Channel: traffic

Fri 04 Dec ∞ Permalink
smartercities: SpotSwitch - Find and share street parking spots What is SpotSwitch?We’ve all been there. We want to find that parking spot on the street.But we end up circling the block, only to end up frustrated and going to the pay garage.And we also know the lucky feeling you get when a car pulls out of its spot JUST as you roll up.SpotSwitch is a help network for parking. With its iPhone App and integrated websiteSpotSwitch locates fellow members leaving their parking spots around you at any given time.*

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SpotSwitch - Find and share street parking spots

What is SpotSwitch?
We’ve all been there. We want to find that parking spot on the street.
But we end up circling the block, only to end up frustrated and going to the pay garage.
And we also know the lucky feeling you get when a car pulls out of its spot JUST as you roll up.

SpotSwitch is a help network for parking. With its iPhone App and integrated website
SpotSwitch locates fellow members leaving their parking spots around you at any given time.*

Wed 02 Dec ∞ Permalink

WHAT IS BREAKAWAY?

To find your way through the storm, watch the clip and follow the tracks for clues to Breakaway Breakout.  Next stop: http://bit.ly/ibmbreakaway

Fri 20 Nov ∞ Permalink

Read the Truck 2020 Study in the popular iPaper format with the Fullscreen mode. The report can also be downloaded.

Fri 13 Nov ∞ Permalink

IBM Truck2020 co-author Kal Gyimesi shares the results of survey conducted as part of recent Automotive News/IBM webinar.

Download Truck2020 (pdf)

Sat 07 Nov ∞ Permalink

A new screencast from the authors of IBM’s Truck2020 Study, produced collaboratively with Screenr and hosted on the new IBM Institute of Business Value Channel on YouTube.

Thu 05 Nov ∞ Permalink
What Will the Trucking Industry Look Like in 2020? | Sustainability | Fast Company IBM predicts that telematics could do everything from automatically slowing a truck down when it approaches a blind curve to diagnosing vehicle issues remotely for preventative maintenance. All of these technologies will decrease the number of truck accidents on the road. In turn, that will cut down on highway traffic and fuel burned by idling vehicles. Telematics could even decrease potential litigation costs by keep track of a truck’s every move.

What Will the Trucking Industry Look Like in 2020? | Sustainability | Fast Company

IBM predicts that telematics could do everything from automatically slowing a truck down when it approaches a blind curve to diagnosing vehicle issues remotely for preventative maintenance. All of these technologies will decrease the number of truck accidents on the road. In turn, that will cut down on highway traffic and fuel burned by idling vehicles. Telematics could even decrease potential litigation costs by keep track of a truck’s every move.

Tue 03 Nov ∞ Permalink
Suzuki Hybrid Gets 100 MPG - All Cars Electric Suzuki has launched a hybrid gasoline/electric vehicle for sale on the Japanese market that travels an impressive 100 miles per gallon of gas! The Suzuki Twin also features an automatic idling stop system shuts the engine down whenever the car stops at traffic lights or when stationary in heavy traffic, minimizing CO’ emissions and fuel consumption.

Suzuki Hybrid Gets 100 MPG - All Cars Electric

Suzuki has launched a hybrid gasoline/electric vehicle for sale on the Japanese market that travels an impressive 100 miles per gallon of gas! The Suzuki Twin also features an automatic idling stop system shuts the engine down whenever the car stops at traffic lights or when stationary in heavy traffic, minimizing CO’ emissions and fuel consumption.

Sun 01 Nov ∞ Permalink

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Thu 29 Oct ∞ Permalink
Thu 29 Oct ∞ Permalink
IBM - Truck 2020: Transcending turbulence Truck 2020: Overcoming turbulent times for sustainable prosperity. In the face of multidimensional challenges, the truck industry finds itself in need of immediate transformation. Download the complete IBM Institute for Business Value study (1.35MB)

IBM - Truck 2020: Transcending turbulence

Truck 2020: Overcoming turbulent times for sustainable prosperity. In the face of multidimensional challenges, the truck industry finds itself in need of immediate transformation.

Download the complete IBM Institute for Business Value study (1.35MB)

Tue 27 Oct ∞ Permalink

The Need for Hybrid Trucks: Quarry Dumptruck (via jackhmason)

Fri 23 Oct ∞ Permalink

Trucks, Technology & Twitter: the Atlanta Hybrid Truck Convoy and the Truck2020 TwitStop

On Tuesday, Oct. 27th, a convoy of dozens of hybrid trucks will be rolling through Atlanta on their way to the  Hybrid Truck 2009 National Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center.  As part of the conference, IBM will also be publishing its new study, Truck2020, which examines the critical role that next generation trucking will play in making cities, supply chains, retail businesses and many aspects of our planet smarter, greener and more innovative.

Speaking of next generations,  many kids ( and plenty of grownup kids) love trucks. To feed that passion and promote interest in this emerging high-tech industry, IBM’s Institute for Business Value, which produced the Truck2020 report, is organizing a multimedia collaboration via Twitter for spectators and convoy participants. We’re calling it a “TwitStop.” See details on how people in the Atlanta area can be part of this social media mashup.

Trucks, Technology & Twitter: the Atlanta Hybrid Truck Convoy and the Truck2020 TwitStop

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