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Live traffic data

By Paul Crowe

Traffic mapEven if you know the shortest route to your destination, sometimes taking the longer route is still quicker. You know how it is, you come around a turn, look up and all you see is an endless string of tail lights crawling along. Darn! If only you could have known sooner. Well, lots of companies are working on that problem and solutions are getting pretty close.

Seattle is monitoring buses and using the data to create maps that show traffic flow and areas of congestion. The program is still in an experimental stage but could be one method for keeping you moving around the really slow stuff.

Another promising development is the recent planned acquisition by TomTom of the company Applied Generics. Applied Generics utilizes the information generated by annonymously monitoring all of the active subscribers in a cellphone network to show movement which in turn can generate road traffic information. TomTom, makers of the GPS units, could then overlay this info on top of their routing display to give you the best routes including traffic tie ups and open roadways. Definitely useful.

via Wired and Gizmag

Posted on January 13, 2006 Filed Under: Motorcycle Accessories, Motorcycle Technology

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  1. palegreenhorse says

    January 15, 2006 at 10:15 pm

    this type of technology is way useful! i just wish that cities would implement it into road signs so that it would help direct traffic to alternate routes. just show where the congestion is and let the drive make a choice on if they want to add to it or go around.

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