Transport in Budapest to get significantly more efficient very soon
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The traffic light schedules and transport may change for the better in several parts of the Hungarian capital thanks to a joint project between BKK, Budapest Közút Ltd and Google. At the intersections concerned, stop-and-go traffic conditions could be halved and emission could be seriously reduced. More locations may be included in the project in the near future.
About the project
BKK, the Budapest Transport Centre, writes that thanks to the cooperation between BKK, Budapest Közút Ltd and Google, a major innovation is now available for car drivers. At several intersections in the capital, traffic lights will be fine-tuned based on the IT giant’s traffic measurement data – speed and number of passages. This will change traffic light programming fundamentally to benefit drivers, without penalising public transport vehicles and pedestrians. The improvement will also reduce jams in the capital, allowing traffic to flow more freely on the roads and reducing emission.
The locations
In addition to the Kőbányai Road–Szállás Street intersection in the 10th district, BKK and Budapest Közút Ltd will also use Google data at the traffic light intersection of Heroes’ Square–Dózsa György Road, in front of the Museum of Fine Arts. Thus, the transit time will improve immensely for drivers. In cooperation with the companies involved in the project, the traffic light programme at the BAH-junction is currently being reviewed. In addition, other busy intersections in the capital may be included in the project in the near future.
Involvement in Big Tech in anything makes me extremely suspicious. They never do anything out of the goodness of their globalist-socialist hearts, that’s for sure.