| Re: MIT researchers fight gridlock with Linux [message #793684] |
Sat, 09 February 2008 20:20 |
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On Feb 4, 8:04 pm, Studemania <midl... [at] earthlink.net> wrote:
> Years ago - well over fifteen - I was talking to my city coulcilor in
> a large California City. He had proposed a plan whereby traffic jams
> would be avoided by sensors tied to a compueter in city hall, or
> whereever, controlling the traffic lights.
> He figured it to be a real vote-getter.
> I said to him, "That's impossible."
> He said, "You know it and I know it, but by the time it's a proven
> failure, I will be time-limited out of office.
It's not impossible, it's bloody obvious and widely implemented
outside LA. It's called timed signalling instead of demand
signalling. If LA moved away from the latter at all intersections,
you might be able to get somewhere in under a day inside LA county...
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