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California wants to reduce traffic. The Newsom administration thinks AI can help (finance.yahoo.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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California wants to reduce traffic. The Newsom administration thinks AI can help::Caltrans says AI can help generate recommendations so workers can take steps to improve the flow of traffic and potentially prevent accidents on the road.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Bad traffic is just a consequence of how cities are being built. People might point to car-centric designs, lack of quality public transport, and other problems that only look at the transportation PoV, but a "real" solution needs to change the urban layout to favor short trips and reduce distances.

Cities need regulations that encourage higher autonomy of neighborhoods to reduce this over-reliance on transportation - regardless whether it's public or private. Policies such as drastically reducing parking spot requirements (parking lots that remain mostly empty and make a terrible use of the horizontal space), enforcing sidewalks and encouraging pedestrian-first layouts, and reforming zoning policies that force everything to be far apart by design.

We can't expect to have a decent amount of traffic in large urban centers if most need to get across the city to get to work, or drive 10 miles for a grocery trip. This American/suburban lifestyle needs a reform.