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automated vehicles, at least among might start to bridge the gap
some cities. between homes and public transport
"lt is being led by fierce hubs, allowing passengers to travel
competition among the Bay Area's more conveniently and safely."
big three transportation companies: "As connected vehicles become
Tesla, Uber; and Google. Tesla is more common, we will start to see
expanding its Fremont factory real-time status information from
to increase vehicle production central traffic management systems
up to 500,000 cars a year. Tesla being shared with people, through
is also providing regular updates their cars. Data can already be
to their Autopilot' automated combined from sensors in vehicles
vehicle capabilities as a software to generate real-time information
upgrade for Tesla vehicle owners. on current road conditions, traffic,
Uber is continuing its move toward and accidents, and in 2017 smart
having an automated, on-demand cities will prepare themselves to take
vehicle service. Google is working advantage ofthese new data sets.
to get their technology into mass This will help to make life easier for
production. This is a very exciting everyone working, living, and visiting
time as market competition the cities, from helping to avoid
accelerates the timing and rapidly traffic jams or crowded areas, to
improves the quality of automated finding a parking space," Salinas said.
vehicle choices," said Hans Larsen,
public works director for the City of Decoding it all
Fremont, CA. Kurtis McBride, CEO at Miovision
Sol Salinas, connected cities lead believes that it is difficult to predict
at Accenture Mobility said, "There exactly which technologies might
will be an emphasis on 'last mile' mature enough to have a widespread
connectivity as 2Ot7 is used to plan impact in the next year, but is safe to
ahead for technologies that are assume that the way people move
currently in pilot phases, such as about their cities and interact with
autonomous vehicles. Autonomous different parts of mobility networks
neighborhood fleets, for example, will see some major shifts.