The solution for Israel's jammed roads: smart traffic lights

Good news! An idea whose time is long overdue!

"... in the past few years Netivei Israel - the National Transport Infrastructure Company has deployed some 170 AI-based adaptive traffic lights in an attempt to analyze demand and adapt in real time to the situation on the roads. ...

Netivei Israel’s sample comprises 25 junctions presenting different scenarios. The average time saving at those junctions over the course of the day was 25 seconds per vehicle. 

At Furedeis junction, traversed by some 80,000 vehicles daily, the total daily time saving was estimated at 771 hours.

At the junction at the entrance to Kiryat Tiv’on, the time saving was measured at up to 56 seconds on average per vehicle, or a total of 679 hours per day. ..."

The solution for Israel's jammed roads: smart traffic lights - Globes "Netivei Israel is introducing traffic lights that adapt to traffic conditions in real time, saving drivers hours and the economy millions."