Category Archives: Intelligent Transport Systems

Auckland City’s New 30km/h Go Slow Zone

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

I had my first drive in Auckland city today since the ‘Safe Speeds’ program was enforced, dropping the maximum speed from 50km/h to 30km/h. I thought I’d try Queen Street to see what that looked like now. Lots of empty … Continue reading →

Posted in accidents, aggressive driving, Auckland, Buses, car accidents, car crash, car safety, congestion, drivers, driving, Intelligent Transport Systems, New Zealand, real time traffic, risk, road rage, safer driving, safer journeys, safety, traffic, traffic congestion, Traffic Management, Traffic Optimization, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Location Based Shorts Ep 16 A FREE Route Optimisation trial for New Zealand deliveries, sales and service companies

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

Have you noticed that traffic in New Zealand cities seems to be worse at Level 1 of the COVID19 lockdown than it was even before the pandemic hit? Are you in the distribution, freight or service industries? Or perhaps you … Continue reading →

Posted in Auckland, Business, Business Consultant, Business Intelligence, congestion, Coronavirus, Corvid19, Customers, drivers, Gas prices, grocery, Intelligent Transport Systems, Location Based Consultant, Location Based Services, Location Based Shorts, Money, Motoring, motorway, New Zealand, New Zealand Maps, Pandemic, Public Transport, real time traffic, Retail, retail apps, retail survival, Route Optimisation, Route Optimization, RTTI, RUC, safer journeys, traffic, traffic congestion, Traffic Control, traffic demand, traffic design, Traffic Information, Traffic jam, Traffic Optimization, Transport, Travel, Travel Information, Truck Navigation, Trucks, Unusual Traffic, Work | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

YOU’RE ALL FROGS

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

Of course it doesn’t actually apply to you because you read my blog and you know how tirelessly I have worked to encourage people to make smarter decisions about their travel, especially their commute. So don’t think of this as … Continue reading →

Posted in Car Navigation, Car Technology, cars, commuting, congestion, cycling, drivers, driving, driving app, freeway, Google maps, Government, GPS Apps, GPS Car Nav, GPS Maps, GPS Nav, GPS Navigation, HERE, Intelligent Transport Systems, ITS, love of cars, Nav Maps, Navigation Maps, Navman, New Zealand, People, Public Transport, road rage, RTTI, Telecommuting, traffic, traffic congestion, traffic demand, traffic design, Traffic Information, Traffic jam, Traffic Management, Traffic Optimization, travel demand management, Unusual Traffic, Urban design | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Solving the Traffic Jam Problem – Getting Cities Moving Again

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

I got pretty excited when I read the press release about Volkswagen getting together with D-Wave, using quantum computing to demonstrate real time traffic optimised routing at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon which starts tomorrow. I wish I was … Continue reading →

Posted in accidents, Artificial intelligence, Auckland, BAU, Big Data, Bus Apps, Buses, Business, Business Intelligence, car accidents, car crash, Car Navigation, car safety, Car Technology, car tracker, car tracking, city GPS travel apps, commuting, congestion, connected cars, Crash, disruptive model, driving, driving app, Fleet Management, Freight App, Future, future car, Future Technology, Good travel apps, Google, Government, GPS Bus Tracking, GPS Car Nav, GPS Nav, GPS Navigation, HERE, holiday traffic, Intelligent Transport Systems, location based apps, Location Based Consultant, motorway, Politics, Public Transport, Qauntum Theory, road rage, road toll, Road Tolling, Road Tolls, Route Optimisation, RTTI, RUC, safer driving, safer journeys, Safety app, School Bus, Schoolbus, SoLoMo, the future, TomTom, traffic, traffic congestion, Traffic Control, traffic demand, traffic design, Traffic Information, Traffic jam, Traffic Management, Traffic Optimization, Transport, travel demand management, Travel Information, Truck GPS, Truck Navigation, truck safety, Trucks, Why fleet management | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Short Videos About GPS, Apps, Maps and More: Location Based Shorts. The Eyes Have It.

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

Location Based Shorts is a new series where I am embarking on a new series of sub 3 minute VLOGS (Video Blogs) about things that interest me and if you follow me, probably will interest you. I comment on things … Continue reading →

Posted in #TheGPSMadeMeDoIt, Accurate Map Tracking, Autonomous cars, Bank Robbery, Best GPS, Best Practice GPS, Bluetooth, Car Navigation, Car Parking, Car Robot, car safety, Car Technology, car tracker, carpark information, carparking, cars, Catch Crooks with GPS, commuting, Concept Car, congestion, connected cars, disruptive model, Driverless car, Driverless Cars, driverless vehicles, drivers, driving, driving app, Future, future car, Future Technology, Futurist, Gadgets, Government, GPS, GPS Car Nav, GPS features, GPS MAde Me Do IT, GPS Maps, GPS Nav, GPS Navigation, GPS Police Tracker, GPS Problems, GPS Track People, GPS Tracker, GPS Tracking, Hacker, Hackers, Hacking, HAcking cars, Indoor Navigation, Innovation, Intelligent Transport Systems, Internet of Things, Internet Privacy, IoT, law enforcement, location based apps, Location Based Consultant, Location Based Education, Location Based Servces, Location Based Shorts, Luggage tracking, Map apps, mapping buildings, Maps, mobile travel apps, Motoring, nav apps, new cars, parking, parking apps, Police, Privacy, real time traffic, Road Tolling, Road Tolls, road trip, robots, RUC, safer driving, safer journeys, Safety app, Smart Car, Smart City, SmartPhone, Smartphones, Social Media, spy, stolen, Stolen cars, the future, top apps, Track Thieves, Tracking Apps, traffic, traffic congestion, Traffic Control, traffic demand, traffic design, Traffic Information, Traffic jam, Traffic Management, Traffic Optimization, Transport, travel demand management, Travel Information, V2V | Leave a comment

