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    But in the ubiquitous cellphone, some researchers see a two-way device that can not only gather high-quality data on what's happening on the road, but then deliver information to motorists on which route they should take to shave time from their travels. "Getting that information back to the drivers, that's the Holy Grail -- so drivers can make smart decisions about their commute" said Thomas West, director of the at UC Berkeley, one of the backers of Friday's experiment. Full Article at Los Angeles Times
    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 21 months ago
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Using cellphones to beat traffic?
  1. 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 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. 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
  4. 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 21 months ago
  5. 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 21 months ago

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