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Originally Posted by uncle_scott
Working in transportation planning, I can tell you that DOTs and Transit Authorities across the nation are planning and funding future investments in smart car technologies. Everything from automated vehicle technology to sensors at stop lights that talk to the cars and regulate traffic flow based on volumes. We also discuss the reality that large scale retail at a big box store could be a thing of the past in the near future. Online ordering with very fast and nearly free shipping already is making a huge dent in local retail sales. I can see a future with fewer person to person retail transactions and automated cars.
Some of the things on the list seem far fetched, but I imagine that many of the things we take for granted today would have seemed far fetched to a group of people 15-20 years ago...Technology marches on. Best you can do is try to keep up and not get lost in the pack.
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So I keep wondering why with all the smart light systems in place in big cities now that they don't tie into Google maps that have real time traffic info to change the light timing?