Google’s Project Green Light is intended to calm traffic in metropolitan areas worldwide. The AI-powered traffic management system is primarily intended to help reduce travel time. Earlier, the service was only available in a few cities. But that’s about to change next year.
Project Green Light was launched in 2021 and uses algorithms and machine learning to reduce travel times. For this purpose, real-time traffic data from Google Maps is evaluated to optimize traffic light switching. The goal is to minimize the number of starts and stops at the respective intersections. Finally, this will not only reduce travel time, but Pollutant emissions and fuel consumption Vehicle
Project Green Light: 20% better traffic flow
Initially, the system was only used in a few intersections in Israel, other cities and regions quickly followed suit. Project Green Light is currently being used in Rio de Janeiro, Pittsburgh, Jakarta and Manchester. In Manchester, air quality could improve according to Google’s Yael Maguire improved by about 18 percent Quite a remarkable result when you consider that no major construction work or new planning is required. Project Green Light is intended to be compatible with all common traffic light systems. Israel also had one 10-20 percent better traffic flow Measured at the intersection.
More cities will follow in 2024
While the initial results are promising, Google hopes it has more potential. Accordingly, AI traffic light systems have the potential to reduce the number of stops by up to 30 percent. Now the company has confirmed that the project will be greenlit next year Other cities should be expanded
Unfortunately, no exact location has been given yet. So it remains to be seen which cities will follow in 2024. It will also be exciting to see if a German city will be among the next candidates.
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