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November 18, 2015

County abandons ‘smart' traffic lights

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Ada County Highway District is abandoning an adaptive traffic light program that was supposed to reduce congestion at busy intersections, saying it caused more problems than it fixed.

KTVB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1kCn1YX ) that ACHD spokeswoman Nicole DuBois says the sun glare, fog and other problems stopped the mounted cameras from accurately counting how many cars were stopped at a light. The system was supposed to give green lights to cars when there was no traffic coming, but the inaccurate counts stopped that from happening.


 
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