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Researchers Test GPS-Cell Phone Navigation In South Bay

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and Nokia want to give commuters the ability to navigate through congested highways and obtain road conditions in the palm of their hand. Full Article at NBC 11 San Francisco

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  1. For state transportation agencies such as Caltrans, tapping into the vast network of cell phones on the road could one day reduce costs of investing in expensive infrastructure to obtain traffic information ... This will greatly expand the coverage of traffic information services so motorists can better...
    SOURCE: NBC 11 San Francisco 21 months ago
  2. Even though the phones are capable of sending their position and speed every three seconds, an efficient traffic monitoring system should not need to transfer such a large amount of data, which would require enormous bandwidth
    SOURCE: NBC 11 San Francisco 21 months ago
  3. 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
  4. 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
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