Artificial intelligence-assisted traffic signals soon

All 387 traffic signals in Bengaluru will soon use artificial intelligence and regulate traffic more efficiently, according to Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) B R Ravikanthe Gowda. Under the new system, cameras study the traffic density and decide on how much time to allow vehicles to clear a signal, he told Metrolife. As of now, only 35, or a little over 10 per cent of all signals are adaptive. "The rest have a fixed time cycle," he says. The new signals have in-built artificial intelligence units that calculate, assess and network with other signals automatically.