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Aug. 14, 2023 — A new study finds that 'connected' vehicles, which share data with each other wirelessly, significantly improve travel time through intersections -- but automated vehicles can actually slow ...
Aug. 24, 2022 — If autonomous vehicles are ever going to achieve widespread adoption, we need to know they are capable of navigating complex traffic situations, such as merging into heavy traffic when lanes ...
July 6, 2021 — When traffic is clogged at a downtown intersection, there may be a way to reduce some of the congestion: Eliminate a few left ...
Nov. 16, 2022 — A roadway setup known as the 'bike box,' a painted-off area for bicyclists at the front of an intersection, can help them stay safe at urban, signalized intersections, research ...
July 26, 2023 — Researchers have proposed a novel method for counting and tracking vehicles on public roads, a development that could enhance current traffic systems and help travelers get to their destinations ...
Feb. 23, 2022 — Time for a road trip. You punch the destination into your GPS and choose the suggested route. But is this shortest route the safest? Not necessarily, according to new ...
Nov. 29, 2021 — Game-changing technology to design traffic lights that absorb kinetic energy, stopping them from crumpling when hit by a vehicle, will prevent thousands of fatalities and injuries each year and make ...
Aug. 31, 2021 — A new study explains the science behind microscale concave interfaces (MCI) -- structures that reflect light to produce beautiful and potentially useful optical phenomena. Future applications of ...
May 24, 2021 — A bottleneck limits the effectiveness of microfluidic chips. Reaction-containing droplets can collide, break up, and foul experiments. 'It's a traffic problem, like several lanes of cars ...
May 11, 2021 — A new approach to road safety that relies on design and engineering principles -- the 'Safe System' approach -- could lead to dramatic reductions in vehicle-related deaths and injuries if ...
