Tuesday, September 14

Transportation Researches Presented during the 5th ERDT Conference

The 5th Conference of the Engineering Research and Development for Technology (ERDT) was held at Hotel Sofitel, Roxas Boulevard, Manila last September 10, 2010. To know more about ERDT, click PEMToday.com.

The following provides a list of presented papers related to transportation or road traffic. A good and detailed discussion or comment on these researches will be presented in the following posts.

  • A Correlation of the Acoustic Power Level of Road Traffic to the Volume of Traffic Flow and Its Environmental Effects by Dimaano of Ateneo de Manila University

  • GPS-Based Travel Time and Delay Survey Methodology and Traffic Data Analysis by Macababbad and Regidor of University of the Philippines Diliman

  • Generating Trip Plans Using Public Transportation Routes in Metro Manila by Lim, Abesamis, Miranda, Chua and Lee of De La Salle University

  • Collection of Pedestrian Trajectory and Behavioral Data in Shopping Mall Environment by Bautista and Teknomo of De La Salle University

  • Vision-Based Intelligent System for Traffic Analysis (VISTA) by Lai, Leong, and Ortuoste of De La Salle University

Saturday, September 11

Talking About Public Transport

The following text is a conversation between engineer-einjel and her friend (codename), Love.

engineer-einjel:

i heard PNoy will be there.. i hope so! i'm thinking if may be i could tell him na tama lang ang pgtaas ng mrt fare,haha!


Love:
pero dear, if tataas ang MRT, matutuwa ang mga buses natin. sana lang mayroong gawin sa klase ng services ng mga buses natin dahil malamang dito lilipat ang mga taong nagtitipid dahil na nga sa taas ng MRT. kawawa na naman ang mga Pilipino. dapat dagdagan pa ng infrastructure ang bansa natin para hindi tayo mapunta sa hinding magandang service ng mga buses (i.e. dumugan, halos mag-iisang oras sa bandang Ortigas para lang kumuha ng mga pasahero, kumusta naman ang konsepto ng travel time at kung may work ka diba?) Hay dear, i vote for you for the future MMDA chair.

engineer-einjel:
hahahaha! nakakatawa o tuwa yung last statement mo. thanks! i like the way you think, it shows your concern on public transport.

Re increase in fare sa mrt, what i've read is hindi naman daw mas mataas sa bus fare (magiging 30 ata yung
dating 15) para nga hindi mgshift to bus ang karamihan sa mrt passengers. tsaka yung expected increase in revenues will be used to buy more cars to increase the capacity of mrt and to improve it. mrt is still more efficient mode of transport than the EDSA buses considering pollution, travel time, etc. yeah, i agree with your idea that there's a need to add more infra but this would require funds (kung sana yung huge amount of money from let's say, the MVUC or motor vehicle user's charge will be used properly) and this should also be coupled with road users' (pasahero man o driver) whole-heart-and-mind compliance with the traffic rules and regulations. for more or less 2years already, mayroong OBR o organized bus route project ang MMDA to address the issues with regard to buses plying EDSA. Sadly, I don't know what happened kasi parang wala namang naimprove sa dati.. so, saan napunta yung milyong milyong budget for that? maraming projects pero sana naiimplement nang mabuti. assessments on the impacts of supposedly improvement projects should always done and policy changes or adjustments to maximize benefits should also be put up when necessary.

haha, essay na ang haba nito. gusto ko ng ganitong discussions! :))

Love:
hay, hindi sa pagiging righteous at feelingera, pero when i arrived last July, sinubukan kong sumakay sa tamang sakayan, bumaba sa tamang babaan at mag-abang sa tamang abangan. Wlang konsepto ng stops ang Metro manila so hindi maimprove-improve ang traffic condition. Walang konsepto ng urban planning. mga bahay nasa tabi ng mga kalsada, maliit ang kalsada, walang masyadong flyovers, ---- (see, I'm bitching about the negatives of our country, boohhh!)

Bawasan ang mga bus sa EDSA. kahit magsiksikan ang mga pasahero basta makarating sila ng mabilis sa bahay nila diba? atleast nakauwi agad, atleast hindi na magtatagal pa sa mga bus na sugapang yan. Bawal ang long waiting sa mga areas na matao tulad ng Ortigas, Makati, Shaw, kasi more than 3 hours ang pagtravel from Fairview to Pasay, ang lapit-lapit lang niya kung tutuusin.

