Traffic Congestion is a nightmare
According to research, New York drivers averaged 91 peak hours stuck in traffic in 2017 (INRIX). Traffic congestion is an essential problem for most of the big cities. Due to the traffic congestion people need to spend more time on the road which means they need to sacrifice their living quality including sleep time, emotions that may cause more serious problem. One benefit so solve traffic issue will improve the city efficiency. As population grows up, more and more cities may face the same problem in the future. Solving the traffic congestion problem will be a long-term benefit not only for US, but also all over the world.
By using the data, we can calculate which area will have more pedestrian and vehicle volume so that people can avoid the crowed section. Also, people can use the data to find out a more reasonable way to put traffic lights and the time interval of traffic signals. Even though many more and more technologies are using to deal with the traffic congestion, in my opinion, it is more important to have a real time report. Using electronic surveillance or drones to monitor the road conditions, so that people can get a real time traffic feedback and then make changes of their routes. By an immediate change of the route to avoid congestion will reduce the time people send on the road.
