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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?”

How City Engineers will Address Big Data Challenges in Smart Cities

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Cities around the world are working to transition their infrastructure and systems into smart cities. Transportation and city development experts agree that the use of public big data will need physical objects and an elaborate scheme to drive the future of data-driven city engineering. The evolution of the Internet of Things and big data continues to play an essential role … Continue reading “How City Engineers will Address Big Data Challenges in Smart Cities”

Will Autonomous Cars Spark A New Form Of Road Rage?

Self Driving Cars

Self-driving cars have seen many improvements in recent years in both onboard technologies and the development of friendly policies in many cities. Both of these developments are leading to the public expecting a brighter future with safer roads and more environmentally friendly transportation as our public roads move from human drivers to vehicles driven by autonomous technologies. The most recent … Continue reading “Will Autonomous Cars Spark A New Form Of Road Rage?”

Ford & Domino’s Lead In Autonomous Car Deliveries

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Autonomous Car Campaign Launched By Ford Motor And Domino’s Pizza Ford Motor Company and Domino’s Pizza have teamed up to launch a test run of autonomous delivery cars in select cities. Leading the way in this new innovative technology the two Michigan based companies sent out their first test car in Domino’s hometown of Ann Arbor. After testing and positive … Continue reading “Ford & Domino’s Lead In Autonomous Car Deliveries”

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”

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

Infrastructure

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”

5 Ways Cities Can Design Better Roads

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City streets are not just pathways for vehicles, because public roads play a vital role in how civilians shop, walk, and meet throughout the city. Each year traffic accidents kill more than 1.2 million people each year world wide, so making city streets can become safer by making better decisions for urban design. While most traffic initiatives tend to focus … Continue reading “5 Ways Cities Can Design Better Roads”

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”

What Are The Differences Between The Most Common Traffic Control Devices For Road Construction?

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If you drive on or walk near public roads like city streets or highways, then you have probably encountered a number of traffic control devices around construction zones and other areas. Construction workers have many traffic channelizing devices to help direct traffic patterns around dangerous areas. The primary role of the traffic devices is to warn drivers about upcoming dangers … Continue reading “What Are The Differences Between The Most Common Traffic Control Devices For Road Construction?”

Is Your Car Ready For Summer Road Trip Safety?

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Summer Road Trips More Popular Than Ever As the U.S. economy continues to strengthen, many families are looking for ways to enjoy the summer as children are out from school. Instead of dealing with the inconveniences of airport security and baggage fees, many families are looking forward to hitting the road on road trip vacations. Road trips represented nearly 22% … Continue reading “Is Your Car Ready For Summer Road Trip Safety?”

How The Construction Sector Is Being Reshaped By Autonomous Vehicles

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The Future Of Autonomous Vehicles In The Balance Over the past five years, there have been significant advancements in autonomous car technologies. Not only has this technology shown that autonomous cars can have on efficiency, many transportation authorities believe that autonomous vehicles will make our roads safer. However, autonomous cars face mounting challenges due to technical and political regulations. These … Continue reading “How The Construction Sector Is Being Reshaped By Autonomous Vehicles”

Florida Road Rangers Keeping Highways Moving & Safe

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The History Of Florida Road Rangers In 2000, the Florida Department of Transportation voted to create a free service to help stranded motorists across Florida. Since that time, Road Rangers have come to the assistance of more than 5 million motorists across Florida who were stranded for a variety of reasons ranging from running out of gas on the highways … Continue reading “Florida Road Rangers Keeping Highways Moving & Safe”

Autonomous Cars Are About To Transform Real Estate & The Suburbs

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Evolving Transportation Systems Impact Real Estate & Housing Our transportation system shapes almost every aspect of U.S. economic, social, and cultural elements. From the spread of communities in suburbia to the way, products are transported across U.S. highways. There is not a single aspect of life in America that is not impacted by methods and regulations of transportation. In the … Continue reading “Autonomous Cars Are About To Transform Real Estate & The Suburbs”