Bawasan ang prangkisa ng mga FX, at jeep. bawasan na silang mga jeep bilang andami nila at hindi rin sila humihinto sa tamang stops.

Hearts siya, so mahirap iimplement? Pwede mong i-broadcast sa buong Pilipinas using TV Patrol or saksi or mga radyo sa bus or FX ang mga bagong ruta at bus stops kung saan lang pwedeng bumaba at sumakay ang mga tao. Pag alam ng mga tao - driver, pasahero, mga ibang private vehicles ang stop - pagagalitan ng bawat isa ang hindi sumunod. sa panahon natin kung kelan andaming tao sa Pilipinas at kung kelan umiiral ang ganitong uri ng mga services, at kung saan ang media ay mas mataas pa ang autoridad sa kinauukulan, i.e. national govt, parang mas maganda na lang maging SOCIALIST at hindi na DEMOKRASYA. Democracy does not work for us.

hay, angas! daming bitterness! haha.

engineer-einjel:
Love, nasaan ang puso mo? hahaha!
-- actually, merong urban planning but transport planning came after it. these two should go hand in hand kasi. hindi puedeng you put up land developments then saka mo nalang isipin yung traffic implications
and travel demands nito. yet eto ang nangyari sa city kaya wala ng space for expansion ang mga roads. but it should be noted too that road widening or creating another overpass is not always the answer to our traffic probs coz there will come a time na mapupuno rin ito. i believe the gov't should develop a reliable mass transit system (trains or the cheaper one - bus rapid transit) for everyone and this will significantly reduce traffic probs.
-- OBR also aims to reduce the number of buses plying along EDSA and to reduce waiting time in the bus stops. merong RFID tags ang buses that will automatically apprehend them pag ngexceed sila sa set waiting time. i just don't know kung hanggang ngayon ay pinapatupad (na dapat naman ay pinapatupad pa).
-- regulated naman ang pgapprove ng franchise for public transport vehicles. sadly, yung pghinto ng jeep kung saan saan has become norm for the people. jeepney's lane changing behavior creates chaos to an already problematic city roads. we can't simply remove jeepneys, etc.. but i can still see hope somehow that this will be improved in the future. may be it takes a lot of will power among all people haha.
-- to use the power of media in educating the people regarding traffic rules and regulations is actually a good idea. i just don't know how we could start with that.. any more ideas? :) but to argue between socialist and democracy is another thing. haha
-- i think bitterness is better than apathy to the existing road congestion issues. once there are things that you don't want then you can move on to thinking on how you can improve the bad things. thanks! :))

Love:
ahahaha. :) iisip pa ko ng isasagot, parang nasabi ko na rin ang gusto kong sabihin eh.

ahhaha.

tama na may mass transport system to be set by the govt. with our democratic system, pati ang transportation system, nasa private institution whi
ch is mahirap namang pakiusapang sumunod sa tamang rules. mas mahirap ang magregulate simply because hindi naman ganun ka-strict ang mga implementing officers. much better if it starts with the bus drivers themselves. mangyayari lng 'yan kung hindi na private ang humahawak. gusto ko i-discuss pano ang democracy in terms of mass transport system blah blah. i know it worked for the western countries but our culture seems hard to change at this point that this kind of democracy would not work for us. wehe. ito na yata ang pinakamahabang discussion na nagawa natin. na-miss na kita. kwentuhan tayo minsan. :D

engineer-einjel:
yeah, haba nga.. magandang pguusap 'to when we meet. see ya! :)

Love:
sa china dear, alam mo, every bus route should only take you an hour lang. so u can expect that the longest hour you'd stay inside a bus is just an hour. kahit paputol-putol ang pagsakay mo, ok lng diba? hindi 'yung tulad sa'ten, Fairview to Pasay lng ang choice mong sakyan kaya wala kang magawa kung magtagal man ang mga bus sa kalsada. hayz. kelan kaya un dito dear?

engineer-einjel:
oh, nice.. it may take years for us but i believe as long as there are dedicated people (my profs and other good leaders in the transport sector) working toward acquiring efficient and safe roads as well as orderly environment then it will be realized.. umaasa ako na mababago pa ang mga ayaw natin. it started with the hope that is in those dedicated people.. :)

Tuesday, July 6

Wang wang and all the jazz!

