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Beijing to utilize GPS to ease Olympic congestion

Jul 30, 2008 gps navigation, tracking

An article came out yesterday about Chinese goverment utilizing GPS receivers mounted inside taxis to collect traffic information data and transmit it back to public to help them avoid congestion.

As the Chinese government readies for next month’s Olympics, it is depending on GPS systems like Lu’s to avoid gridlock on the capital’s roads. When Beijing upgraded its taxi fleet to yellow-striped Hyundai Elantras, Hyundai Sonatas, and FAW-VW Jettas starting in 2004, authorities asked all taxi companies to install GPS systems in the new taxis. Since then, the government has been using GPS systems in Beijing’s 66,000 taxis to monitor the city’s traffic flow.

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