Cutting Traffic Congestion & Thus Pollution
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 03:50:44 +0000
Advanced Computing Methods Lead to Reduced Emissions and Shorter Commutes in Metropolitan Tennessee City
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Dutch Highway Speed Limit Lowered To 100km/h For Environmental Reasons
Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 05:50:38 +0000
The Dutch ruling party, libertarian-conservative free-market capitalist zealots, are not known for their environmental policies
Fees On Rideshare Services Have Provided $4.2 Million For Boston Transportation Projects
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 00:40:30 +0000
Fees on rideshare services Uber and Lyft are helping local sustainable transportation projects throughout Boston. Despite these two companies’ contributions toward bad traffic in the area, both have paid millions to help with transportation initiatives
Dan Fumano: 'Rat-running' and 'the price of anarchy.' Vancouver copes with GPS-enabled cars
Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:26:19 +0000
“I’ve had conversations with traffic engineers in other cities all across North America, and we’re all experiencing the same issue. Apps are routing people down streets that aren’t necessarily the appropriate street for them to be driving on.”
Read moreDan Fumano: 'Rat-running' and 'the price of anarchy': Vancouver copes with GPS-enabled cars
Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 23:05:49 +0000
“I’ve had conversations with traffic engineers in other cities all across North America, and we’re all experiencing the same issue. Apps are routing people down streets that aren’t necessarily the appropriate street for them to be driving on.”
Read moreSpeed cameras coming to these eight intersections around Metro Vancouver
Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 16:34:49 +0000
Between the third and fourth quarter of 2019, the number of speeding tickets issued from speed cameras in B.C. more than tripled as more cameras came online, from 2,370 tickets to 7,353.
Read moreThis Man Created Traffic Jams on Google Maps Using a Red Wagon Full of Phones
Credit to Author: Matthew Gault| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:07:54 +0000
By pulling 99 phones down empty streets, artist Simon Wreckert made it look like they were gridlocked on Google Maps.
Read moreLevel 6 Autonomous Driving Concept, & An Appeal To Elon Musk To Make Smart Traffic Lights
Credit to Author: Daryl Elliott| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:30:18 +0000
Have you ever sat at a red traffic light with no other cars or pedestrians on the road and had to wait? Was it frustrating? If you were in a gasoline or diesel car, did you feel bad about polluting the air? Have you ever sat at a traffic light with 30 cars in each direction waiting to go straight, and the traffic lights instead allowed the turn lanes to go first even though there were no cars in those turn lanes
Highway 4 opens for alternating traffic, delays expected
Credit to Author: Lynn Mitges| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 04:20:28 +0000
Specialized bridge crews worked throughout the day to install a pre-fabricated 20-metre single-lane bridge.
Read moreWith Highway 4 closed by rock slide, Tofino family gets creative to make flight
Credit to Author: Lynn Mitges| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 06:22:22 +0000
After a “little bit of creative thinking, Jesse Blake put the family boat in at the Kennedy Lake Provincial Park boat launch.”
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