The problem is that with traffic DFW is a long drive--upward of an hour or more--from Dallas.

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With traffic jams, the problem is inadequate information: cars on crowded roads cannot see the big picture that might allow them to make good decisions.

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He had the technical skills needed to solve this problem and started to build the first traffic platform that combined GPS technology with open source software.

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The company says in documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Administration that it began looking into the problem after a customer complained that an SUV rolled away in January of 2012 after being started remotely.

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Shortly after the tool was made available the website crashed, with the force blaming "high volumes of traffic" for the technical problem.

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The move is to repair a problem with a switch that could increase the risk of a crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said.

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The council said the exisiting "traffic bottleneck" in Ely would have become a greater problem with increasing use of rail networks through the area.

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He said part of the problem with the road between Huntingdon and Cambridge was the number of junctions which mixed local traffic with heavy goods vehicles.

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"Glasgow has a particular problem, with heavy traffic and tall buildings combining to create a polluted city centre, and the government predicts these problems will not be fixed until after 2020, " he said.

BBC: Traffic