The reduction in urban traffic also depends on the successful introduction of urban-congestion charges and taxes on workplace parking.
The popularity of the City's scheme suggests that the advantages of traffic restriction in dense urban areas may have been underestimated in the past.
The author of a Swiss study on climate change and health, Dr Nino Kunzli of the Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine in Basle, said the greatest health benefits would come from policies covering technology, urban planning, traffic speed and safety, and the promotion of walking, cycling and public transport.
Short and compact, on the Concept E-go, urban traffic will seem like a videogame that will be fun and easy to skilfully nE-gotiate.
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It has 160 Mhz of spectrum in some markets and an average of 120 Mhz in the big urban markets where it really matters because that is where the traffic is that causes bottlenecks and poor service.
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To reduce the number of pedestrians seriously injured and killed in motor vehicle crashes in places like residential streets and urban areas, the report calls for traffic calming techniques, such as speed bumps, lane narrowing, changes in roadway curvature, and increased enforcement and the reduction of speed limits.
Chicago came in second, due largely to its dense urban population, crippling traffic and the fact that motorists in the Windy City are subjected to fuel costs that are 30 percent higher than the U.S. average.
That versatile seat, the heads-up positioning of the handlebars, and the lightweight design are well-suited for navigating urban traffic.
But even by the 1920s it was becoming controversial, as urban congestion and traffic accidents mounted.
To address the crush, carriers are offloading data traffic from dense urban areas onto Wi-Fi networks, while also seeking out more spectrum.
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The development of artificial intelligence-based approaches to junction control is one of many new and promising technologies that can make better use of existing urban and road capacity, while reducing the environmental impacts of road traffic.
Just today, because I walked with the urban wildlife expert John Hadidian, I noticed that a pipe affixing a traffic light to its pole was hosting a slew of nesting sparrows.
In the developing world, Urban life is a hieronymus Bosch-like vision of tangled traffic, crumbling infrastructure, overcrowding and crippling economic inefficiencies.
Last week, the Texas Transportation Institute released its annual Urban Mobility Report, a collection of terrifying traffic stats that arrive on a beeline to transit beat reporters.
Road pricing, taxes on urban parking and other targeted measures would be far better at tackling the traffic jams that occur at particular times and in particular places.
The county council said the route will reduce traffic congestion and support Lincoln's growth as a principal urban centre.
The car can actually be a lot of fun to drive in urban settings, darting its way through traffic and careening around corners playfully.
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DARPA, after all, is the ultra-forward-thinking Pentagon agency that hosted the Grand Challenge in 2006 and 2007, an autonomous car race across the Mojave desert, as well as the Urban Challenge, a 2008 event that challenged self-driving cars to negotiate a cityscape complete with obstacles and traffic.
The responses have been incredibly engaging and entertaining ranging from musical performances to yoga poses to wine to an analysis of urban traffic patterns in San Francisco.
Chief SIZER: Well, for about the last 10 years, many police departments, especially large, urban police departments, have been collecting data on their traffic stops, and most departments, including my own, show disproportionate stops based on race when measured against census data.
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