Boston partners with Google on effort to alleviate stop-and-go traffic – Boston News, Weather, Sports [Video]

BOSTON (WHDH) – Boston city officials this week announced a new partnership with Google aimed at using AI to tackle traffic congestion on local streets. 

Dubbed Project Green Light, the program puts AI to work to model traffic patterns and recommend traffic signal timing adjustments. 

In a statement Thursday, officials said they started working with Google on Project Green Light in February and have, so far, made changes at four intersections in the Fenway-Kenmore, Mission Hill, and Jamaica Plain areas. 

“We know that even small tweaks can go a long way with traffic,” Mayor Michelle Wu told 7NEWS. 

Traffic analytics firm INRIX in 2023 ranked Boston as the eighth worst city in the world for traffic delays. Boston ranked as the fourth worst city for traffic in the US, behind only New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

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