Boston city officials announced Thursday that traffic flow at four intersections in the city changed today after the implementation of changes developed in partnership with artificial intelligence. “This provides traffic engineers with critical data to fine-tune traffic signals by the second, helping to alleviate congestion on corridors,” Boston Streets Superintendent Jascha Franklin Hodge explained in a statement. Boston is one of two cities in the country to partner with Google's Project Greenlight, according to officials. Since the partnership began in February, data from hundreds of intersections has been analyzed to make optimization recommendations, which are then evaluated by Boston Transportation Department traffic engineers. “The technology uses AI to model traffic patterns and make signal timing recommendations that can reduce congestion and emissions,” the city's statement explained. To date, signal timing recommendations from the project have been implemented at four intersections in the Fenway-Kenmore, Mission Hill and Jamaica Plain neighborhoods, the city said. “Congestion has decreased by more than 50% at the intersections of Huntington Avenue and Opera Place, and Amory Street and Greene Street. Cities around the world using Project Green Light have seen an average 10% reduction in emissions,” the city's statement said. Additionally, the city said that working with Project Green Light has helped it ensure its monitoring infrastructure is working properly. “This innovative effort using the latest technology from Google's Project Green Light will help reduce emissions and inefficiencies on our city's roads while easing the frustrating congestion many of our residents face,” Mayor Michelle Wu said in a statement. Seattle is the only other U.S. city to partner with Project Green Light. “Through Project Green Light, we're using AI to reduce traffic and emissions, improving the lives of people in cities around the world,” said Matthaus Verbroe, product manager at Google. “Green Light's success is due to our partnerships with cities like Boston. We are encouraged by the initial results we've seen in Boston and look forward to working closely with the City to expand this technology to more intersections.”
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Traffic flow at four intersections in Boston changed today as changes developed in partnership with artificial intelligence were implemented, city officials announced Thursday.
“This will provide traffic engineers with critical data to fine-tune signals down to the second, potentially helping to ease congestion along that roadway,” Boston Streets Superintendent Jascha Franklin Hodge said in a statement.
Boston is one of two cities in the country partnering with Google's Project Greenlight, officials said. Since the partnership began in February, it has analyzed data from hundreds of intersections to develop optimization recommendations that are then evaluated by traffic engineers at the Boston Transportation Authority.
“The technology uses AI to model traffic patterns and develop recommendations for signal timing that can reduce congestion and emissions,” a city statement explained.
So far, the city said signal timing recommendations from the project have been implemented at four intersections in the Fenway-Kenmore, Mission Hill and Jamaica Plain neighborhoods.
“Congestion has decreased by more than 50 percent at the intersections of Huntington Avenue and Opera Place, and Amory Street and Greene Street. Cities around the world that have implemented Project Green Light have seen an average reduction in emissions of 10 percent,” a city statement said.
Additionally, the city said that working with Project Green Light has helped it ensure its monitoring infrastructure is functioning properly.
“This innovative approach, using cutting-edge technology from Google's Project Greenlight, will help ease the frustrating congestion faced by many of our residents while reducing emissions and inefficiencies on our city's roads,” Mayor Michelle Wu said in a statement.
The only other U.S. city partnered with Project Green Light is Seattle.
“Through Project Green Light, we're using AI to reduce traffic and emissions, and improve people's lives in cities around the world,” said Matheus Vervloet, product manager at Google. “Green Light's success is thanks to our partnerships with cities like Boston. We're encouraged by the initial results there and look forward to working closely with the city to expand the technology to more intersections.”
