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Tag: Transportation Science


Vehicles

A small number of self-organizing autonomous vehicles significantly increases traffic flow

September 1, 2020

Via: ScienceDaily

The study, published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, focused on the anticipated hybrid traffic flow of the future, which will combine traditional, human-operated vehicles with a small fraction of AVs. This scenario raises several questions as to […]


Vehicles

Future intent: Would you let an automated car do the driving?

October 8, 2019

Via: ScienceDaily

QUT researchers in Brisbane, Australia, have released the results of two new studies that looked at drivers’ willingness to one day embrace automated vehicle technology. Associate Professor Ioni Lewis from QUT’s Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety-Queensland (CARRS-Q) was […]


Vehicles

Automation will not wipe out truck-driving jobs

June 18, 2019

Via: ScienceDaily

These authors found that the employment loss among U.S. truck drivers will be significantly less than the 2-3 million reported by some media accounts. They found that three factors attributed to the inflation of this report: The count of truck […]


Infrastructure, Vehicles

Filling in the gaps of connected car data helps transportation planners

April 26, 2019

Via: ScienceDaily

All of this data creates the potential for connected cars to help transportation planners get an accurate picture of how their roads are being used. Right now, though, this kind of data is generally uncontrolled, inaccurate and unreliable, with missing […]