Nigel Jacob

Traffic is an important indicator of a city’s health. Presence of traffic indicates movement of
people and goods, and thus economic vitality. However, if left unchecked, excess traffic leads
to congestion that results in wasted time and fuel, impacts the environment through increased
emissions and negatively affects the qualify of life for citizens. To manage a city’s
transportation and environmental goals effectively, accurate data is required – beginning with
basic information… Show more

Traffic is an important indicator of a city’s health. Presence of traffic indicates movement of
people and goods, and thus economic vitality. However, if left unchecked, excess traffic leads
to congestion that results in wasted time and fuel, impacts the environment through increased
emissions and negatively affects the qualify of life for citizens. To manage a city’s
transportation and environmental goals effectively, accurate data is required – beginning with
basic information such as counting traffic passing on a street. In this article, we present a
general approach for collecting traffic data from a multitude of sources, organizing that data
for consumption by multiple parties and exploiting the data productively by many diverse
users. We illustrate this approach with a case study in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Show less

Traffic is an important indicator of a city’s health. Presence of traffic indicates movement of
people and goods, and thus economic vitality. However, if left unchecked, excess traffic leads
to congestion that results in wasted time and fuel, impacts the environment through increased
emissions and negatively affects the qualify of life for citizens. To manage a city’s
transportation and environmental goals effectively, accurate data is required – beginning with
basic information… Show more

Traffic is an important indicator of a city’s health. Presence of traffic indicates movement of
people and goods, and thus economic vitality. However, if left unchecked, excess traffic leads
to congestion that results in wasted time and fuel, impacts the environment through increased
emissions and negatively affects the qualify of life for citizens. To manage a city’s
transportation and environmental goals effectively, accurate data is required – beginning with
basic information such as counting traffic passing on a street. In this article, we present a
general approach for collecting traffic data from a multitude of sources, organizing that data
for consumption by multiple parties and exploiting the data productively by many diverse
users. We illustrate this approach with a case study in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Show less

Traffic is an important indicator of a city’s health. Presence of traffic indicates movement of
people and goods, and thus economic vitality. However, if left unchecked, excess traffic leads
to congestion that results in wasted time and fuel, impacts the environment through increased
emissions and negatively affects the qualify of life for citizens. To manage a city’s
transportation and environmental goals effectively, accurate data is required – beginning with
basic information… Show more

Traffic is an important indicator of a city’s health. Presence of traffic indicates movement of
people and goods, and thus economic vitality. However, if left unchecked, excess traffic leads
to congestion that results in wasted time and fuel, impacts the environment through increased
emissions and negatively affects the qualify of life for citizens. To manage a city’s
transportation and environmental goals effectively, accurate data is required – beginning with
basic information such as counting traffic passing on a street. In this article, we present a
general approach for collecting traffic data from a multitude of sources, organizing that data
for consumption by multiple parties and exploiting the data productively by many diverse
users. We illustrate this approach with a case study in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Show less