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Will Autonomous Delivery Vehicles Help The Struggling USPS?

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The Struggling USPS Needs A New Fleet Of Delivery Vehicles The U.S. Postal Service handles around 187.8 million packages each day across the United States. Delivering everything from traditional letters to large boxes of goods, the USPS is the leading delivery service in the U.S. However, even with the volume that the USPS serves each day, it has not allowed … Continue reading “Will Autonomous Delivery Vehicles Help The Struggling USPS?”

What Are The Best Apps For Parents With Teen Drivers?

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What Are Teen Driving Apps? There applications that you can install on your phone (or your teen’s phone) for almost anything today. From communication to shopping, smartphones have made it easier than ever before to gain quick access to a range of information and solutions. Teen driving apps are merely applications that you install on your teen’s phone to monitor … Continue reading “What Are The Best Apps For Parents With Teen Drivers?”

Why Does Safe Routes To School Matter In Your Community?

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What Is Safe Routes To School? Safe Routes to School is an initiative that encourages students to walk, bike and take other active transportation with other students in the community. At the same time, Safe Routes to School also promotes education and other initiatives in the city to create safe environments for students to walk to school instead of having … Continue reading “Why Does Safe Routes To School Matter In Your Community?”

3 Unique Ways Beacon Technology Will Change Our Cities In The Near Future

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How The Internet of Things Makes Cities Smarter Cities around the world are integrating advanced technologies into their infrastructure to help make city life more comfortable and more efficient for civilians and workers alike. From inter-connected street lamps that communicate with each other to make the roads more visible throughout the day, cities are using advanced technologies in almost every … Continue reading “3 Unique Ways Beacon Technology Will Change Our Cities In The Near Future”

How The Administration Is Redirecting The Future Of Autonomous Cars In The U.S.

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Bumps In The Road: Biggest Obstacles Preventing Self-Driving Cars Since the beginning of motorized vehicles, our infrastructure, laws, and insurance systems have been developed around the idea that humans would be in control of cars and trucks. This is important because the responsibility of drives are set around human’s liability. Lawyers hold human drivers responsible for crashes. Laws hold drivers … Continue reading “How The Administration Is Redirecting The Future Of Autonomous Cars In The U.S.”

The Zipper Merge: Could “Impolite” Drivers Be In The Right?

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What Is The Zipper Merge? The zipper merge is one way that drivers can merge from one lane to another if they notice a lane closure is coming up. Often times lanes close on highways or city streets due to construction or traffic accidents, and these areas can cause headaches for all drivers on the road. With this merged system, … Continue reading “The Zipper Merge: Could “Impolite” Drivers Be In The Right?”

How We Can Fix Traffic Forever?

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Is Traffic Congestion A Human-Made Mistake? In 2004, the American Highway Users Alliance (AHUA) named Katy Freeway the second worst bottleneck highway in the nation. This infamous nickname was given to the road because commuters were wasting 25 million hours each year sitting in traffic as they traveled during their daily commutes. Not only is the amount of time sitting … Continue reading “How We Can Fix Traffic Forever?”

How Self-Driving Cars Will Disrupt The Hospitality Industry

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The Future Is Speeding Towards Us There has been a lot of buzz around autonomous car technology. From the advancements shown by Tesla, Ford, and other auto manufacturers to the ongoing tests by Waymo, we are seeing self-driving cars speeding towards reality faster than ever before. Just a decade ago driverless cars seemed like a sci-fi fantasy that we could … Continue reading “How Self-Driving Cars Will Disrupt The Hospitality Industry”

Will Autonomous Cars Be Powered By Gas, Battery, Or Hybrid Energy?

Self Driving Cars

Power Consumption Is An Important Consideration The future of self-driving is exciting, and as we dream about what tomorrow’s public roads will look like there are many promises beyond the horizon. From the ability to travel without having to worry about poor driving conditions or reckless drivers causing a collision on the road, autonomous technology promises a brighter and safer … Continue reading “Will Autonomous Cars Be Powered By Gas, Battery, Or Hybrid Energy?”

Driverless Cars: What Are The Biggest Obstacles For The Road?

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Recent Acceleration Of Self-Driving Cars While self-driving technology is nothing new and this area of study has seen years of experiments, the general public has only recently started seeing the technology in the news as companies like Tesla, BMW, and Waymo publicize their successes. There has been a leap in self-driving technology that is allowing their complex systems to take … Continue reading “Driverless Cars: What Are The Biggest Obstacles For The Road?”

The Best Mobile Apps You Need To Beat Traffic

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Americans Sitting In Traffic No matter what city you live in or your line of work, you likely spend a lot of time throughout the year sitting in traffic. According to a recent study by the United States Census Bureau the average American driver spends 26 minutes driving to work each day, and that daily commute time has increased by … Continue reading “The Best Mobile Apps You Need To Beat Traffic”

Driverless Cars Will Create Jobs In These 6 Industries

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The Job Market And Driverless Cars As the autonomous car revolution continues to roll forward, many experts foresee a future where self-driving cars destroy a lot of jobs. Even though most people imagine a world where cars drive around our city streets on their own and reduce accidents and deaths, many anticipate a society where unemployment skyrockets due to economic … Continue reading “Driverless Cars Will Create Jobs In These 6 Industries”

7 Roadway Engineering Design Strategies To Make Roads Safer For Drivers

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U.S. drivers are putting in more miles for their daily commutes than ever before, and as more drivers travel on our public roads engineers are using a range of design strategies to reduce accidents and deaths. Transportation experts have found that vehicle interaction at higher speeds and intersections are the leading causes of vehicle damage and fatalities. These factors are … Continue reading “7 Roadway Engineering Design Strategies To Make Roads Safer For Drivers”

Mapping Safer Road Design In America With Roundabouts

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The History Of The Roundabout When the topic of roundabouts is brought up, most people think of a city in Europe with traffic whizzing around a circular road. However, roundabouts have their roots in America and grow in popularity throughout the United States in 1905 when William Phelps Eno designed a circular intersection for New York City. As traffic speeds … Continue reading “Mapping Safer Road Design In America With Roundabouts”

Could Ford Lead The Future Of Autonomous Cars?

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Many companies are in the race to deliver the first autonomous car to the public for commercial and personal use. These companies include the likes of Uber, BMW, Waymo, and even Uber, and each company has their sight on collecting the benefits of being the first company to offer autonomous car technology to the public. Each company is looking to … Continue reading “Could Ford Lead The Future Of Autonomous Cars?”

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Will Autonomous Delivery Vehicles Help The Struggling USPS?

What Are The Best Apps For Parents With Teen Drivers?

Why Does Safe Routes To School Matter In Your Community?

3 Unique Ways Beacon Technology Will Change Our Cities In The Near Future

How The Administration Is Redirecting The Future Of Autonomous Cars In The U.S.

The Zipper Merge: Could “Impolite” Drivers Be In The Right?

How We Can Fix Traffic Forever?

How Self-Driving Cars Will Disrupt The Hospitality Industry

Will Autonomous Cars Be Powered By Gas, Battery, Or Hybrid Energy?

Driverless Cars: What Are The Biggest Obstacles For The Road?

The Best Mobile Apps You Need To Beat Traffic

Driverless Cars Will Create Jobs In These 6 Industries

7 Roadway Engineering Design Strategies To Make Roads Safer For Drivers

Mapping Safer Road Design In America With Roundabouts

Could Ford Lead The Future Of Autonomous Cars?