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.
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That lowest clearance is outside of the bridge's vehicle traveling lanes, Transportation Department communications director Lars Erickson said Friday.
The solution is to provide something currently missing in our transportation sector - vehicle and fuel choice.
As my colleague Joann Muller wrote recently, Ford and other automakers are participating in a pilot program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation to test vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology.
Cable cars average about an accident a month and routinely rank among the most accident-prone mass transportation modes in the country per vehicle mile traveled annually, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Local standards limit housing, utilities, and transportation expenses, including vehicle ownership as well as operating costs.
That campaign included fliers and advertisements from state transportation, motor-vehicle and tax agencies as well as a high-profile partnership with the Boston Red Sox.
In fact, according to data gathered by the Department of Transportation, 97% of vehicle trips are less than 50 miles and 88% of them are under 20.
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Although I have not done this research for electric vehicles, I think it would be worth talking to cross-section of 100 potential customers to ask them whether they see an electric vehicle as a cost-effective means of transportation.
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If you can kick the new car habit and keep that car for another five years, up to the new average age of the American vehicle today, you can reduce your cost of transportation significantly.
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If our testing also validates the low-temperature power capabilities that A123's data is showing, we believe Nanophosphate EXT could be a game-changing battery breakthrough for the electrification of transportation, including the emerging micro hybrid vehicle segment.
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Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, for instance, found that factoring in infrastructure construction plus vehicle and fuel production increased total emissions for various modes of transportation, particularly train.
In 2011, 3, 331 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver, and 387, 000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver, according to Department of Transportation statistics.
In August, the U.S. Department of Transportation launched the first real-world test of connected vehicle technology critical for self-driving cars to operate safely in and around Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Now the company will design a vehicle to help Golden Spike achieve its goal of establishing routine commercial transportation of people to the moon and back by the end of the decade.
The feasibility studies on this new rocket are being led by Astrium Space Transportation, which is also the prime contractor on the current vehicle.
In the first nine months of 2012, more than 25, 500 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
That is, given the availability of public transportation in New York, how much will the extra revenue per vehicle be offset by a decline in customers?
We must reduce our dependence on oil by requiring better vehicle fuel economy, and by increasing the use of alternative fuels and innovative transportation technology such as plug-in hybrids.
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Expenses were calculated by taking the average number of per capita miles driven in each state (from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics) and dividing them by an assumed 20 miles per gallon per vehicle (the average between cars and light trucks, used by the Department of Energy for emissions tests).
Ultimately, local consumers involved in transportation and logistical support can determine if the benefits outweigh any transition costs with any new vehicle.
It applies it to allocating grants for transportation, for workforce training programs, and for the way we encourage commercial building efficiency and electric vehicle deployment.
In 2004 it engaged in a partnership with Minnesota Department of Transportation, U.S., to equip 100 state vehicles with sensors to collect traffic-related data including vehicle speed, location, heading and even localised weather conditions, with the aim of developing the next generation of transportation and driver information systems.
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