Experiment uses phones to track I-880 traffic

Inside Bay Area 22 months ago

Experiment uses phones to track I-880 traffic

UNION CITY Bay Area residents are already spoiled by the ability to call 511.org and find out how many minutes it will take them to get from Hayward to Fremont, or San Rafael to San Jose for that matter. Full Article at Inside Bay Area

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I'm not saying you shouldn't do something like this, I'm saying people need to be informed about what's done with the data ... You need to ask if its being collected and how long is it going to be archived.
SOURCE: Inside Bay Area 22 months ago
From a privacy standpoint, the less information given, the better ... Cell phone users will have the option to turn off the service if they don't want to use it or they don't want their data sent.
SOURCE: Inside Bay Area 22 months ago
phones as a sensor for the world that we live in.
SOURCE: Inside Bay Area 22 months ago
What you want to know as a consumer is a solution -- you don't just want a bunch of data ... You want to know that, today, this is the best route home.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago
If we don't make the improvements that are necessary, the economic engines are going to go somewhere else
SOURCE: Malaysia Sun 22 months ago
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 22 months ago
During the peak of the peak of the commute all the roads are pretty much congested, and if a road isn't congested and it goes anywhere, people will find it
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago
Getting that information back to the drivers, that's the Holy Grail -- so drivers can make smart decisions about their commute
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago
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
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago
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 22 months ago

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