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Smart Transportation

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Smart Transportation It is a rare day that you won't take some form of transportation A bus, train, or car to work. A bike to school. A plane for a business trip. And even if you don't leave your home, your life is still influenced by the transportation industry: virtually every tangible good—food, clothing, medicine, vehicles, computers—has been transported into your world from somewhere else. Cities could not exist if we didn't have transportation systems to move people and goods in, out, and around them. It has been a leading driver behind globalization: shrinking distances, seeding the emergence of entirely new economies, and improving the quality of life for millions of people. Yet many of our transportation systems are inadequate to serve the needs of the 21st century. By integrating technology and intelligence into the physical transportation infrastructure, we can improve capacity, enhance the traveler experience and make our transportation systems more efficient,