Technologies that can improve traffic flow and safety for pedestrians and bicyclists need “sustained funding and leadership,” local and state officials told the Government Accountability Office.
SmartCities Dive By Dan Zukowski
Oct. 20, 2023
Dive Brief:
Intelligent transportation systems — technologies such as those that give emergency vehicles priority at traffic lights and adapt signals to improve the flow of traffic — can reduce crashes and improve emergency response times, according to a September report from the Government Accountability Office.
While some of these technologies have been in use since the 1960s, state and local officials complained in the report of operational problems and said the ability to reap benefits from their investments “depends on sustained funding and leadership.”
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