UC Berkeley NewsCenter » traffic http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 21 May 2013 23:24:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Cellphone, GPS data suggest new strategy for alleviating traffic tie-ups http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/20/cellphone-gps-data-suggest-new-strategy-for-alleviating-traffic-tie-ups/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/20/cellphone-gps-data-suggest-new-strategy-for-alleviating-traffic-tie-ups/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:00:04 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33699 Cellphone, GPS data suggest new strategy for alleviating traffic tie-upsTired of sitting in rush hour traffic? A new study demonstrates that asking everyone to cut their driving is only moderately effective in reducing congestion, but asking those in specific communities - those that contribute most to bottlenecks - may work better.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/20/cellphone-gps-data-suggest-new-strategy-for-alleviating-traffic-tie-ups/feed/ 0 $2.5 million grant to improve traffic safety http://its.berkeley.edu/news/ITS/20120817 http://its.berkeley.edu/news/ITS/20120817#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:09:34 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32666 $2.5 million grant to improve traffic safetyCalifornia’s Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) has awarded nearly $2.5 million in grants to two research and education centers affiliated with the Institute of Transportation Studies to improve safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, and drivers. The Safe Transportation Research & Education Center (SafeTREC) and the Technology Transfer Program (Tech Transfer) will use the funds to study better ways to prevent crashes and to help local agencies identify potentially hazardous surface roadway conditions. ]]> http://its.berkeley.edu/news/ITS/20120817/feed/ 0 Bancroft Library’s Regional Oral History Office looks for Bay Bridge accounts that span the years http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/09/oral-history-office-hunting-for-bay-bridge-stories/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/09/oral-history-office-hunting-for-bay-bridge-stories/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:58:19 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32177 Bancroft Library’s Regional Oral History Office looks for Bay Bridge accounts that span the yearsInterviewers at the Bancroft Library’s Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) are betting there are just as many cool stories to tell about the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as about its colorful cousin. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/09/oral-history-office-hunting-for-bay-bridge-stories/feed/ 0 UCTC receives funding for new transportation research http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/01/19/uctc-receives-funding-for-new-transportation-research/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/01/19/uctc-receives-funding-for-new-transportation-research/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:46:10 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=23702 UCTC receives funding for new transportation researchThe University of California Transportation Center (UCTC) on the UC Berkeley campus is overseeing a new research consortium of five other UC and four Cal State University campuses that just received a $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation and a matching amount from California’s Department of Transportation.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/01/19/uctc-receives-funding-for-new-transportation-research/feed/ 0 Kicking hybrids out of carpool lanes backfires, slowing traffic for all http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/10/hybrids-carpool-study/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/10/hybrids-carpool-study/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:30:53 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=17769 Kicking hybrids out of carpool lanes backfires, slowing traffic for allThe end of a California program granting free access to carpool lanes by solo drivers of hybrid cars has unintentionally slowed traffic in all lanes, according to a new report by researchers at UC Berkeley's Institute of Transportation Studies. It turns out that when regular-use lanes became more congested with the addition of more hybrids, the carpool lanes slowed down as well. The transportation engineers explain this counterintuitive result. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/10/hybrids-carpool-study/feed/ 0 Smarter Traveler research initiative seeks to predict traffic jams http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/34261.wss http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/34261.wss#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:54:53 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=9317 Smarter Traveler research initiative seeks to predict traffic jamsUC Berkeley transportation researchers are partnering with IBM and Caltrans to develop technology that can forecast traffic jams. The collaboration is part of UC Berkeley's Mobile Millennium project at the California Center for Innovative Transportation. ]]> http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/34261.wss/feed/ 0 New site maps state’s severe traffic collisions http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/06/tims-california-traffic-collisions/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/06/tims-california-traffic-collisions/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:32:54 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=8786 New site maps state’s severe traffic collisionsUC Berkeley researchers have launched a powerful new tool, the Transportation Injury Mapping System, that allows online searches of serious and fatal crashes in California. Users can view the history of crashes by county, city, neighborhood or along specific routes.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/06/tims-california-traffic-collisions/feed/ 0