Engineer Einjel thinking out loud:
It has been quite a while since the last time I shared some thoughts in Transportation Engineering Philippines.

Hey, President Noynoy Aquino have been in command for more than a week now. I do remember the way he mentioned in his inaugural speech that there'll be no WANG WANGs on the road anymore in his administration. Then true enough, a lot of VIPs or no VIPs, law enforcers or pretending to be law enforcers, etc who have been using devices to get pass the traffic have surendered their gadgets as said in the news report last night. I hope this will truly be implemented for the rest of P. Noynoy's term.

Then, there were a lot of road accident reports again. It's about time to have a collaborative action among motorists, traffic enforcers, public and private entities about this. Life is a gift. Let us not lose it by mere human error on the road. :)

Wednesday, June 9

Transport/Transportation in the Bible

Jeremiah 31:21
Set up road signs;
put up guide posts.
Take note of the highway,
the road that you take.

Tuesday, April 27

Long Break

It had been more than a month since the last post here in Transportation Engineering Philippines. The Admin was just too busy to miss writing but there are lots of updates and topics coming up. Traffic after all is still there especially in Metro Manila albeit scourging summer heat. Transportation issues are still present despite the heroine efforts of transport experts. So, be geared up for the next updates!

Thursday, March 11

Road Accidents

Engineer-einjel's note:

More than two years passed since I started to hear and learn about road accidents - its implications in a society's economy, lives lost, damaged properties, and medical costs. I did not have much journals or articles to read but my environment showed me the different issues with regard to road accidents.

Yesterday when I started to work on a road accident database, my perception and understanding of road accidents became deeper. As I read and noted every news clippings that tells about an accident, it gave a heavy burden in my heart. Take for instance this - "A man was run over by a huge truck cutting him into two at his midsection". Whew! A 50-year old house help was accidentally hit by a motorcycle which resulted to her death. The driver of a jeepney filled with teenagers which came from a beach party lose control of the vehicle's steering wheel, causing it to swerve to the right, flipped over many times, and turned turtle.

I remember even the times my father and brother encountered a motorcycle accident, a friend and his brother in another motorcycle accident as well. I could share a lot more accidents...

Only then have I realized how BIG really is the issue on ROAD SAFETY. There's a lot of folders to go through but I have somehow found a desire to finish it all and contribute to the road safety programs of the center.

Ciao! Back to work! =)

Thursday, March 4

Traffic Studies: Volume Count

What is traffic volume study? Why is it important?

Traffic volume is the most basic data needed for any traffic study. Volume studies are conducted to obtain factual information on the number of vehicles and/or persons that pass at a specified point on the highway system. The resulting volume data are expressed in relation to time. (Sigua, 2008)

So, that's the brief what and why of traffic volume count! There are a lot more about the types of volume, types of data collected, time of study, etc that you might need to know. However, it would be best to refer to Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering (Sigua, 2008) textbook.

Engineer-einjel is actually excited to share her experiences with volume studies. She had her first hand experience of conducting volume count study during a required activity for one MS course. She together with her group mates were assigned at Magsaysay Street corner Ylanan Street inside the UP Diliman Campus to do AM peak hour volume count. A survey form was prepared before the day of study. During the survey, Engineer-einjel and her companions had to tally the vehicles according to vehicle classes. The survey generally went well since a) there were four of us doing it; each assigned to every leg of the intersection, b) the streets have 2 lanes only for both directions, c) the weather was fine. A 2-hr count was bearable.

Last week however, Engineer-einjel crazily did an off peak (1pm-2pm, consider the HEAT!) volume study in Quezon Ave. and Commonwealth Ave! She counted a total of 2000+ and 3800+ for the main thoroughfares respectively. Crazy indeed because she covered for two directions:  right turn from minor road and through traffic of the major road. Ooh lala.. Hahaha! There came a point when she almost surrendered in counting and closed her eyes just for about five seconds - ah, never mind those vehicles! Geez, surely this could be a huge source of error!

This week, Engineer-einjel did a volume count in Mindanao Avenue which is a lot easier than last week's. Despite the HOT sunny day, she pulled it through. But if in the future that she will have a study similar to this, she decided to hire someone else to do the volume count instead of doing it herself. Hahaha. Those four counts are enough to tell what an experience that is!

