AI-based traffic management improves mobility, saves fuel, cuts pollution -- GCN

According to the Department of Energy's 2020 Transportation Energy Data Book, the transportation sector is responsible for more than 69% of petroleum consumption. The Environmental Protection Agency says emissions from transportation account for about 28% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Not all that fuel is efficiently used, contributing to CO2 emissions without providing real benefits. Vehicles stopping for red lights, idling as they wait for the signal lights to change and accelerating to get back up to speed wastes fuel and adds pollutants to the air. Idling vehicles waste more than 6 billion gallons of gasoline and diesel combined every year, DOE estimates.