Chicago Tribune logo Chicago Tribune 21 months ago

Using cellphones to beat traffic?

And as they drove, it beamed back signals that researchers shaped into a real-time map of traffic speeds. Of course, maps of freeway conditions already exist and are popular. Who doesn't know about SigAlert.com or Google maps? Full Article at Chicago Tribune

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  1. 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: Chicago Tribune 21 months ago
  2. 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: Chicago Tribune 21 months ago
  3. Getting that information back to the drivers, that's the Holy Grail -- so drivers can make smart decisions about their commute
    SOURCE: Chicago Tribune 21 months ago
  4. 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
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