Transportation
The transportation industries and modes of transportation will be disrupted by AV’s.
Can the internet of things save us from traffic jams?
Read the original article on the guardian.com Traffic is getting worse. It doesn’t just feel that way, the stats prove it: commuters in 2014 spent an average 66 more hours stuck in traffic than they did in 2013, according to navigation tech firm TomTom. So when internet of things technology is disrupting every part of our lives, when will traffic lights be rethought and rebuilt? Well, the traffic light revolution is already underway. It is all part of the promise of connected and self-driving cars, which allow data about individual journeys,...
read moreSelf-driving cars: the marketer’s ultimate dream – a possible nightmare for passengers.
Original article can be read on alternet.org There’s nothing marketers love more than a captive audience. And people don’t get any more captive than when they’re sitting in a car. That’s a powerful motivation for companies developing automated cars, beyond the technical innovation that has made such a vision possible. From Google to Tesla to traditional automakers, it seems everyone today is scrambling to get in on the automated vehicle action. Even Apple is rumored to be working on a car of its own and has reportedly developed a giant...
read moreUnderstanding The Future Of Mobility
Original article can be found on techcrunch.com We stand on the threshold of what can realistically be described as the largest and most important shift in transportation in a century. The benefits will be enormous: An 80+ percent reduction in the cost of transportation. Reduced pollution. Reduced stress and road rage. A dramatic decrease in accidents and traffic deaths. Gaining back time lost to commuting — and the associated increase in productivity. Freeing up two lanes on many urban roads by eliminating parked cars. Even the reclaiming of...
read moreTOMTOM is alive, and it’s getting into self-driving cars
The original article is on wired.com YOU MIGHT THINK the smartphone killed TomTom, the Dutch provider of handy navigation units you stuck on your dashboard so Homer Simpson, John Cleese or Mr. T could tell you how to get to that cool new Thai place. As delightful as it might be to be pitied as a fool when you’ve missed a turn, who needs a hunk of hardware when you’ve got something in your pocket that can do the same thing? After all, simply driving from here to there doesn’t require much info: where to go, where to turn, where the traffic...
read moreA Ride Around Michigan’s Driverless City
The original article is on technologyreview.com The streets of a new neighborhood on the edge of Ann Arbor, Michigan, seem remarkably clean and peaceful. For automated cars, however, they represent daunting challenges. The University of Michigan opened the area, called Mcity, this week, as a place for automotive companies and suppliers to test technology for automated and connected driving. The facility was built in collaboration with the Michigan Department of Transportation and with funding from numerous automakers and suppliers, who will...
read moreWhen Pedestrians Ruled the Streets
This article is on smithonianmag.com WILL HISTORY REPEAT? When you visit any city in America today, it’s a sea of cars, with pedestrians dodging between the speeding autos. It’s almost hard to imagine now, but in the late 1890s, the situation was completely reversed. Pedestrians dominated the roads, and cars were the rare, tentative interlopers. Horse-drawn carriages and streetcars existed, but they were comparatively slow. So pedestrians ruled. “The streets were absolutely black with people,” as one observer described the view in the...
read moreThe Apple iCar
Original article by Mike Hoefflinger Will Apple step into the car manufacturing? It seems that they are hiring new staff with very specific skill sets that apply to cars in particular. But Apple is a B2C company, which lives on a fast turn over. iPhones are the biggest business and have a turnover of about 2 years. Music, videos and such things have a even faster turnover. Instead mobility in the far future tend to become a B2B product. Like trains, cars will be sold to companies who provide on demand mobility. Will that be an Apple business...
read moreThe story of shared mobility in 2025
Origin of the story found on Roland Berger In major cities across North America, Europe and Asia, shared mobility companies in 2025 handle around 10% of public passenger transportation, up from less than 1% in 2014. This huge leap forward is reflected primarily in large urban cityscapes, where distributed rental stations for e-cars and e-bikes have sprung up on every corner. This has proven to be the most convenient way to recharge batteries and provide customer service, and is now the established modus operandi for electric vehicles. The...
read moreMobility on Demand – Future of Transportation in Cities
Read full report on MIT. Mobility-on-demand systems provide stacks and racks of light electric vehicles or bicycles at closely spaced intervals throughout a city. When you want to go somewhere, you simply walk to the nearest rack, swipe a card to pick up a vehicle, drive it to the rack nearest to your destination, and drop it off. Users of mobility-on-demand systems have the convenience and comfort of private automobiles without the associated high cost, insurance requirements, need to refuel, service and repair demands, or parking problems....
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