real-time travel information in turn-by-turn navigation: past present & future
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Real-Time Travel Information in Turn-by-Turn Navigation: Past Present & Future Alain L. Kornhauser Professor, Operations Research & Financial Engineering Director, Program in Transportation Founder, ALK Technologies, Inc. and Founding and Board Member Committee for Smart New Jersey - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Real-Time Travel Information in
Turn-by-Turn Navigation: Past Present & Future
Alain L. KornhauserProfessor, Operations Research & Financial Engineering
Director, Program in Transportation
Founder, ALK Technologies, Inc.and
Founding and Board Member Committee for Smart New Jersey
Presented at New Jersey’s TransAction Conference
Atlantic City, New JerseyApril 11, 2012
40 Years Ago
The Cure for the
Common Driver …
… CoPilot
1998: CoPilot
1998 ITE Presentation1998 TruckPC Presentation
Week 9
“Early” versions of Portable Sat/Nav solutions
Week 9
Finally… Convergence of
GPS
Real-Time Information
(and Advertising)
Decisions that ImproveQuality of Life
&
& Wireless
& Robust OS& Memory
& Processing
Navigation Based Commerce
nCommerce
Opportunities to Improve Quality of Life
• “17” year olds• Soccer Moms• Those that have never wanted to go
anywhere• Dads who never ask for directions
• Anxiety Relief• Feel Good• Safety, Security, Comfort
Market Segments(Consumers)
Quality of Life
Consumer Real-time Data Apps: nCommerce
(Navigation-based Commence)
• CoPilot Live knows your…– Current Location– Destination– Route
• Along the way– Points of Interest– Businesses– Traffic– WeatherLocal Search
Current Versions of CoPilot Live
CoPilotLive Features
Opportunities to Improve Quality of Life
• “17” year olds• Soccer Moms• Those that have never wanted to go
anywhere• Dads who never ask for directions
• Better Feed the Family• Solid Quantifiable ROI
• Anxiety Relief• Feel Good• Safety, Security, Comfort
• Mobile Professionals
Market Segments Quality of Life
For the Mobile Professional …
• Recent implementations have resulted in:– 17% reduction in fleet mileage – 20% improvement in mobile workforce efficiency – 7% reduction in fleet size– Ability to deliver in one hour customer time windows
The Future for Real-time data will be…
• The Advances in Autonomous Vehicle Control– Much of it fueled by the DARPA Grand Challenges ’04, ‘05, ’07– Continued on by researchers, entrepreneurs and manufacturers
• Lane departure warning and lane keeping• Frontal collision warning and avoidance• Many individual autonomous vehicle initiatives
– Princeton: Prospect 12 … objective to pass NJ DMV driver’s test– Italians– Germans– VT, CMU, Stanford, …– Google
• All with the objective of placing sufficient intelligence in a vehicle so that it can operate safely and efficiently on existing street mixed in with human operated vehicle
It is Clear…• We aren’t very good drivers• We prefer to – text, talk, drink, sleep, daydream, rather than drive
• Driving is boring, an insult to our intelligence!• Once upon a time…– I shifted gears, controlled my cruise speed with my foot
and closely planned my every turn• Hopefully…– I’ll no longer have to steer, brake, or pay attention.
• Chances are: People will gladly pay for such service
If I don’t have to drive…• Why should I own???• If I pay enough…– One will show up at my front door and properly
deploy itself at my destination.• If demand is too high…– I can walk to a nearby autonomous taxi stand and
contribute to ridesharing.
To serve New Jersey’s• ~30 million daily trips, I need…– NJ Transit rail and express bus operation to continue
operation– ~10,000 off-street Autonomous Taxi locations– <1,000,000 autonomous vehicles• (3.71 registered automobiles in NJ (2009)
– All operating on existing streets • that could continue to be used for goods movement,
emergency management, bicyclists, walkers.
• Thank You
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