It included an article about research under way at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh to build smarter traffic lights – signals that could gather accurate information about traffic conditions and volumes and transfer that information further down the road.
An initial trial of the system resulted in a 40 per cent improvement in traffic flow and a 30 per cent reduction in car stops.
One of its co-ordinators, Dr Stephen Smith, said a growing city like Perth “would benefit from testing and investing in new technologies like those being used in Pittsburgh”.
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