Aug 08 2007
Traffic Tidbits: 8 August 2007
- New Roundabouts in Detroit: Many intersections are being replaced by roundabouts in the Detroit, MI, area.
- Innovative Traffic Calming: This man used cardboard likenesses of his children to slow vehicles through his neighborhood [video].
- British Airports Are Having Long Lines, Too: Transport Blog debates whether the government-run British Airporty Authority should be broken up.
- NASA Solicits Information: If you can provide efficient logistical support to a far off outpost, e.g. the International Space Boondoggle, NASA wants to talk to you. Of course, any commercial or private service that can lessen the cost of achieving low Earth orbit will benefit the entire space program, Space Station or no.
- Traffic Prediction: NPR stands up for us traffic engineers!
- Bicycles in the Traffic Stream: Mr. Viddy discusses his experiences with being a bicyclist mixed with cars in the Pacific Northwest.
- Physics of Inductance Loops: Physics is Phun explains the inductance loops used to detect vehicles at stop bars.
