A pilot study using ‘worldfirst’ Internet of Things technology to help reduce traffic congestion and create the foundations for the deployment of autonomous vehicles is under way in South Australia. Global technology company Cisco is investing $1 million in partnership with the South Australian government and the City of Adelaide to measure the dwell time and queue length of vehicles as they wait at a busy city intersection, a key element for congestion monitoring. It is also calculating rolling averages across the day via a customised dashboard and a suite of metrics that show how well the traffic light sequences are operating at that intersection.
