If a vehicle can be illustrated as the driver’s second pair of “eyes,” it can theoretically reduce the occurrence of traffic accidents caused by driver’s distraction or low visibility. V2X is a clever technology that turns the vehicle into the driver’s eyes. V2X can see animals that ...
For the foreseeable future, as many in the industry point out, autonomous vehicles will still require operators. A main highway is going to be mapped and tested far soon than a residential road up that leads right to your house. Volvo calls the next steps of autonomous vehicles, “supervised...
Some cities in developing countries have embraced the model of world-class innovation clusters, such as California’s Silicon Valley or Boston’s Route, to become ‘high-tech hubs’ [6]. Those that have met with success in this endeavour, such as India’s Bangalore, owe it to the same ba...
The Metropia platform provides a carpool function called DUO (drive-up occupancy). DUO is a dynamic tool that matches drivers and riders as carpoolers once they are inside a vehicle and does not require pre-matching (Metropia does the in-situ matching) or cash payments; instead, it offers ...
Thus, we require that a manufacturer achieved Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) in a city. The concept of RCA is analogous to the index of Location Quotient (LQ) in geographical research. The RCAc,i in our study represents the comparative advantage of the manufacturer i (1, 2, 3, . ....
Unfortunately, current urban plans require that anyone who wishes to lead an active life must drive a car. Mass transit, for the most part, is hardly available to those outside of downtown areas. Even where it is available, mass transit is often limited in scope and does not provide a ...