New technology is currently being developed which is going to help prevent traffic jams. Congestion costs over £12 billion per year in the UK, and as the population continues to increase, so does the number of road users.
The government report says that existing and new technology, infrastructure and all kinds of transport would come together to create “intelligent mobility”. This would allow for predictive traffic and ease of congestion by up to 5 times!
Failing to meet the needs of traffic (mainly due to an aging and increase in population) will lead to major strains on the economy.
The technology used to prevent traffic jams would be in the form of new transport information systems. IBM are currently already working on a similar project which will lead to “smarter” transport. Vehicles will communicate with one another in order to provide the quickest and most efficient route for all users. You can read more about this here: http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/traffic
So, do you think this traffic technology will make a congestion to the UK’s busy roads? Is technology needed or are there just way too many cars on the road? I think that the technology will make a difference, but the traffic infrastructure will first need major changes as there are so many car owners in the UK. Once this is done, I think that this new technology will eventually lead to cars being able to drive themselves.
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Reading this my first thoughts are that unless your going to expand england over the oceans and make it bigger, traffic will always be a problem. yes maybe the new technology may help reduce the time within which people get stuck in traffic, but improving things up to 5 times is a bit of an exaggeration.
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