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Originally Posted by webshowpro
[*] Intelligent stop lights - that sense traffic to minimize time spent idleling.. Perhaps have people manually monitor lights and control them during peak times. Most cities have traffic centers anyway.... Think air traffic control - the controllers could probably control the flow of several lights, their job would mainly be to "tweak" the timings if they see too large of backups starting to form. communication with specific drivers would also be kinda cool either through mandated radios or through large signs... "TYK-765 merge right and speed up 10MPH"
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I've seen some traffic lights have a count down meter. It shows how many seconds green will turn red, or red will turn green. That is very helpful to time the light. All cities should upgrade this.