One of the biggest traffic headaches for Atlanta drivers is the lack of synchronized signals. The city’s Public Works department is phasing in new technology, but it will take an estimated $35-40 million, so we might be stuck here for a while.
Downtown, in Atlanta’s traffic control center, about six technicians watch three large wall-mounted screens – showing real-time views of traffic. On the left- an overall congestion map of the city. In the center, a live camera feed of the intersection at Piedmont and Pharr roads. On the right, explains Public Works Commissioner Richard Mendoza, is the timing map for the phasing of the signals.
“We can actually monitor on the right screen the actual phasing the lights turning red, yellow, crosswalks” And, then they can adjust them remotely.
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