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New Technology Helps Cities Predict Traffic to Improve Urban Planning - VIDEO STORY


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KYOTO, Japan - June 11, 2008: Kyoto University and IBM's Tokyo Research Laboratory have jointly developed a system that can simulate a broad range of urban transport situations -- including millions of individual vehicles involved in complex traffic interactions -- to predict what will happen if a new office building, sports arena or other major facility is built and improve planning of roads and public transportation.


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