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Google uses AI to reduce stop-and-go traffic on your route


Learn more about Project Green Light, Google’s initiative to cut down on stop-and-go emissions.

At the dinner table one evening, Dotan shared some of those big ideas with his family — and the conversation soon pivoted to a frustration familiar to many of us: “My wife Osnat said, ‘Why don’t you do something about traffic lights? So we purposely set up everything to be simple and lightweight — cities don’t need to invest in any dedicated software or hardware integrations,” says Green Light Program Manager Alon Harris. Since their first pilot in 2021, the team has tested more and more intersections, developed more accurate predictions and took Green Light on the road to more than a dozen cities across the world, including Rio de Janeiro, Seattle, Bengaluru, and most recently, Boston.

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