Top 10 Most Heavily Traveled Corridor in MM

Annual Average Daily Traffic or AADT is estimated as the total volume counted over one year divided by the number of days in the year.

Traffic Engineering Center of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) conducts a yearly volume count (AADT) for the major thoroughfares in Metro Manila. The latest data as of March 2010 is that of year 2008 study. The TOP 10 MOST HEAVILY TRAVELED CORRIDORS are:

1) EDSA

2) Quezon Ave. / Commonwealth

3) Katipunan

4) SSH

5) Roxas Blvd.

6) Marcos Highway

7) Magsaysay Blvd. / Aurora Blvd.

8) A. H. Lacson / Pres. Quirino

9) Ortigas Ave.

10) Araneta Ave.

Monday, February 1

SLEX or South Luzon Expressway

I featured NLEX or the North Luzon Expressway and SCTEX or the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway last year. This time, it is best to feature SLEX or the South Luzon Expressway.

SLEX was mentioned in ITS topic I posted early last year which discussed on how their ETC system reduced queueing in tollbooths.

Good thing, I was able to get the SLEX toll rates! So here it is:

Entry Point Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Nichols 78.00 155.00 233
C-5 78.00 155.00 233.00
Bicutan 48.00 95.00 143.00
Sucat 30.00 59.00 89.00
Alabang 13.00 25.00 38.00
Filinvest 12.00 24.00 35.00
Susana Hts. 9.00 18.00 27.00
San Pedro 8.00 16.00 24.00
Southwoods 5.00 10.00 15.00
Carmona 4.00 7.00 11.00
Mamplasan 2.00 4.00 5.00

It took almost a year for me before finally having an idea to post about SLEX. I do not have much to say about SLEX since I rarely (because I live in the north) pass through this transport infrastructure. Only last Saturday when I together with churchmates went to Enchanted Kingdom was I able to take SLEX photos and had the *eureka moment to post something about SLEX. That one time chance to see SLEX again after several years still did not give me much ideas to write here. Anyway, the traffic was generally okay during that time maybe because it is a Saturday.

I would rather pass on the question to you dear reader, what can you say about SLEX? ;)

Lessons Learned: Monitoring Highway Congestion and Reliability Using Archived Traffic Detector Data by Turner, Margiotta and Lomax

Technical reports, research studies, and publications about transportation engineering fill my list of must-be-read-now notes. There is so much to learn and take note from all the written articles. If you ask WHY on earth would I read these boring stuff? My answer is because I need to for my NEW thesis topic. Apart from this main reason is that I love transportation engineering, I like doing research in this field, I enjoy everything that goes with it. (possing with two hands up! =)

Anyway, so much for intros.. I came upon these Lessons Learned: Monitoring Highway Congestion and Reliability Using Archived Traffic Detector Data by Shawn Turner, Rich Margiotta, and Tim Lomax. This FHWA report gives important insights on three general areas: analytical methods, data quality, and institutional issues. The following texts were directly taken from the report. Here are the top 10 lessons:

Analytical Methods

1) Don't wait for a "silver bullet."
The lesson learned is that transportation agencies should not wait idly for a “silver bullet” dataset or collection technique. More often, change in transportation is evolutionary rather than revolutionary, and agencies may find that what seemed like an ideal data source also has problems. Of course, agencies must become comfortable with available data resources and their features and limitations. In a limited number of instances, available data may be so poor as to not be considered for performance monitoring. Data of such poor quality should be obvious to even the casual observer.

2) Travel time modelling and estimation will always be necessary.
The lesson learned is that travel time modeling and estimation techniques will always be necessary (even with widespread availability of collected link travel times), particularly in a performance-based planning process. One of the challenges will be to ensure that estimation techniques produce roughly compatible travel time estimates as those from direct measurement.

3) Visualize the data, pictures are cool!
The lesson learned is that simple charts and graphics are more easily interpreted by this diverse audience than complex data tables and lengthy text descriptions. Data collectors and analysts may be adept at interpreting complex technical data because that is their primary job function; however, other non-technical audiences may only be able to devote 30 to 60 seconds to understanding key report elements.

4) Whatever affects traffic should be part of tperformance monitoring.
The lesson learned is that, to be effective, performance monitoring must also gather information on activities and events that can affect system performance. Examples include:
• System usage;
• Traffic incidents;
• Work zones;
• Severe or inclement weather;
• Special events;
• Economic conditions; and,
• Data quality.


Data Quality

5) Use can improve quality.
The lesson learned is that, in these instances, the agency or workgroup collecting data should be encouraged to use the data to improve their own agency functions or decision-making.

6) Support for operations can be built with quality archives.
The lesson learned here is that data
collected and archived while managing the transportation system can be easily reformulated to demonstrate the benefits of operations and management activities. However, the reuse of operations data for analytical purposes requires at least two things: 1) foresight to develop information systems that support real-time traffic management activities as well as historical analyses; and 2) commitment to collect and maintain quality data that can be used to demonstrate the benefits of operations... ...Archived operations data can help to “level the playing field”.

7) The devil is in the details.
The lesson learned is that the devil is in the details; that is, there are several seemingly minor data management practices that could have significant consequences when using archived data for performance monitoring.


Institutional Issues

8) Find and fix the barriers that hinder performance monitoring.
Some of the barriers to the development of archived data systems are similar to those experienced in further developing ransportation operations and management functions:
• Lack of financial resources for building and maintaining systems;
• Professional capacity to manage and analyze large data archives and warehouses;
• Widely ranging costs and benefits of implementation; and
• Uncertainty about data quality.
It will be vitally important to identify and remove these and other barriers to performance monitoring.

9) Performance monitoring may be a "killer app" for archived data.
Current trends and anecdotal evidence indicate that more traffic managers have taken an interest in developing and maintaining data archives. There appear to be at least two applications that
provide tangible benefits to traffic managers:
• Performance monitoring – helps traffic managers preserve or expand funding for operations; and
• Detector status/health reporting – helps traffic managers diagnose and troubleshoot extensive data collection systems.
Of these two applications, performance monitoring appears to be the most compelling application that is likely to strengthen traffic managers’ interest in developing data archiving systems.

10) Local knowledge contributes to national interpretation.
The lesson learned is that capturing local knowledge is desirable for interpreting system performance at a national level. State and local agencies are likely to be more familiar with highways in their jurisdiction and significant activities or events that have affected system performance. Some State and local agencies may be monitoring performance using other methods or techniques that could confirm or differ from national congestion monitoring results.
Because of their experience with local issues, State and local agency staff may also serve as a “reality check” for data collected in national congestion monitoring. However, this capture of local knowledge is currently, at best, an informal process that involves sporadic communication with State and local agencies.

**Note that this FHWA report can be downloaded in their website.

Saturday, January 23

Transport Infrastructure Companies in Manila

There are searchers on the different transport infrastructure companies in Manila. So here it is:


**ALMEC Corporation**
#301 One Corporate Plaza, 845 Arnaiz Street, Makati City, Metro Manila
Tel. Nos. (632) 815-3348 / Fax No. (632) 818-8145
E-Mail: manila@almec.org


**CTI engineering International Co., Ltd.**
Manila, Philippines


**DCCD Engineering Corporation**
SOL Building, 112 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, 1229 Makati City, Philippines
Telephone: (632) 842-4586 up to 97
Fax: (632) 818-2142
E-Mail: infor@dccd.com


**GEODATA SOLUTIONS INC.**
19/F Strata 100 building, F. Ortigas, Jr. Road Ortigas Center, 1605 Pasig City, Philippines
Telephone: (632) 631-3187
Fax: (632) 470-1296


**HALCROW**
website: halcrow.com


**KATAHIRA & ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL**
Unit 4B JMT Corporate Condominium, ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
Telephone: (632) 634-1623
Fax: (632) 634-1625
E-Mail: kei-manila@kei.com.ph


**Louis Berger Group Philippines, Inc.**
Unit 3, 12th floor Urban Bank Plaza, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, corner Don Chino Roces Avenue, Makati City, Philippines
Telephone: 9632) 812-1647
Fax: (632) 812-5665


**Manila North Tollways Corporation**
Website: mntc.com


**PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF**


**SYSTRA PHILIPPINES, INC.**
Unit 1703 East Tower, Philippine Stock Exchange Centre, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City, 1600 Philippines
Telephone: (632) 631-3075
Fax: (632) 637-8236
Email: systraphil@systraphil.com


