AI helps tackle traffic carbon emissions in Buenos Aires

Artificial intelligence and Google Maps help Buenos Aires optimise traffic flow that can lower carbon emissions. — Reuters

BUENOS AIRES: On weekday mornings, commuters from Buenos Aires' northern suburbs come thundering in from the highway, only to grind to a halt at a string of traffic lights along the Ruiz Huidobro Avenue, a broad thoroughfare connecting important routes into the Argentine capital.

These drivers may not realise it, but since October, a tiny change using artificial intelligence (AI) means they have been stopping less.