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Finding An Optimal Path: Highways Versus Local Roads, Gabriel Leiner
Finding An Optimal Path: Highways Versus Local Roads, Gabriel Leiner
Gabriel Leiner
Commuters across the United States are often presented with the dilemma of whether to wait at an onramp to get on a highway or look for short-cuts on local roads. An answer to this question may lie in the use of Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) wireless technology. With the touch of a button, connected vehicle technology could allow drivers to access real time information about the sizes and speeds of queues at highway onramps, as well as the signal phases of traffic lights on local roads. In the future, drivers could rely on this information to make valid judgments …