Autonomous vs. assisted driving: a fork in the road?

Drive-assist and autonomous cars are coming to the market and stakeholders are now faced with many questions. As it turns out, there are no easy answers...

Smart cities: getting stakeholders involved

The name of the game today is connectivity and integration. This change has to start somewhere, and that somewhere is in the hearts of our smart cities.

Vision Zero: a new conversation

It is frequently human error that leads to fatalities, but Vision Zero isn't about changing as drivers. It is about changing as communities.

Speeding: getting us nowhere fast

Being late is stressful, so we look for any way to ease that stress, including speeding to our destination. However, is speeding really worth it?

Ride-sharing: old ideas, new tech

The fun of carpooling is no longer just for the offspring of busy parents. With new ride-sharing applications, adults can participate easily!

Uber: a matter of convenience?

Uber is established an easy transportation option, but in remembering the environmental cost of convenience, we should take notice.

Bluetooth 5: demanding a new era of traffic detection

Technology is forever changing, and behind it industries rush to catch up.The introduction of Bluetooth 5 is no exception.

Costs of congestion: economic effects

This week, we decided to be backseat bloggers and turn the reins over to The Economist. We couldn't have said it better ourselves!

Costs of congestion: the environment

When you look around for environmental problems, what do you see? If your area is anything like most cities or towns, it's a lot of traffic and pollution.

Costs of congestion: your health

It has become a matter of public knowledge that pollution is unhealthy, both for the planet and for those who call it home.

How to improve your traffic monitoring and data collection

Should you be measuring the performance of your traffic operations? You probably guessed “yes!”, so why are few agencies and municipalities doing so?

Here's how much border delays cost the US and Canada

Several solutions have been put forward to try and solve the border delay problem find out how you can implement new procedures

Can autonomous vehicles kill traffic lights?

Improvements in the sensor technology and the emergence of connected vehicles and wireless communication have provided a base for the development of a new generation of vehicles with the ability to navigate on roads without human intervention.

Not all traffic data are created equal!

ITS projects that use big data heavily depends on how the traffic sensors are installed and how the collected data is filtered and analysed.

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