Chris' Corner - Machine Learning Gives Santa Cruz Traffic the Green Light

Ever wonder why it takes a half-hour or more to travel 2.5 miles on Mission Street on the West Side in Santa Cruz, California?

The traffic lights only seem to laugh as you watch them cycle through from green to red without putting your car into gear. The Cloud Brigade team knew using a Machine Learning solution would deliver a better way to streamline the flow of traffic.

Challenge

Cities all over America are experiencing road congestion at a growing rate each year, and the traffic light systems run on either timers or sensors. Neither of these systems are responsive to dynamic traffic conditions. Cloud Brigade wanted to use Machine Learning technology to maximize throughput while minimizing wait times of entire intersection traffic light systems, in real time.

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