urban traffic Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 07:43:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Smart Traffic Light System Reduces Traffic Jams and Pollution, Boosts Fuel Efficiency https://www.greenoptimistic.com/smart-traffic-lights/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/smart-traffic-lights/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2015 07:43:14 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54040 Researchers at MIT have found a way to drastically reduce urban air pollution, traffic jams and even boost fuel economy. The solution is an algorithm for better traffic light control. Urban pollution has been a subject of heated discussions for quite some time now, and this is the case purely because there was no single […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/smart-traffic-lights/feed/ 0 54040 Electric Bicycles, a Clean Solution to Decrease Urban Traffic Congestion https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-bicycles-a-clean-solution-to-increasing-urban-traffic-congestion-20130429/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-bicycles-a-clean-solution-to-increasing-urban-traffic-congestion-20130429/#respond Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:55:01 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36719 A new trend in using electric bicycles is now increasingly noticeable in  many cities in North America and Western Europe, providing renewable energy solutions to cope with traffic congestion. Electric bicycles, or e-bikes, are now acknowledged as a desired solution to ecological and economic problems. Many people now recognize the importance of lithium-ion over lead-acid batteries and […]

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