Finns Find Traffic Jams With Cell Phones

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 00:10:01 +0200
To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
Subject: Finns Find Traffic Jams With Cell Phones

Finns Find Traffic Jams With Cell Phones
Tue Jul 8, 2:30 PM ET
By MANS HULDEN, Associated Press Writer

HELSINKI, Finland - As if today's cell phones weren't crammed enough with
features, the famously wired Finns now look to be adding another: traffic
congestion deterrent.

Using the signals from individual motorists' mobile phones as beacons,
government researchers charted vehicular traffic patterns along stretches of
road in and around Helsinki.

The Technical Research Center, the Finnish agency that published an
evaluation of the technology this week, found it useful for helping to
prevent traffic jams and urged that it be expanded nationally.

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