Transportation/Travel

To accurately measure the effectiveness of traffic safety management technologyCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview: A joint research team from Toyohashi University of…

Team from NYU Tandon School of Engineering and School of Global Health will share information gathered from New York City medical and transit locations with epidemiologists seeking to model the spread of the coronavirus throughout the…

The study, conducted by Imperial College London on data from 2009 to 2018, looked at a third of a million passenger responses to Customer Satisfaction Surveys (CSSs) from 28 cities across four continents. They found that on average,…

Researchers at UC Berkeley and the University of Arizona, among other institutions, plan to move automated vehicles out of the lab and onto roadways for fuel savings.Credit: UA College of Engineering University of Arizona electrical and…

One of the most challenging tasks for drivers is parallel parking, which is why automatic parking systems are becoming a popular feature on some vehicles. However, the cost of designing and implementing such computing-intensive systems…

There may be a better way for autonomous vehicles to learn how to drive themselves: by watching humans. With the help of an improved sight-correcting system, self-driving cars could learn just by observing human operators complete the…

Have you taken an Uber ride and disagreed with the "fastest" route that the GPS app suggested because you - or the driver - know a "better" way? For society to truly embrace self-driving cars, the experience of passengers must feel just…

With only minutes to respond, fire education really countsCredit: Pixabay/wal_172619 Global risk management experts are calling for fire education initiatives to be included in driver safety programs so that drivers are better prepared…

Credit: Photo credit of UTSA Chris Combs, the Dee Howard Endowed Assistant Professor in UTSA's Department of Mechanical Engineering, is one of 40 young researchers who will receive a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific…

Professor Xavier Font, Director of the Research Centre for Sustainability and Wellbeing in the Visitor Economy and Professor of Sustainability Marketing at the University of Surrey, has been awarded a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual…

Researchers also found that motorists overall yielded less frequently for men and non-whites Flashing crosswalk lights are no match for flashy cars, according to a new UNLV study which found that drivers of expensive cars are least likely…

Sensors capture fireworks, inversions and now SE Salt Lake ValleyCredit: University of Utah For more than five years, University of Utah air quality sensors have hitched rides on TRAX light rail trains, scanning air pollution along…

Study explores strategies that could help reduce emissions from the transport industryCredit: andreas160578 via pixabay While electric vehicles alone may not reduce carbon emissions, a new study reveals that when electric vehicles are…

Quantum breakthrough uses light's quirky properties to boost 3D imaging, paving the way for enhanced performance in self-driving cars, medical imaging and deep-space communicationsCredit: Stevens Institute of Technology Researchers…

Credit: Vittoria Colizza and colleagues The COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread in China and cases have been reported in more than 25 countries. The African continent was spared for a long time until a first case was…

Credit: Cube3D Battery performance can make or break the electric vehicle experience, from driving range to charging time to the lifetime of the car. Now, artificial intelligence has made dreams like recharging an EV in the time it takes…

DARIEN, IL -- A study published online as an accepted paper in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that later school start times were associated with a significant drop in vehicle accidents involving teen drivers. Researchers…

Researchers at Ohio University, Ugandan scientists caution that humans place gorillas at risk of disease transmissionCredit: Nancy J. Stevens ATHENS, Ohio (Feb. 13, 2020) - Researchers at Ohio University have published a new study in…

As coronavirus spreads across the globe via infected air travelers, authorities are attempting to contain the outbreak and avoid a pandemic. A study published in Risk Analysis analyzes the impact of implementing disease mitigation…

Contrails -- the white, fluffy streaks in the sky that form behind planes -- can harm the environment. Now, scientists report in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology that small flight path adjustments could reduce the climate…