A bus, train or car to work. A bike to school. A plane for a business trip. Even if you don't leave your home, your life is still influenced by the transportation industry: virtually every tangible good – food, clothing, medicine, vehicles and computers – has been transported into your world from somewhere else. IBM has a long history in transportation and works with some of the most advanced operators of transportation networks around the world, from municipal governments to railway operators to airlines.
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Eindhoven
Date added: 21 Feb 2013
Dutch City Region of Eindhoven Works with IBM and NXP to Improve Traffic Flow and Road Safety (Credit: IBM)
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IBM Smarter Cities India - The Urban Effect Infographic
Date added: 13 Sep 2012
IBM Smarter Cities India - The Urban Effect Infographic
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Social Sentiment about Traffic in India
Date added: 13 Sep 2012
Social Sentiment about Traffic in India
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IBM Global Parking Index
Date added: 28 Sep 2011
The IBM Parking Index is comprised of the following key issues: 1) longest amount of time looking for a parking place; 2) inability to find a parking place; 3) disagreement over parking spots; 4) received a parking ticket for illegal parking and 5) number of parking tickets received. The cities scored as follows: New Delhi: 140; Bangalore 138; Beijing 124; Moscow 122; Shenzhen 122; Paris 122; Milan 117; Nairobi 111; Madrid: 104; Singapore 97; Mexico City: 97; Stockholm: 90; Johannesburg: 87; London: 86; New York City: 85; Montreal: 85; Buenos Aires: 80; Toronto: 77; Los Angeles: 61; and Chicago: 51.
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Delhi International Airport
Date added: 16 Dec 2010
To meet the demands of the growing aviation market in India, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) is using IBM technology to modernize its infrastructure. Terminal 3 (pictured here) can more effortlessly share and manage information across all of the related airport operations to more efficiently deploy their resources and improve airport services.
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IBM Chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano with U.S. Secreatry of Transportation Ray LaHood
Date added: 06 May 2010
Samuel J. Palmisano, Chairman and CEO of IBM, right, talks with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood about creating advanced transportation systems for the 21st century at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America annual meeting, Tuesday May 5, 2010, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. IBM also announced a research and development initiative with the Texas Transportation Institute and a new project with the Finnish Transport Agency (Feature Photo Service for IBM).
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IBM Chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano with U.S. Secreatry of Transportation Ray LaHood
Date added: 06 May 2010
Samuel J. Palmisano, Chairman and CEO of IBM, right, talks with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood about creating advanced transportation systems for the 21st century at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America annual meeting, Tuesday May 5, 2010, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. IBM also announced a research and development initiative with the Texas Transportation Institute and a new project with the Finnish Transport Agency (Feature Photo Service for IBM).
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Smarter Trains
Date added: 06 May 2010
At IBM's Industry Solution Lab in Hawthorne, N.Y., on (Thursday, May 6, 2010) research scientist Johnathan Reason collects data from wireless sensors on a model train to simulate how they would function on an actual fleet of rail cars. Real-time data from sensors can be analyzed to predict and prevent malfunctions before they occur, avoiding costly repairs and delays associated with equipment failures in the field. IBM is demonstrating this ‘smarter rail’ technology, developed for its 100 metro and rail clients worldwide, in advance of National Train Day on May 8. (Jon Simon/Feature Photo Service for IBM)
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How a Smarter Railroad Works
Date added: 03 May 2010
Remember how math and physics problems in schools often used trains as examples? That's because railroads have always generated data. And today, with RFID and other technologies, they generate more data than ever before. IBM can use that data to help make railroads more efficient, safer and faster.
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Picture Story: A system of cars, trains, planes, ships and people
Date added: 03 May 2010
When looking at the vast network of transportation systems, there are many examples across road, air, rail, and sea where innovations and technologies are changing how people and things move from here...to there.
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Cure for Congestion
Date added: 25 Feb 2010
Insight from IBM analytics will help transportation agencies better understand and manage traffic, increasing safety on our roads and encouraging the use of efficient public transportation which will help reduce a commuter’s overall carbon output.
Contact(s) for the Press kit
Sara Delekta Galligan
IBM Media Relations
415-545-6715
sdelekta@us.ibm.com
Additional resources
Site links
Frost & Sullivan Report: A Smarter Transportation System for the 21st Century:
A Smarter Planet Blog: Innovative Parking Plan Could Help Clear Birmingham Traffic and Skies
Intelligent Transport: How cities can improve mobility:
Demo: TheSmarterCity: Transportation: