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Efficiency at Shipping Ports to Help Supply Chain
Don’t go empty handed, take the fastest route and turn off the light when you leave the room. These are the instructions that we grew up with to teach us to be efficient and not waste; time, money or a trip. We now take these lessons and can use them in ports, at...
High Occupancy Vehicle & High Occupancy Toll
There is nothing worse than having to travel during rush hour! Traveling during these times is chaotic and unpredictable. There have been attempts to determine the best possible solution to rush hour traffic with no clear answer. Cities have a potential...
What does it take to be a “Smart City?”
We live in a world where everything is said to be smart. We have “smartphones,” “smart watches” and “smart cars.” The obvious next step in the evolution of smart is a“Smart City.” We define them as “smart” because of what is behind them, the technology behind them...
Autonomous vs. Assisted Driving: A Fork in the Road?
Drive-assist and autonomous cars have begun to emerge as very real possibilities for the market. Due to the thriving technology sector of transportation, we are being offered options that we have never had in the past. However, with great power comes great...
Smart Cities: Getting Stakeholders Involved
I remember sitting as a child and imagining what the future would look like. My vision was more along the lines of flying cars and no bedtime, but still... The technology industry is growing and developing solutions that would make that little girl jump...
Vision Zero: A New Conversation
We hear about collisions all the time. They're on the news, the radio, and on the streets of our cities. Fatal accidents happen frequently... and our reactions are usually quite similar. "The driver was going too fast." "The driver should have been more careful." "The...
Speeding: Getting Us Nowhere Fast
Whether we're rushing to work or soccer practice, we are all familiar with the sense of urgency affiliated with being late. It's stressful, so we look for any way to ease that, even if we aren't actually doing anything productive. This includes yelling at our...
Ride-sharing: Old Ideas, New Tech
How many times have you thought "there just aren't enough hours in the day"? I'm not sure about the average adult, but I promise you the average mother says this approximately 1000 times a week (or at least mine did). Trying to balance children and the rest of...
Uber: A Matter of Convenience?
It has been a busy morning. Coffee in hand, you rush to the door. Your foot catches on the edge of your new couch. The couch that sticks out just a little too far... Three months ago, you were sure that nothing could be worse than that ratty old couch. It was...
Bluetooth 5: Demanding a New Era of Traffic Detection
The world of technology is forever changing. Though few would deny this, many fail to jump on board as the trends fly past them. In any industry, companies who are "set in their ways" risk losing everything in the blink of an eye. To mitigate this, it is important to...