Boston to install AI automated stoplights in partnership with Google to reduce traffic Boston 25 News [Video]

BOSTON — In an attempt to optimize traffic signals in one of the world’s most congested cities, Boston is looking to artificial intelligence.

In a new program announced on Thursday the City of Boston, Streets Cabinet, and the Department of Innovation and Technology will partner with Google’s Project Green Light team to improve traffic flow.

The technology implemented uses “AI to model traffic patterns” and creates signal timing recommendations that can reduce stop-and-go traffic and emissions, according to officials.

“It provides our traffic engineers with important data to tweak a signal by seconds which can help reduce congestion along a corridor,” said Jascha Franklin-Hodge, Chief of Streets. “Project Green Light provides a powerful tool that helps us optimize traffic flow on our streets.”

For the last 5 months, Project Green Light has analyzed traffic at hundreds of signalized intersections using AI and Google Maps driving trends.

At the intersections of …