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Smart Cities: Getting Stakeholders Involved
I remember sitting as a child and imagining what the future would look like. My vision was more along the lines of flying cars and no bedtime, but still... The technology industry is growing...
Vision Zero: A New Conversation
We hear about collisions all the time. They're on the news, the radio, and on the streets of our cities. Fatal accidents happen frequently... and our reactions are usually quite similar. "The driver...
Speeding: Getting Us Nowhere Fast
Whether we're rushing to work or soccer practice, we are all familiar with the sense of urgency affiliated with being late. It's stressful, so we look for any way to ease that, even if we aren't...
Ride-sharing: Old Ideas, New Tech
How many times have you thought "there just aren't enough hours in the day"? I'm not sure about the average adult, but I promise you the average mother says this approximately 1000 times a...
Uber: A Matter of Convenience?
It has been a busy morning. Coffee in hand, you rush to the door. Your foot catches on the edge of your new couch. The couch that sticks out just a little too far... Three months ago, you were...
Bluetooth 5: Demanding a New Era of Traffic Detection
The world of technology is forever changing. Though few would deny this, many fail to jump on board as the trends fly past them. In any industry, companies who are "set in their ways" risk losing...
Costs of Congestion: Economic Effects
Let's talk tangibles. So many of the issues in our lives can go unrecognized or unaddressed for ages. The laundry? It can wait until tomorrow. Visiting your in-laws? Next summer. However, there is...
Costs of Congestion: The Environment
For so many years, we lived in our own bubble. If it didn't affect us, it didn't concern us. We were told to keep our "noses out of other's business" and so on. In today's climate (no pun intended),...
Costs of Congestion: Your Health
It has become a matter of public knowledge that pollution is unhealthy, both for the planet and for those who call it home. A sign outside the community centre warns against idling. A teacher tells...
How to Improve Your Traffic Monitoring and Data Collection
Should you be measuring the performance of your traffic operations? You probably guessed "yes!", so why are few agencies and municipalities doing so? In fact, the category “traffic monitoring and...