Sentences with phrase «urban traffic congestion»

Auto - dicted: Sans a Major Diversion of U.S. Transportation Dollars to Mass Transit, Urban Traffic Congestion May Not Ease

By integrating methods of statistical physics, computational science, and geographic information systems with classical network theory, the researchers have been able to find patterns that could help address problems as diverse as urban traffic congestion and the spread of epidemics.

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By exaggerating the economic benefits of road capacity increase and underestimating its negative effects, omission of induced traffic can result in overallocation of public money on road construction and correspondingly less focus on other ways of dealing with congestion and environmental problems in urban areas.

Also road congestion pricing schemes have been implemented in a limited number of urban areas as a transportation demand management tool to try to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution.

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).

Some urban planners still believe that the best way to ease traffic congestion is to build more roads — especially expressways that can take drivers around or over crowded city streets.

The automaker introduces its Electric Networked Vehicle prototypes, one third the size of a typical car, as a way to reduce big urban auto emissions and traffic congestion

The problem, says the committee, is particularly acute in urban areas, where traffic congestion deters drivers from using their cars.

During the 20th century, urban transportation planning in North America was mainly concerned with easing traffic congestion, improving safety and saving time for motorists.

The parking and traffic management sector is an under ‑ researched area, and one which covers a vast range of subjects including: the design and construction of car parks, the effect that parking provision has on traffic congestion and the urban landscape, the effective management of kerb space, and the many media and public concerns that managing on and off street parking raises.

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The UDO is a compact two - seater Concept Electric mobility pod which has been conceptualized to address the issues that plague urban mobility, including traffic congestion and pollution.

The Trumann area has many excellent school districts, 2 large hospitals in Jonesboro, low traffic congestion, easy commute, low crime rates, low cost of living, many options for home ownership, from urban to rural, and opportunities for outdoor activities are abundant, including duck hunting, and fishing.

«A development of this size would be like adding the city of Pleasant Hill to Concord and would affect not only people in the immediate vicinity, but other residents of Concord and nearby cities who would have to deal with increased traffic congestion, pollution, and urban sprawl,» said Gleason.

I'm in Guangzhou, China's third largest city, for an «International Symposium on Analysis and Countermeasures of Traffic Congestion in Urban Centers.»

The 2005 Urban Mobility Report measures traffic congestion trends from 1982 to 2003, reflecting the most recent data available.

The combination of hazardous winter weather, highway traffic congestion in densely populated urban centers like Chicago, and the poor condition of rural roads can make Illinois a dangerous place for drivers.

And, according to Texas Transportation Institute's 2009 Urban Mobility Report, based on wasted fuel and lost productivity, the overall cost of traffic congestion reached $ 87.2 billion in 2007, which translates to $ 750 for every U.S. traveler.

Fifty - one percent of drivers who felt safer on rural highways than urban freeways said they felt this way because there were just fewer things on the road to worry about — less traffic, less congestion and less people.

As the world becomes more urban, it's vital to fight traffic congestion, reduce carbon emissions, and connect people sharing the same route.

The location and high levels of transport connectivity, substantially lower traffic congestion levels compared to other business precincts in the Metro, large available workforce of all skill levels and the Urban Development Zone (UDZ) tax incentive that is applicable to portions of the VRC all make the VRC an attractive area for investment.

While the 100RC programme identifies 11 shocks, from a nuclear incident to civil unrest, the one that stands out for Evangelinos in terms of a vibrant downtown is the possibility of «financial and / or economic crisis», while possible stresses (from a list of 37) could include aging infrastructure, crime, homelessness, lack of affordable housing, traffic congestion, uncontrolled urban development and an undiversified economy.

That trend, the cost and availability of parking, and the traffic congestion in the urban core are causing some tenants to seek out alternative markets, such as Coral Way, Coconut Grove or Miami Beach.