**Tollways Management Corporation**
Website: tollways.net.ph


**Transport and Traffic Planners (TTPI) Inc.**
Rm. 410 J&F Divino Arcade, 961 Aurora Blvd, Cubao, Quezon city
Website: ttpiph.com

Sunday, January 17

Proceedings of the 17th Annual conference of the Transportation Science Society of the Philippines

17th Annual conference of the Transportation Science Society of the Philippines
The Imperatives of Climate Change and Economic Crisis in the Philippines: Reviewing the Transport Secto's Responses to Current and Emerging Issues
4 Sept 2009
SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex
Pasay City, Metro Manila

Here are the papers presented and commented during the conference:

CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING OF TRANSPORT PROJECTS AND ITS RELEVANCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, Samuel E. SAPUAY/Kocks Consult GmbH Germany

EXAMINING ACCESSIBILITY IN THE OCCURRENCE OF CAMPUS CRIME, Alice Ross T.MORTA/ Nathaniel P. HERMOSA/Ateneo de Manila University, Jun T. CASTRO, University of the Philippines

ITS: TRAFFIC BASELINE INFORMATION OBTAINED USING PROBE CARS IS THE KEY TO ADDRESS METRO MANILA TRAFFIC CONGESTION, Reigna Jewel Ritz M. MACABABBAD/ Jose Regin F. REGIDOR, University of the Philippines

CO2 EMISSIONS FROM THE LAND TRANSPORT SECTOR IN THE PHILIPPINES: ESTIMATES AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS, Herbert FABIAN/ Sudhir GOTA, CAI-Asia Center

DEVELOPMENT OF A KNOWLEDGE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEM FORINTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT, Mark P. DE GUZMAN/ Ricardo G. SIGUA, University of the Philippines

ANALYSIS OF MODE SWITCHING BEHAVIOR OF PUP MAIN CAMPUS STUDENTS TO PASIG RIVER FERRY SERVICE, Vilma CLEMENTE/John Ivan GUEVARRA/Ryan Maynard MAZO/Manuel M. MUHI, Polytechnic University of the Philippines

ASSESSMENT OF JEEPNEY’S COMPONENTS, SYSTEMS AND SEPARATE TECHNICAL UNITS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS, Riches S. BACERO/ Karl VERGEL, University of the Philippines

ITS: TRAFFIC BASELINE INFORMATION OBTAINED USING PROBE CARS IS THE KEY TO ADDRESS METRO MANILA TRAFFIC CONGESTIONS

ITS: TRAFFIC BASELINE INFORMATION OBTAINED USING PROBE CARS IS THE KEY TO ADDRESS METRO MANILA TRAFFIC CONGESTIONS

Reigna Jewel Ritz MACABABBAD
Graduate Student,
Institute of Civil Engineering,
UP Diliman

Jose Regin REGIDOR, Dr. Eng.
Associate Professor,
Institute of Civil Engineering,
UP Diliman


ABSTRACT: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies can supplement construction-based methods to improve the capacity of existing transportation systems. ITS then, presents viable solution to traffic congestion problems rather than focus only on the intensive road infrastructure developments and improvements. Baseline traffic information such as speed, and travel time along road networks, a fundamental knowledge-based resource used in traffic management, assessments and planning, can be obtained only through sustainable data collection system. Examination of ITS technologies shows that probe car survey system is a sustainable data collection method to gather real-time and historical traffic information.

[Presented in the 17th Annual Conference of the Transportation Science Society of the Philippines]

Thursday, January 7

ENGINEERING JOBFAIR 2010

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Wednesday, January 6

Bicycle Highways

The New York Times published an interesting article about Bicycle Highways. Here's some quoted phrases mentioned in the article:

"The Bicycle Office of Copenhagen's design calls for service stations (with air pumps and tools for simple repairs) and plans to employ so-called intelligent transportation systems — not unlike the technology that makes the E-ZPass possible. Using handlebar-mounted RFID or GPS technology, for example, commuters could detect other riders on the routes, helping them to assemble into pelotons or "bike buses." These groups could in turn emit signals that trip traffic lights in their favor, resulting in a "green wave" of bicycle momentum."

Isn't this awesome?