Sentences with phrase «flow car traffic»
Those choosing to live in the suburbs aren't entitled to free - flow car traffic capacity into the city at the expense of the taxes, health, safety & quality of life of city - dwellers.
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The Canadian software firm's QNX division showed off its latest technology at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Wednesday, which demonstrated how cars can communicate with each other as well as traffic lights to improve traffic flow and prevent collisions.
«Autonomous cars won't use the network to drive — they will rely on on - board systems — but different types of connectivity (V2X) can improve the overall transport systems, for example by improving traffic flow.
So, once the vehicles get up to speed and merge into the flow of traffic like a car merging on to a freeway, they are coasting the whole trip.»
Vehicle to Infrastructure: By getting a steady flow of data from street signs and traffic lights, cars will be able be navigate traffic more efficiently.
From the back ofthe field Montoya started passing cars, taking the high line and the low line, riding the draft as if he could see the flow of air streaming over his hood.Slicing through traffic, he bump - drafted past his new rivals and nudged a fewmore out of the way.
The majority of respondents had a negative view of car, bus and bike travel in town, and 73 percent took issue with traffic flow on major streets.
Traffic rules that keep cars flowing and not hitting each other, fine, I get that.
«It is time that New York City enact a congestion pricing plan that fully funds our mass transit system, improves traffic flow, and fairly applies fees so that outer - borough black car riders aren't forced to pay more than Manhattan residents who can easily hail a cab,» said Ira Goldstein, the Black Car Fund's executive director, in a statemecar riders aren't forced to pay more than Manhattan residents who can easily hail a cab,» said Ira Goldstein, the Black Car Fund's executive director, in a statemeCar Fund's executive director, in a statement.
17 Self - driving cars could improve highway flow by regulating distances between cars and ease urban congestion by automating the search for parking (which causes up to three - quarters of city traffic).
According to their modeling, a system in which each car crosses the intersection in its own virtual bubble of safe space, modulating its speed using adaptive cruise control, will result in smooth traffic flow in each direction.
You get no interest on those funds, but you may get to glide through tollbooths — assuming, of course, that traffic officials have figured out how to assign E-ZPass lanes so that cars and trucks flow faster through them than through normal tollbooths.
The complete system, called Metro, will be an integrated network of underground and surface railways, shuttle buses and an improved freeway (motorway) system with new routes, high - technology aids to improve traffic flow, some toll roads, and «car pool» lanes reserved for vehicles carrying more than one person.
Based on their observations, the duo describe three states of traffic on busy highways: «free flow,» in which traffic is light enough that drivers can freely change lanes and pass other cars; «synchronized flow,» in which the roads are so clogged that drivers can't pass, but can still move; and jams.
For example: a highway is blocked by a car wreck and nobody cleaned up the vehicles to reestablish the normal traffic flow in the area.
The two cars spun to the left into the flow of traffic, setting off a chain reaction that saw a grand total of 21 cars impact as the cars pirouetted and banged each other.
Rather than neat, Orwellian rows of identical autonomous cars in a constant, regulated flow, Google envisions a motorized mishmash not terribly different than today's traffic, though it would be safer, cleaner, and more efficient.
A bad water pump will overheat an engine really quickly because there is insufficient coolant flow, a broken cooling fan usually only becomes a problem when a car is stationary or in slow traffic.
I personally abhor full autonomous cars, but can absolutely see their advantage when it comes to traffic flow and squeezing more cars / people through the road network from an ever increasing population.
Looking way down the road helps you anticipate traffic flow because you can see when traffic lights are going to change and how other cars are behaving.»
Pilot Assist - Volvo's semi-autonomous driving software - is standard on all models, which works at speeds of up to 80mph and keeps the car within lane markings, braking and accelerating at the same pace as the flow of traffic.
A twin solenoid system, it allows for «change of mind» functionality, bringing the engine back up to speed even during its run - down phase if, for instance, the car is coming to a halt at a junction and the driver sees an opportunity to join the traffic flow.
In more straight - forward terms, Mercedes and its partners wanted to make cars safer, to improve the flow of traffic in big cities, and to reduce harmful emissions — the very same issues that manufacturers are trying to solve today.
I also took note of the car's killer adaptive - cruise - control system — now my best in the business for its stunning ability to «read» traffic flow and not overreact with sudden braking, to hold a tight gap, to respond fairly quickly with acceleration when space opens up, and to be able to sit for a long period in stopped traffic and then pick up again with a merely tap of the accelerator pedal.
This available system watches the flow of traffic to take the tedium out of your daily commute, and helps maintain an adjustable speed and set distance between you and the car ahead.
Our 2015 Mercedes - Benz CLS63 AMG S - Model 4Matic test car also came equipped the Driver Assistance Package, a $ 2,800 package that includes an adaptive cruise control system with steering assist, a blind spot monitoring system, a lane - keep assist system, a brake assist system that prompts the driver to apply the brakes if necessary and can even apply additional pressure to the braking system, and two additional extensions to the standard Pre-Safe system: Pre-Safe Plus, which takes into account traffic flow to the rear of the car and is able to appropriately set up the CLS - Class for a rear - end collision, and Pre-Safe Brake with Pedestrian Recognition, which allows the vehicle to stop on its own should an imminent collision with a pedestrian be detected.
