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CMU Uses Cell Phones, Facebook to Monitor Potholes

Potholes are the scourge of drivers during each spring thaw, often resulting in complaints to local government street departments and sometimes a trip to the repair shop. Now a Carnegie Mellon University project allows anyone with a GPS-linked cell phone camera and a...

What is a ‘Phantom Traffic Jam’?

Image via Wikipedia   We’ve all been stuck in that traffic jam (or back up) where a long line of vehicles has ground to a halt and there appears to be no obvious reason why. Well, there have been a couple of studies lately into what exactly what causes these...