Transport and Vehicles
Articles and resources and egovernment initiatives related to transport and vehicles in general. Specific initiatives related to individual countries and regions are available from the related categories in this section.
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Public Transport
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Articles and resources about egovernment initiatives related to public transport
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Roads and Road Transport
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Articles and resources about egovernment initiatives related to roads and road transport.
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Vehicles and Vessels
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Articles and resources about egovernment initiatives relating to vehicles and vessels
- Transport 2.0 Presentation
- by Crispin Butteriss. Bang the Table, April 20th, 2011. "I've spent the last couple of days with the lovely people from the Victorian Department of Transport talking about opportunities to incorporate online tools into their community engagement practices. The presentation of (mostly) examples of transport agencies and others using various online tools for communications and community engagement was put together to spark the conversation..."
- IBM - the Smarter City Transportation
- "Next time you're stuck in traffic, think about this: as smart as our cars have become, our roadways are about to get a whole lot smarter. Building new roads and new lanes often just isn't possible any longer, but building intelligence into the roads and the cars-with roadside sensors, radio frequency tags, and global positioning systems-certainly is.
In Stockholm, a new smart toll system has reduced traffic congestion and carbon emissions by impressive percentages ..."
- IBM drives smart transport centre
- By Beverley Head. IT Wire, Wednesday, 23 March 2011. "A software system which has cut Stockholm's gridlock by 20 per cent, and emissions by 12 per cent, is one of the assets provided by IBM to the newly established Smart Transport Research Centre, which has been formed to grapple with Australia's growing transportation problems..."
- Who owns transit data?
- by Rafe Needleman. Rafe's Radar, August 24, 2009. "... In local blogs and on transit sites, outrage over agencies and companies that claim ownership of the data is growing. The core argument against locking down such data is that it's collected by or paid for by public, taxpayer-funded agencies and thus should be open to all citizens, and that schedule data by itself is not protectable content. The argument against is that the agencies might be able to profit from using the data if they can maintain control of it..."
This category last updated: 25 July 2008