PopSci has an article highlighting some research out of Europe talking about how advanced stop light control systems could improve traffic flow over the timers and scheduled patterns that are currently used. The solution is a decentralized approach that lets the traffic lights work together by figuring out how changes at each individual intersection would [...]
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Ford Sync Feature Spotlight: Service Delivery Network
January 22nd, 2010 
Jeff Shariat Ford has launched their Service Delivery Network (SDN) to provide real-time access to information in a flexible, integrated, and affordable solution. The system gives Ford Sync users access to voice-activated turn-by-turn directions, traffic, business, news, sports and weather information without the high hardware and subscription costs of many telematics solutions. The latest and greatest in [...]
Posted in Emerging Tech, Ford Sync / Touch, Telematics 
Tags: Ford, Ford Sync / Touch, google navigation, incident data, real-time traffic, Sync, Telematics, traffic 
1 Comment »From TechtoLiveBy: Heat Index – 4 Technologies to Watch in 2010
January 6th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Sister site TechtoLiveBy.com highlights 4 consumer technologies to watch in 2010: 4G Wireless, 3D, GeoLocation, and Google. Of the 4 3D is the one that wont have any near term impact (if ever) on the automotive telematics market. We’ve already discussed one way Google is shaping the future of real-time traffic and the additonal handsets [...]
Posted in CES, Emerging Tech, LBS, Telematics Tags: 2010, 3D, CES, gps, incident data, LBS, real-time traffic, traffic, twitter Comments OffTraffic Data Will Be a Battlezone in 2010
January 4th, 2010 Jeff Shariat 
Strategy Analytics’ Roger Lanctot talks about traffic data and it’s evolution in 2010. In particular he highlights the need for better incident data and his view of the three technologies that will lead that charge. The solutions will come in 2010 from three key sources: mobile-phone-based crowd-sourced info, traffic cameras and, perhaps, vehicle-mounted cameras. The [...]
Posted in Emerging Tech, Featured, LBS Tags: google, google navigation, incident data, real-time traffic, traffic 4 Comments »
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