Post AilkjCSOhksdY6ufTs by mimsical@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AilkjCSOhksdY6ufTs by mimsical@mastodon.social
       2024-06-09T13:59:13Z
       
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       4/🧵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.
       
 (DIR) Post #AilkjDpTbQw3nyic5o by cy@fedicy.us.to
       2024-06-10T01:29:16Z
       
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       "I don't think authorities were lining up to complain about being able to access the identity and destination of everyone who gets into a car ever."Why not use trains?
       
 (DIR) Post #AilkjErHmByczsZZYG by mimsical@mastodon.social
       2024-06-09T14:00:03Z
       
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       5/🧵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