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Nokia and UC Berkeley Capture Real-Time Traffic Information Using GPS Enabled Mobile Devices

Live Experiment on the California Highway Showcases a Solution to a Global Problem PALO ALTO and BERKELEY, California, February 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and UC Berkeley researchers today tested technology that could soon transform... Full Article at PR Newswire

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  1. Nokia is very excited at the potential for this system to revolutionize travel planning, carrying on from the Nokia Maps navigation service available today on certain Nokia devices
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 22 months ago
  2. Integration of traffic information with functions such as calendar and online timetables may one day mean the mobile device can act as personal travel planner.
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 22 months ago
  3. Mobile device users control the service. If an individual does not want their device to transmit position data they turn off the feed from their GPS
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 22 months ago
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Mobile device users control the service. If an individual does not want their device to transmit position data they turn off the feed from their GPS
    SOURCE: Tech Shout! 22 months ago

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