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Exteremely cool robotics application form Grasp...

Traffic in Manhattan

Interesting article on Charles Komanoff and his work on Manhattan traffic. Few data points were extremely interesting: Average vehicle speed in the city from 6am to 8pm changes from 6.78 to 11.68 mph. This with 681K cars, 116K taxis and 72K buses/trucks during the day. Most probably most of these vehicles have only one 'traveler'.

Basically, there is no reason not to make Segway the transportation vehicle for Manhattan, expect some cases where you have luggage or traveling outside of the city. Imagine the savings in space, CO2 emissions, accident and maintenance costs.