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May 04, 2017

Connected vehicles have the potential to transform the way Americans travel through the creation of a safe, interoperable wireless communications network — a system that includes cars, buses, trucks, trains, traffic signals, cell phones, and other devices. In the past, the USDOT has focused on helping people survive crashes. Connected vehicle technology will change that paradigm by giving people the tools to avoid crashes ...

March 08, 2017

The market for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) is on the verge of a tipping point. According to a new report from Tractica, ADAS component shipments will increase at a healthy pace over the next decade, rising from 218.1 million units shipped in 2016 to 1.2 billion units by 2025 ...

March 06, 2017

The US ranked as the most congested developed country in the world, with drivers spending an average of 42 hours a year in traffic during peak hours, according to the all-new Global Traffic Scorecard from INRIX ...

February 17, 2017

A USDOT report on the state of America's transportation infrastructure, 2015 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges and Transit: Conditions and Performance, released late last year, contends that more investment is needed not only to maintain the nation's highway and transit systems but to overcome a nearly trillion-dollar investment backlog ...

January 30, 2017

Connected car production is growing rapidly in both mature and emerging automobile markets, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. The production of new automobiles equipped with data connectivity, either through a built-in communications module or by a tether to a mobile device, is forecast to reach 61 million in 2020 ...

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