You’ve Got To Stop Those Hacking Waze, Baby

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

I was told about a great new route to commute to work by a colleague and it was really good for a while. The 14km trip took about an hour by motorway and not much quicker taking the main arterial … Continue reading →

Posted in #TheGPSMadeMeDoIt, accidents, Accurate Map Tracking, aggressive driving, Apps, Best GPS, Best Practice GPS, car hacking, Car Nav Caused Crash, Car Navigation, cars, cheap gps, cheating GPS, Communications, commuting, congestion, crowd sourced data, distracted driving, driver behavior, driving, driving app, earthquake, emergency, Flood, Foresight, freeway, Google maps, Google Mobile App, GPS, GPS Accuracy, GPS Car Nav, GPS Excuses, GPS MAde Me Do IT, GPS Maps, GPS Nav, GPS Navigation, GPS Problems, Hacker, Hackers, Hacking, Hacks, HERE, Intelligent Transport Systems, location based apps, Location Based Consultant, Map apps, Map data, Mobile Apps, Mobile Maps, mobile travel apps, Motoring, motorway, nav accident, nav apps, Nav Maps, Navigation Maps, Navman, road trip, RTTI, safer driving, safer journeys, Smart City, Technology, TomTom, traffic, traffic congestion, Traffic Control, traffic demand, traffic design, Traffic Information, Traffic jam, Traffic Management, Traffic Optimization, Transport, Travel, Travel Apps, travel demand management, Travel Information, tsunami, Unusual Traffic, Urban design | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Why I think an Autonomous Vehicle Won’t Be Able to Reliably Guess Where a Pedestrian Will Go

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

In 2016, Volvo ‘promised’ that we would have ‘Deathproof Cars’ by 2020. That’s next year! You may also recall that about this time last year, an Autonomous Uber Volvo crashed and killed a pedestrian. According to the NTSB the car … Continue reading →

Posted in accidents, Artificial intelligence, Autonomous cars, Autonomous Trucks, Car 2 car, car accidents, car crash, car insurance, car safety, Car Technology, Communications, Concept Car, connected cars, distracted pedestrians, DistractedDriving, Driverless car, Driverless Cars, driverless vehicles, driving, future car, Futurist, insurance, insurance risk, Intelligence, Intelligent Transport Systems, IoT, ITS, LiDAR, Motoring, People, people tracking, safer driving, safer journeys, safety, Smart Car, Smart Cars, Smart City, the future, traffic design, Transport, truck safety, uber | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

How to Get Notifications and Avoid Traffic Congestion During Christmas and New Year

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

I don’t know about you, but I hate being stuck in traffic. I live in Auckland, New Zealand where traffic congestion is a fact of life, but that doesn’t mean you have to be stuck in it. You have choices … Continue reading →

Posted in Auckland, Australia, car accidents, car crash, cars, city GPS travel apps, commuting, congestion, Crash, driving, earthquake, emergency, Emergency Services, Flood, freeway, Google maps, holiday traffic, Intelligent Transport Systems, iPhone, Location Based Servces, Mobile Apps, mobile travel apps, nav apps, New Zealand, New Zealand Maps, News, real time traffic, road toll, road trip, safer driving, safer journeys, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, traffic, traffic congestion, Traffic Information, Traffic jam, Traffic Management, Transport, Travel, Travel Apps, Travel Information, Twitter, USA | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Trucks to be able to Share Black Ice Information with Aftermarket Solution

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

There have been some great stories of V2V communications but they have typically been proprietary. Volvo for example are developing some wonderful systems whereby a truck can share information about a crash or other conditions, with other Volvo trucks, or … Continue reading →

Posted in accidents, Collaboration, Communications, connected cars, Cool Tech, Future Technology, Futurist, Innovation, Intelligent Transport Systems, Internet of Things, IoT, location based apps, Motoring, New Zealand, Technology, telecommunications, traffic, traffic design, Traffic Information, Traffic Management, Traffic Optimization, Transport, Travel Information, Truck GPS, Truck Navigation, truck safety, Trucks, V2P, V2V, Why fleet management | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

AI, Ethics, Assumptions and Privacy

Posted on November 12, 2017 by Luigi Cappel

My podcasts were up to date and I started looking for something new to listen to in the car and while doing my chores and I’m so glad I did. I landed with Professor Genevieve Bell and the Boyer Lectures … Continue reading →

Posted in Artificial intelligence, Autonomous cars, Customer Research, Driverless car, endangered species, Future Technology, Futurist, Google, Intelligence, Intelligent Transport Systems, Internet Privacy, IoT, Privacy, Social Media Marketing, Society, Technology, the future | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment