Light Traffic Plan would Eliminate Traffic Lights

Mar-24-16 With driverless vehicles in mind, researchers have proposed the Light Traffic plan for “slot-based” intersections that could eliminate traffic lights with also reducing traffic delays and snarls.

Developed by an international team, the Light Traffic design would rely on vehicles equipped with sensors that would communicate with each other in order to pass safely through intersections, rather than coming to a complete stop. As the vehicles approach the intersection, they would slow automatically to preserve the flow and take turns at the crossing. Besides saving time and reducing accidents, the system would also reduce the pollution emitted by vehicles as they wait.

According to Carlo Ratti, director of the Senseable City Lab at MIT, "It is important that we start looking into the impact of self-driving vehicles at the city level as soon as possible. The lifetime of today's road infrastructure is many decades and it will certainly be impacted by the mobility disruptions brought in by new technologies."

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