The one with the smartest data wins?
Obnoxio The Clown posted an IBM Smarter Planet link about smart data. Ian Goddard mocked its claim that Stockholm's road charging cut traffic 20% and emissions 12%, and Serge Rielau joked about park and ride for trucks. Ian replied that such schemes can swap lorries for vans and price out small cars. Off-topic banter; no Informix content.
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http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ideasfromibm/us/smartplanet/20081106/index.shtml?sa_campaign=message/ideas/leadspace/all/planetflash If you're gonna have a smart planet, you gotta have smart data! :o) -- Cheers, Obnoxio The Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com
Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ideasfromibm/us/smartplanet/20081106/index.shtml?sa_campaign=message/ideas/leadspace/all/planetflash > > > If you're gonna have a smart planet, you gotta have smart data! :o) > "We helped Stockholm implement a road charging system that reduced traffic by 20% and emissions by 12%" So the remaining traffic had emissions 10% higher per vehicle than the traffic removed. Smart! -- Ian Hotmail is for spammers. Real mail address is igoddard at nildram co uk
Ian Goddard wrote: > Obnoxio The Clown wrote: >> http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ideasfromibm/us/smartplanet/20081106/index.shtml?sa_campaign=message/ideas/leadspace/all/planetflash >> >> >> If you're gonna have a smart planet, you gotta have smart data! :o) >> > "We helped Stockholm implement a road charging system that reduced > traffic by 20% and emissions by 12%" > > So the remaining traffic had emissions 10% higher per vehicle than the > traffic removed. Smart! > Are you proposing park and ride for delivery trucks? -- Serge Rielau DB2 Solutions Development IBM Toronto Lab
Serge Rielau wrote: > Ian Goddard wrote: >> Obnoxio The Clown wrote: >>> http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ideasfromibm/us/smartplanet/20081106/index.shtml?sa_campaign=message/ideas/leadspace/all/planetflash >>> >>> >>> If you're gonna have a smart planet, you gotta have smart data! :o) >>> >> "We helped Stockholm implement a road charging system that reduced >> traffic by 20% and emissions by 12%" >> >> So the remaining traffic had emissions 10% higher per vehicle than the >> traffic removed. Smart! >> > Are you proposing park and ride for delivery trucks? > > Oddly enough that's the sort of thing that can happen with schemes like these. We don't want big trucks driving through the city centre so let's have lots of white vans instead. Another thing that happens is that owners of Chelsea tractors can still afford to pay the charges so they drive round town but the owners of smaller cars can't afford to drive. -- Ian Hotmail is for spammers. Real mail address is igoddard at nildram co uk