Big News in the Traffic Prediction world

Google Maps adds real time route time information

Traffic as a probabilistic model

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/clearflow/default.aspx

A reference from my PGM class.  I need to follow up on it.

Thoughts from Max

http://maxamillionandone.tumblr.com/post/5061297781/speed-lanes

Literature on Route Planning

For navigation devices:

http://code.google.com/p/mapsforge/wiki/Literature

CalStart

Incubator for traffic technology?

http://www.calstart.org/Homepage.aspx

Aggregate Dynamics for Dense Crowd Simulation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqBSNAOsMDc&feature=related

crazy video of a crowd simulation

Federal Programs

Federal programs targeted to reducing traffic are described here:

http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/bn/index.htm

Siemens investigates traffic

Division of Siemens working on traffic problems:

http://www.itssiemens.com/

Microsimulation of Road Traffic Flow

Super fun little applet allowing you to see their simulation of different traffic dynamics.

http://www.mtreiber.de/MicroApplet

Braess's paradox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braess%27s_paradox

MIT - Phantom Traffic Jams and Traveling Jamitons

This is a webpage for a research group at MIT that studies traffic dynamics.

http://math.mit.edu/projects/traffic/

Infrastructure Failure Detection

Pipe Dreams - The Economist - June 2, 2011

http://www.economist.com/node/18750678

Road Safety

A path to road safety with no sign posts - NY Times Jan 22, 2005

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/22/international/europe/22monderman.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1