The Charlottesville City Council has decided to spend up to $450,000 on a joint project with Albemarle County to coordinate traffic signals on U.S. 29 using technology that adjusts signals depending on real-time conditions. Councilors Dave Norris and Dede Smith both voted against the project late Monday night over concerns about the cost and […]
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More advanced traffic lights could be coming to U.S. 29 corridor
Albemarle County supervisors are hopeful that creating an integrated traffic signal network for the U.S. 29 corridor could dramatically reduce congestion, despite concerns from the Virginia Department of Transportation that the technology may not work in that location. “The effectiveness of our adaptive systems is going to be limited if your intersections are over-saturated,” said […]
