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Green Lights for Harried Motorists

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Today's topic: green lights for harried motorists. This episode is about how computer-controlled traffic signals can help people get across town more quickly. The city government has embarked on a major program to improve the flow of traffic in NYC. The chief of the bureau of signals and communications within the department of transportation talks specifically how computer systems work to improve flow.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 151646
Municipal archives id: T4816

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