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Computerized Navigation Systems to the Rescue

Posted by michael on from the where-do-you-want-to-go-today dept.

Rhys_Lewis writes "There is an article in Newsweek discussing the advantages of traffic avoidance systems in big cities around the world. I can't help thinking that it would be cheaper to subsidise in-car satnav units with traffic avoidance than building new freeways. Surely it makes sense to interactively route traffic than to keep building passive roads?"

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  1. Stop traffic now by Rajesh+Gupta · · Score: 2, Informative

    Use mass transit.

    1. Re:Stop traffic now by isorox · · Score: 2, Informative

      You wouldn't say that if you lived in London. Every day people are treated worse then cattle by being cramed into overflowing delayed expensive trains.

      The report published on Wednesday found that people using public transport faced a "daily trauma" and were forced to travel in "intolerable conditions".

      Increase the number of people on mass transit and you get more accidents.

  2. Classic El Farol Problem by Montgomery+Burns+III · · Score: 2, Informative

    Isn't this a variation of a classic El Farol Problem?.

    Thanks to slashdot User urbazewski.
    My understanding would lead me to believe that a fully informed public would not neccesarily yield less congestion.
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