HNGN: Self-Driving Cars Could Use 'Slot-Based' System To Reduce Traffic

Headlines & Global News wrote an article on so called slot-based system. This system has been initiated by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Swiss Institute of Technology and the Italian National Research Council.  

by Petra Parikova

external pageThe article was published in HNGN in March 2016. The paper "external pageRevisiting Street Intersections Using Slot-Based Systems" was published in PLOS One.  

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"Studies on the project note that real-time slot assignments would lead to a doubling in the amount of cars than can pass through an intersection at any time, resulting in reduced travel times and declines in emissions from cars that are just sitting around. 'Overall, people would benefit, the environment would benefit, and the cities would become more livable,' said professor Dirk Helbing of the ETHZ. The team stressed the need to update in today's road system, 'as the transportation infrastructure that is being built today will be in operation for several decades and will most likely experience the transition to more intelligent, autonomous transportation,'" HNGN wrote.

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