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GPS cell phones plot, predict traffic

With the popularity of GPS-enabled cell phones, it makes sense to use that mapping technology to plot traffic speeds. A new UC Berkeley and Nokia pilot program tests out the tech in the San Francisco Bay Area, where CNET's Kara Tsuboi gives it a spin.

Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, GPS, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, News, cnet, kara tsuboi, gps, nokia, uc berkeley, traffic, caltrans, cell phones

Videos 2008-11-11

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LA Traffic Cam 2.5 (Mobile)

LA Traffic Cam connects your cell phone to Caltrans cameras. You will have real time traffic video right on your iPhone. LA Traffic Cam is provided through a public-private partnership with California Department of Transportation Caltrans and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Tags: Mobile, U.S. Department Of Transportation, LA Traffic Cam, Business Structures, Corporate Communications, Smart Phones, Finance, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-06-15

NBC Los Angeles Traffic Cam 1.0 (Mobile)

The "NBC Los Angeles Traffic Cam" connects your cell phone to Caltrans cameras. That's right, no matter where you're going, you'll have real-time traffic video right in the palm of your hand, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The "NBC Los Angeles Traffic Cam" from NBC works on...

Tags: Cell Phone, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Mobile, NBC Universal Inc., Personal Technology, Phone, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2008-10-03

NBC Los Angeles Traffic Cam (Windows Mobile) 1.0 (Mobile)

The NBC Los Angeles Traffic Cam connects your cell phone to Caltrans cameras. That's right, no matter where you're going, you'll have real-time traffic video right in the palm of your hand, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The "NBC Los Angeles Traffic Cam" from NBC works on...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Cell Phone, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, NBC Los Angeles Traffic Cam, NBC Universal Inc., Personal Technology, Phone, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2008-10-01

Laser-aided software for tunnel construction

If you ever have cruised on California's Highway 1, you know it offers spectacular views of the Pacific ocean. But several areas of this road are potentially dangerous because they can be affected by landslides. This is why the U.S. National Science Foundation NSF is helping the California Department of...

Tags: Software, National Science Foundation, Tunnel, Laser, gVT, Tools & Techniques, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Photos: A Bay Bridge for all seasons

The eastern span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge is being fitted with a fancy new self-anchored suspension.A Caltrans model of the self-anchored suspension SAS bridge that will be the major new element of the eastern span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. The new bridge span, which connects Treasure...

Tags: photograph, eastern span, eastern side, span, suspension.A Caltrans, skyway, suspension section, self-anchored suspension section, new skyway, barge, south, bedrock, agency, San Francisco, transportation, California

Image galleries 2007-08-13

2008 BMW 535i

Photo gallery:2008 BMW 535iThe 2008 BMW 535i was love at first drive. And while we do have to admit to a BMW bias, we always thought of the 5-series as a family car. But no more. Once behind the wheel of the new 535i, we felt its silky,...

Tags: navigation system, BMW AG, Highway, Highway 92

Product reviews 2007-08-03

CA will install 1,000 miles of freeway sensors

California has taken some action to deal with its traffic situation. Caltrans, the state's transportation department, has signed a deal with Traffic.com to install digital roadside traffic sensors over 1,000 miles of freeway in San Jose and Sacramento, Federal Computer Week reports. The company said it will provide the...

Tags: sensor

Blog posts 2006-09-13

High-tech solution to CA's road woes?

The San Jose Mercury News takes a doubting look at claims that high-tech can solve the state's highway woes. The woes are substantial - indeed, overwhelming. California has the most congested urban interstates in the nation and ranks high among states with the most crumbling federal roads. Each...

Tags: Computer Associates International Inc.

Blog posts 2006-09-05

TrafficGauge San Francisco Bay Area

Simplicity is a virtue with TrafficGauge. Lacking any controls besides a backlight button, the device's sole purpose is to display current traffic conditions. Its screen is large enough and its information design simple enough that drivers won't have to take their eyes off the road for long while using it....

Tags: Monitors & displays, Handhelds, TrafficGauge San Francisco Bay Area

Product reviews 2006-01-26