Our 2015 Mercedes - Benz CLS63 AMG S - Model 4Matic rang in at $ 116,510 (MSRP), thanks to the additions of Diamond White paint ($ 795), AMG 19 - inch multi-spoke wheels ($ 1,700), the Premium Package ($ 3,740 and includes ventilated front seats, an active multi-contour driver seat, power folding side mirrors, an electronic trunk closer and a push - button start system with keyless entry) and the Driver Assistance Package ($ 2,800 and includes an adaptive cruise control system with steering assist, a blind spot monitoring system, a lane keep assist system, a brake assist system that prompts the driver to apply the brakes if necessary and can even apply additional pressure to the braking system, and two additional extensions to the standard Pre-Safe system: Pre-Safe Plus, which takes into account traffic flow to the rear of the car and is able to appropriately set up the CLS - Class for a rear - end collision, and Pre-Safe Brake with Pedestrian Recognition, which allows the vehicle to stop on its own should an imminent collision with a pedestrian be detected).
With the car's speed set at slightly over the limit to keep up with the flow of traffic, the adaptive cruise control used its radar to match the speeds of slower traffic up ahead.
To counter our butterflies in these situations, we found that we would step extrahard on the gas pedal to ensure that we didn't hold up the traffic flow, an action that would cause the car to decide that we needed more power and to call upon the gas engine for extra torque.
The car's navigation system receives traffic data that shows traffic flow and incident information on the maps.
Audi overlays road graphics with street names, traffic flow and incident information, and a blue route line when the car has a destination programmed.
While perhaps good for traffic flow, lane splitting can be rather dangerous; it's often hard enough to see another car coming up behind, let alone a motorcycle.
We're not sure about Nissan's claim that e-Pedal will make driving more exciting, but we do agree when they say it will make driving the LEAF simpler and more engaging: in our experience, one - pedal driving forces you to pay closer attention to the flow of traffic and encourages the kind of driving that saves energy, no matter whether your car runs on electricity or gasoline.
In a world - first, one of these systems enables automobiles with an in - car autonomous sensor to communicate with streetcars, helping to prevent collisions and support a smooth and safe flow of traffic.
In regular flowing traffic the Pre-Safe feature can support analog operation of brakes for the entire speed range of the car.
Three parking attendants help keep traffic flowing and a free bike valet makes it tempting to leave the car at home.
Golf carts are used on the hard - packed sand roads instead of cars, which makes traffic somewhat quieter, though there's always a steady flow of vehicles around the island.
In medium traffic moving about 50 miles per hour, with end - of - day sun slanting from the west, I could see something white and, seemingly, winged, flitting and darting within the flow of cars up ahead.
At the ’62 World's Fair, GM proposed automated highways (which Robert Heinlein wrote of in 1940)-- magnetic lanes attached to cars that maintain traffic flow.
At the same time, vehicles could send back information to the traffic light, e.g. position, direction and speed of the car, which can be used to optimize the traffic flow and to adapt the cycle time of the traffic light.
All the major cycling - related arguments have been won: bike lanes are popular; they don't hurt local businesses; more biking doesn't lead to more accidents; bike lanes make pedestrians safer and don't impede the flow of car traffic.
I work my way north on Toronto's first Contra - flow bike lane (running against traffic on a one way street) and for the first time ever, find it clear of parked cars all the way.
It could also make traffic jams a lot less likely by making cars adjust their speed to get optimal flow.
Some examples of sticky streets, according to Toderian, are located in Vancouver, B.C. where enlightened traffic planners have learned to design not just for the things that can be counted - how many pedestrians, bicyclists, cars, what kind of flow rates - but also for the less countable stuff - cool shops, outdoor seating, bike corrals, ped walkways.
Controlling the spacing of merging cars smooths and speeds up the flow of traffic on the highway.
Combine traffic congestion with the fact that the Coast Highway and areas surrounding Salinas also have a bustling flow of bicyclists and motorcycle traffic, foggy and wet driving conditions, and steep winding roads and you end up with a high potential for car accidents, trucking accidents, and motorcycle accidents rises.
If a pedestrian sees that there is a constant flow of traffic, or that a car is quickly approaching, entering a crosswalk would be incredibly dangerous.
The compulsion under s 172 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 — the duty on the registered keeper of a vehicle to give information about the driver of the vehicle — flows from the fact that all who own or drive motor cars know that by doing so they subject themselves to a regulatory regime; the section does not sanction prolonged questioning about facts alleged to give rise to criminal offences.
That worked for them because they could pass but there was never space for cars to pass, as we are not as agile as bikes, to get in the space between traffic flow.
Only do this if you know, but if you can get the officer to admit that the car behind you was close, that can be used to rebut the radar detection and goes to the argument that driving slower would have been dangerous and you were driving safely with the flow of traffic.