The reality would have been horrendous traffic and transportation problems and the lifeless alienation of surrounding communities.
We just talked -- Governor Schwarzenegger and Mayor Villaraigosa -- here in Los Angeles, for example, there is an enormous opportunity to deal with traffic and transit and transportation -- (applause) -- in a way that will relieve congestion, make this economy more efficient, more productive.
Using this predictive and analytic traffic tool, transportation agencies and city planners in the future will be able to proactively design, manage and optimize transportation systems to deal with ever-increasing traffic due to population growth and increasing urbanization.
ENGADGET: IBM shows off Smarter Traveler traffic prediction tool
The mayor said subway traffic and other forms of public transportation were "almost back to normal, " but street traffic remained a mess as more commuters returned to work and some entrances to the city, like the Holland Tunnel and Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, remained closed.
Traffic has been restricted and public transportation to the square has been suspended including subways, metrobuses as well as ferry services that connect the city's European side to the Asian side.
The Welsh Assembly Government said it was "working closely with affected highway authorities, police forces and the wind energy industry to resolve the transportation issues and develop a strategic traffic management approach to the movement of these loads".
This is a critical transportation hub for traffic and commerce not only between Sault Ste.
For example, IBM developed a smart traffic system for Stockholm that resulted in drop in traffic, increased green vehicle and public transportation use, and an improved overall quality of life for the city's residents.
ENGADGET: IBM shows off Smarter Traveler traffic prediction tool
He cited cities like Denver and Phoenix, Arizona, where residents, motivated by traffic frustrations and the promise of economic development, approved massive transportation projects during the past few years despite the costs to their pocketbooks.
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These alerts will enable drivers to plan and share alternative travel routes, improve traveler safety and help transportation authorities better predict and reduce bumper-to-bumper traffic before it occurs through improved traffic signal timing, ramp metering and route planning.
ENGADGET: IBM shows off Smarter Traveler traffic prediction tool
Safety goes beyond crime and includes traffic accidents or access to safe transportation choices like waking, biking, or intercity bus operators.
The effort has integrated several transportation subsystems to handle traffic management and monitoring, incident management and traveler information from one transit management information center.
One of the key goals of the trail upgrade is to create safe options for active transportation by improving lighting, traffic controls and other measures that have been shown to increase pedestrian safety and reduce injuries and deaths.
Cars would alert each other of traffic jams and accidents while also talking to stoplights and other transportation infrastructure, alerting drivers and perhaps one day taking over the controls themselves.
McCHESNEY: The Texas transportation authorities eventually opened the southbound lanes to northbound traffic and Texas highway troopers took gas to some, but it was, in a phrase, a drop in a bucket.
Some of the variables that affect traffic volume are zoning laws, construction of new shopping malls, and the availability of public transportation.
It has dozens of sub-products within it, from Google Transit (public transportation, e.g. subway, information and routing), Live Traffic, StreetView (and the incredible operation that makes that happen), Local search, image recognition technology for reading street and business signs, the list goes on and on.
The National Transportation Safety Board report concluded that while Buckalew had asked air traffic controllers to fly higher and out of the icing conditions, he may have been reluctant to exercise his own authority to do so, or may have been unaware of the severity of the conditions.
More interestingly, web traffic has increased for agencies with the launch of FirstGov: The Department of Transportation reported a large increase and the cross-agency site Disability.
The railroads retort that despite record traffic and profits, their return on investment since 2000 has been only 8%, which according to the Surface Transportation Board, another federal regulator, barely covers the cost of capital.
Extending yellow times could also backfire by causing longer queues at lights and more rear-end crashes as motorists are surprised by the stopped traffic, said Ms. Eccles, the transportation-engineering consultant.
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