A partnership between the City of Richardson and the University of Texas at Dallas using artificial intelligence to improve drive times has been internationally recognized.
The Distributed Agent-based traffic Lights, or DALI, Nexus traffic infrastructure reduced commuter delays by 30 percent and reduced traffic delays by 40 percent.
Dr. Rym Wenkstern runs the Smart Cities Research Lab at UT Dallas where it was developed.
"This was the very, very first multi-agent based solution ever deployed in the United States," Wenkstern said.
She originally came up with the idea in 2009 but admits it was ahead of its time.
"Everybody would looked at me like, hey, this woman is not okay," Wenksten joked. "I had people telling me you're watching too many sci-fi movies."
Eventually, her lab was able to use the technology at a few intersections but that eventually grew to 15 intersections.
The study revelead a 40-percent reduction in traffic delays and 25-to-30 percent reduction in delays for commuters.
She says she wants to use the technology elsewhere including in the City of Dallas.
Future use of the project depends on funding. The existing project was made available through a grant from the North Central Texas Council of Governments.
The system was named a Smart 20 Award Top 3 Best-of-Class project.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Eric Bushman
Quelle/Source: News Break, 20.05.2025
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