Students had to design the cars.
Students had to design the cars. ©Anirudhh Ramesh - Summer Series - Bachelor's project (5). Delivering sustainability in traffic is no easy feat. Could software that globally coordinates cars to avoid traffic jams and congestion be the answer? - In 2019 drivers in Rome lost an average of 166 hours to traffic jams and congestion. In Paris it was 165, Dublin 154 and Athens 107. A 2016 report published by the Swiss Federal Government showed that traffic congestion cost the country CHF 1.6 billion annually in lost time, wasted fuel, environmental damage and accidents. This year a group of EPFL bachelor's students in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences undertook a project to Make Intelligent Traffic as part of the Making Intelligent Things course.
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