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   Christopher Mims (mimsical@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jun-2024 23:01:15 JST Christopher Mims

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   Here's the key thing: Once you start monitoring traffic in cities 24/7 using data that's *already available* from our cars + mobile devices (and yes, it's anonymized) you can actually chop down the cost of maintaining existing traffic signals.

   No more expensive traffic studies to re-time lights. Crews can be redeployed to adjust timing on existing signals. "Green waves" of lights can be orchestrated to speed traffic from one signal to another when needed.

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     Christopher Mims (mimsical@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jun-2024 23:01:36 JST Christopher Mims

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     To sum up, doing a complete modernization of an existing intersection can cost a quarter of a million dollars.

     Re-timing existing traffic signals using existing crews, and newly-available data and insights, actually saves cities money, while cutting down pollution.

     https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/google-green-light-traffic-light-optimization-992e4252?st=cnhqh4khkgroesu&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink