smart commuting to and from work

[Michael T. Pilawa]

Many millions people are commuting to and from work every day consuming large amounts of energy for doing work at one place, shopping at another, spending leisure time elsewhere and going home in between.

The trend to mobile computing enables people to effectively use a combination of private and public means of transportation. Bicycle rent companies at train stations and car sharing companies offering radio frequency identification cards in conjunction with a subscription to public transportation systems or a mobile phone purchased ticked make it easy to switch between the most effective means of transportation for commuting to and from work or elsewhere.

The trend of european intercity train systems to merge their electronic ticket offering and purchase systems will enable travellers to rapidly get to anywhere for business and leisure time without being dependent on fuel prices.

Since car manufacturer companies react on higher fuel prices and environmental concerns by producing more energy efficient automobiles, the market trends will evolve steadily to best of bread systems to commute. Trucks are more efficiently moved by dedicated cargo trains on long distances and through tunnels across the Alpes while remaining the most flexible means of transportation for the local distribution of goods.

While the internet emerges into space, cars and trucks can stay in touch with the traffic control and surveillance systems in order to avoid traffic jams and accidents due to harsh weather conditions or speed limits at highway construction sites.

We're just at the beginning of emerging markets for internet based travel booking, traffic surveillance and control systems to easy the way people and cargo commute every day in a more efficient and effective way.

And last, but not least, commuting can be avoided partially using video conferencing and other web x.y services yet to appear.