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FOCUS, Palm: Let’s be smarter about dealing with traffic woes

FOCUS, Palm: Let’s be smarter about dealing with traffic woes

By Fred Palm, contributing editor  | The S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT) wants to widen Interstate 526 to six lanes in Charleston and Berkeley counties recognizing that congestion is regional and the correct response is more highway. 

Maybe.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making its way into the commercial, medical and educational spheres. Traffic management involves dynamic conditions involving both complex and repetitive decisions to control traffic signals to get us through an intersection.

Congestion detection and prediction is a math problem that we can do — and so can trained machines. In fact, the Federal Highway Administration advocates more use of these “Adaptive Traffic Management Systems.”

by · 12/16/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Common Good, Views
A tram at a station in Linz, Austria.

12/16, full issue: On smarter traffic; 5 things to get right; Photo essay

IN THIS ISSUE:
TODAY’S FOCUS, Palm: Let’s be smarter about dealing with traffic woes
COMMENTARY, Brack:  Get these 5 things right in 2020
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: South Carolina Ports Authority
PHOTO ESSAY:  Holiday cruise finds Europe brimming with holiday cheer
FEEDBACK:  Got something to say? Send us a letter.
MYSTERY PHOTO:  Warm, autumn light
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA:  White lightning
CALENDAR:  Free parking available in downtown Charleston garages

by · 12/16/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue
Congestion at Main Road and U.S. Highway 17

GOOD NEWS:  Tired of traffic congestion? Here’s a way to help

Staff reports  |  The Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments is seeking public input in three meetings to help it develop the region’s 2040 Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). 

by · 06/19/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs
FOCUS: Demand specifics, accountability on new road, greenbelt projects

FOCUS: Demand specifics, accountability on new road, greenbelt projects

By Natalie Olson, special to Charleston Currents | On Election Day, Charleston County residents voted to approve the proposed half-cent sales tax increase.

Leading up to the election, the Coastal Conservation League opposed this referendum because it lacks adequate safeguards to ensure that accountability and transparency are at the forefront of spending our tax dollars. There is no guarantee that the $2.1 billion generated by this tax increase over the next 25 years will indeed go towards high priority transportation projects aimed at relieving congestion and improving the quality of life for all residents throughout the county.

by · 11/21/2016 · 3 comments · Focus, Good news