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Transportation Issues News
August 1, 2023

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Using Cameras on Transit Buses to Monitor Traffic Conditions

研究人员已经提出了一个新颖的方法ing and tracking vehicles on public roads, a development that could enhance current traffic systems and help travelers get to their destinations ...

All-Electric Rideshare Fleet Could Reduce Carbon Emissions, Increase Traffic Issues

Two major ridesharing companies have promised all-electric fleets by 2030 in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint. To understand additional impacts of this transition, researchers conducted life-cycle comparisons of battery-powered electric ...

How Road Rage Really Affects Your Driving -- And the Self-Driving Cars of the Future

New research has identified characteristics of aggressive driving -- which impact both road users and the transition to self-driving cars of the ...

Prepare for Landing: Making Airports More Efficient

A team of scientists presents an original oscillating short-term memory model to study the dynamics of landing events at 10 major European airports. The model can estimate how landing volumes will influence those in consecutive hours -- a critical ability given airport capacity constraints and ...
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Organ Donations, Transplants Increase on Days of Largest Motorcycle Rallies, Study Shows

An analysis shows steep increases in organ donations and transplantations during large motorcycle rallies. The increase appears to be driven by well-documented increases in crash-related deaths ...

Air Pollution High at US Public Schools With Kids from Marginalized Groups

Race- and ethnicity-based discrepancies in exposure to air pollution, especially regarding proximity to roadways and industrial zones, are well-established. A new study reports the first nationwide ...

'Bike Boxes' Can Improve Urban Intersections for Cyclists, Oregon State Research Shows

A roadway setup known as the 'bike box,' a painted-off area for bicyclists at the front of an intersection, can help them stay safe at urban, signalized intersections, research ...

Factors Influencing Bike Share Among Underserved Populations: Evidence from Three US Cities

There is evidence that lower-income and people of color (POC) in the U.S. do not use bike share as much as higher-income and white people. Using data from residents living near bike share stations in ...

Wildlife Crossings Potentially Save Millions Annually in Washington State

Crossings over highways intended to preserve biological diversity also appear to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions in Washington state. An economic analysis found there were one to three fewer ...

Making Bike-Sharing Work

Bike-sharing is a way for cities to cut their greenhouse gas emissions while limiting urban congestion. But bikes have to be available when and where people want them. A new approach can help by ...

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Cleaner Air as a Result of Coronavirus Lockdown

During the first lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic, soot concentrations in the atmosphere over Western and Southern Europe almost halved. This is apparent from the comparison of two measurement ...

Left-Turn Traffic Signals, Better Lighting, Shorter Crossings Would Enhance Older Pedestrians' Safety

Research suggests a trio of roadway treatments would enable people age 65 and older to travel on foot more ...

Road Injuries Are Killing Young People, and It's Hardly Slowing Down

Traffic and unintentional injuries are the leading cause of adolescent deaths ...

Up to 540,000 Lives Could Be Saved Worldwide by Targeting Speed and Other Main Areas

A new series highlights the growing problem of road traffic injuries and lays out some opportunities for preventing injuries and saving lives. The series offers a comprehensive analysis of this ...

E-Scooters in Tucson, AZ: Modeling Placement, Charging, and Rebalancing

第一次如果e-scooters只是gn of a shared-mobility revolution? If they are, then researchers at the University of Arizona intend to make sure that the emerging transportation system has ...

Children Who Attend Schools With More Traffic Noise Show Slower Cognitive Development

A new study suggests that traffic noise at schools has a detrimental effect on the development of working memory and attention in primary-school ...

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A Quarter of the World's Internet Users Rely on Infrastructure That Is Susceptible to Attacks

About a quarter of the world's Internet users live in countries that are more susceptible than previously thought to targeted attacks on their Internet infrastructure. Many of the at-risk ...

How a Cognitive Bias Is Blocking the Rise of Electric Cars

What are the barriers to the adoption of electric cars? Although the main financial and technological obstacles have been removed, their market share still needs to increase. In a recent study, a ...

The Deadly Impact of Urban Streets That Look Like Highways

Serious auto crashes in urban areas are more likely on city streets that look to drivers like highways, new research suggests. The study used a novel approach: researchers applied machine learning ...

New Research Pinpoints 'Blue Corridors' for Highly Migratory Fish

New research has pinpointed four high-traffic areas in the Pacific Ocean that should be considered of high priority if conservation efforts focused on large pelagic fishes such as tuna, blue marlin ...

COVID-19 Lockdown Measures Affect Air Pollution from Cities Differently

Seizing on a natural experiment created by restricted travel, researchers combine a network model with air pollution data before and during ...

Highway Death Toll Messages Cause More Crashes

Displaying the highway death toll on message boards is a common awareness campaign, but new research shows this tactic actually leads to more crashes. This new study evaluated the effect of ...

The Link Between Transit Use and Early COVID Cases

A new study looks at the association between America's mass transportation usage and case counts in opening months of the ...

Alternate Delivery Locations Are Viable Options to Offset Negative Impacts of Increased Home Deliveries

As the demand for home deliveries from online purchases continues to increase, researchers recently published research showing that some -- but not all -- consumers will accept going to alternate ...

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