The big picture: Google is analyzing data from its maps to suggest how cities can adjust traffic light timing to optimize traffic flow and reduce emissions. The company claims it's already cutting ...

Through its Maps app, Google has access to a monster trove of daily traffic data – and it's using it to provide cities with free, AI-optimized traffic signal timing suggestions that could reduce ...

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Traffic lights are not only causing frustration to drivers, but they also increase pollution. Utilizing the enormous amount of traffic-related data gathered by Google Maps and the power of AI ...

Locked in bumper-to-bumper traffic, eyes glazing over at the traffic light seemingly frozen on red. As if on cue, a nearby driver blares their horn for a cathartic release as another yells a string of ...

With the help of Google Research's Green Light project, AI-optimized intersections have already seen traffic reduced by 50%. Using AI software, the city has been able to analyze traffic patterns and ...