Google’s ‘Project Green Light’ uses AI to improve traffic flow, cut emissions in Seattle and elsewhere

Google’s ‘Project Green Light’ uses AI to improve traffic flow, cut emissions in Seattle and elsewhere
BY KURT SCHLOSSER 

Google’s Project Green Light has been implemented at a couple intersections along 15th Avenue Northwest in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser)

• Next time you avoid sitting at a red light in Seattle, Google’s “Project Green Light” might have something to do with it.
• The tech giant is working with 13 cities around the world — with Seattle being the first in the U.S. — to help optimize traffic lights and make traffic flow more efficiently. 
• Google’s ultimate goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles stuck in stop-and-go traffic...