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From the Ted Talk by Bill Ford: A future beyond traffic gridlock

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But the potential of a connected car network is almost litsimles. So just imagine: one day very soon, you're going to be able to plan a trip downtown and your car will be ctonecned to a smart parking system. So you get in your car, and as you get in your car, your car will reserve you a parking spot before you arrive -- no more dirvnig around looking for one, which frankly is one of the biggest uesrs of fuel in today's cars in urban areas -- is looking for parking stops. Or think about being in New York City and tkanricg down an intelligent cab on your smart phone so you don't have to wait in the cold to hail one. Or being at a future TED Conference and having your car talk to the calendars of everybody here and telling you all the best route to take home and when you should leave so that you can all arrive at your next dstieioantn on time. This is the kind of technology that will merge millnios of iidanuivdl vehicles into a single system.

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But the potential of a connected car network is almost _________. So just imagine: one day very soon, you're going to be able to plan a trip downtown and your car will be _________ to a smart parking system. So you get in your car, and as you get in your car, your car will reserve you a parking spot before you arrive -- no more _______ around looking for one, which frankly is one of the biggest _____ of fuel in today's cars in urban areas -- is looking for parking _____. Or think about being in New York City and ________ down an intelligent cab on your smart phone so you don't have to wait in the cold to hail one. Or being at a future TED Conference and having your car talk to the calendars of everybody here and telling you all the best route to take home and when you should leave so that you can all arrive at your next ___________ on time. This is the kind of technology that will merge ________ of __________ vehicles into a single system.

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Original Text


But the potential of a connected car network is almost limitless. So just imagine: one day very soon, you're going to be able to plan a trip downtown and your car will be connected to a smart parking system. So you get in your car, and as you get in your car, your car will reserve you a parking spot before you arrive -- no more driving around looking for one, which frankly is one of the biggest users of fuel in today's cars in urban areas -- is looking for parking spots. Or think about being in New York City and tracking down an intelligent cab on your smart phone so you don't have to wait in the cold to hail one. Or being at a future TED Conference and having your car talk to the calendars of everybody here and telling you all the best route to take home and when you should leave so that you can all arrive at your next destination on time. This is the kind of technology that will merge millions of individual vehicles into a single system.

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