Los Angeles Times logo Los Angeles Times 21 months ago

Using cellphones to beat traffic?

A test

A trial using GPS-equipped mobile units provides a picture of freeway speeds. Now -- how to get the information to motorists. Full Article at Los Angeles Times

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  1. As a user you are not only contributing to the data, but you are benefiting from it by looking at it in real time on your phone
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 21 months ago
  2. We're trying to give drivers enough information to make those decisions themselves ... If someone is commuting, they know all the alternatives. People aren't stupid.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 21 months ago
  3. It would be great if the phone, instead of saying go left or right, would say you're meeting so-and-so at 10 a.m. and because traffic is picking up, you should leave now and you should avoid [a particular] exit because traffic is backing up
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  4. Getting that information back to the drivers, that's the Holy Grail -- so drivers can make smart decisions about their commute
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