Singapore Plans to Fight Road Congestion With Satellites

PCWorld, 1 Jul 2010
Singapore will explore the use of satellite tracking technology to update its Electronic Road Pricing system and reduce road congestion, a government minister announced this week.
"With emerging technologies available, our Land Transport Authority has been studying potential technology applications for our second-generation [road pricing] system. One of the key technologies identified is a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) which makes use of satellites to determine the position of a vehicle," said Raymond Lim, the Southeast Asian city-state's minister of transport, according to a transcript of a speech given on Wednesday. Full Story