Israel's National Transport Infrastructure Company, Netivei Israel, has deployed approximately 170 AI-based adaptive traffic lights across the country's road network and measured an average time saving of 25 seconds per vehicle at a sample of 25 junctions over the course of a day, the company reported.
Israel deploys 170 AI traffic lights, reports 25-second average time saving per vehicle
Israel's National Transport Infrastructure Company, Netivei Israel, has deployed approximately 170 AI-based adaptive traffic lights across the country's road network and measured an average time saving of 25 seconds per vehicle at a sample of 25 junctions over the course of a day, the company reported.
Standard traffic lights operate on timing programs set in advance using periodic traffic counts. Adaptive traffic lights differ in that cameras installed at each junction identify vehicles, analyze demand, and measure queue lengths up to 100 meters from the junction, with an algorithm adjusting signal timing in real time.
The system was developed by ITC (Intelligent Traffic Control) in collaboration with Netivei Israel's operations and maintenance division, traffic management department, and engineering R&D department.
Among the 25 junctions in Netivei Israel's sample, Furedeis junction — used by approximately 80,000 vehicles daily — recorded an estimated total daily time saving of 771 hours. At the junction at the entrance to Kiryat Tivon, the measured saving was up to 56 seconds per vehicle on average, or a total of 679 hours per day.
Netivei Israel estimated that deployment at 100 junctions could benefit the economy by more than NIS 500 million a year. Eitan Silberstein, head of the technologies unit in the traffic management department at Netivei Israel, said the company's goal is for all 750 junctions under its responsibility to be adaptive within five years.
- The source does not state the methodology used to calculate the NIS 500 million annual economic benefit estimate.
- The source does not state how the 25 sample junctions were selected or whether they are representative of all 170 deployed sites.
- The source does not state the total cost of deploying or maintaining the adaptive traffic light system.
- The source does not provide independent verification of the time-saving or economic figures cited by Netivei Israel.
- The source does not state how long the 170 adaptive traffic lights have been operational or when full deployment of the current batch was completed.
- The source does not state whether the NIS 500 million estimate applies to 100 junctions specifically chosen for high traffic volume or a random selection.
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