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Heads Up: Phone Data Shows Road Characteristics Linked to Distracted Driving

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that distracted driving killed over 3,100 people in 2019, nearly a 10% increase over 2018. As habitual smartphone use becomes increasingly ubiquitous, di Read more…

‘TranSEC’ Machine Learning Tool Tackles Los Angeles Traffic

Traffic management is essentially a giant optimization problem, with urban planners and traffic engineers aiming to reshape roads, traffic signals and parking to smooth traffic patterns and avoid serious congestion. Howe Read more…

What it Takes to Deliver Real-Time Traffic Info

Providing real-time traffic updates is a practical and feasible application of the big data analysis technology that exists today. While there are multiple companies plugging away at the task of delivering actionable information based on real-time streams of GPS.... Read more…

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