In areas that suffer from high pollution, such as major transit and transportation corridors, adaptive traffic signaling could reduce the amount of time cars spend idling at red lights. The system could also improve air quality. In the long run, the technology could even allow the city to prioritize carpools or buses, similar to a high occupancy vehicle or bus lane, creating incentives for environmentally-friendly travel, according to Kurtzman. When high congestion is an issue, like around a car crash or during school drop-off and pickup times, customized red and green periods at specific intersections could make traffic flow more smoothly, said Michael Lim, co-founder of Xtelligent. The implications for traffic flow, for example, are clear. The potential benefits are manifold, Kurtzman noted.
The data will be anonymized, preventing anyone in possession of the data to follow any individual car’s movements, according to a Mercedes Benz representative. But in this project, they will be sharing this data with city infrastructure, allowing Xtelligent’s software-and by extension, city engineers-to measure congestion, even calculating emissions based on the type of vehicle and its movements. The cars will mainly be sharing location data, something many cars already do to enable onboard navigation systems.
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The three partners announced that a contract had been signed on Thursday, kicking off the process of selecting a project area and implementing Xtelligent’s software to test on traffic signals in the selected region. “We’re expecting intelligent vehicles and connected traffic signals to become industry standard in the next few years,” said Ryan Kurtzman, Long Beach’s smart cities program manager. If successful, the program could move into a second phase once the pilot concludes. The project, which will last 10 months, is expected to launch by the end of the year. The vehicles and software will communicate with each other to provide real-time data to traffic signals. Long Beach’s street congestion and air quality could soon see improvements, thanks to a new pilot program that will test the ability of traffic lights to respond to traffic patterns in real time.Ĭoined Project X, the collaboration between Mercedes Benz, the city of Long Beach and the Los Angeles-based technology company Xtelligent will deploy a fleet of up to 50 smart vehicles and an artificial intelligence-driven software in the city. A pedestrian walks their scooter across Ocean Boulevard on Pine Street in Downtown Long Beach, Thursday, Sept.
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