, 2015Human InterestAbdul Wahid Gharib al-Enazi, Accidents, Ali Khamis Dham al-Suwaidi, Car safety, Disaster/Accident, Doha, driver, Geography of Asia, Khalid Mohamed Darwish, Land transport, Mohamed Ossama, Qatar, Road safety, Road traffic safety, Road transport, Safety, Seat belt, Speed limit, Traffic collision, Traffic law, Transport, Western Asiasmbale

Qatar holds a week of traffic-awareness activities in a bid to reduce the number of road fatalities in the emirate.
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