New lights can analyse video of traffic pileups and adjust

Toronto traffic-light crews are installing new signals which sense and adjust to the flow of vehicles. The work began Friday at Yonge St. and Yonge Boulevard where Mayor Tory was present early in the day.  The job will take a few weeks to finish and see the lights installed at 22 intersections for a pilot period. As reported by CTV, the new lights can sense real-time traffic data through the use of video-analysis. They can also communicate and automatically synchronize with other smart signals in their vicinity. The City is testing two different technologies as part of its pilot project. Smart signals manufactured under the name InSync will be installed at 10 intersections on Yonge between Yonge Boulevard and Castlefield Avenue while smart signals manufactured under the name SCATS will be used at 12 intersections on Sheppard Ave. between Neilson Rd. and Meadowvale Rd.