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Eric Zambon

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
42 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

Because you're a passenger princess.

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

I'm going to burn the intersection to the ground and piss on the ashes.

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

It's not a crash.

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

We've got power.

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

I can't log in.

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

The cameras show me why it's congested.

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

Is there an emergency vehicle that's blocking a lane causing congestion?

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

Or is there even a crash in the middle of the intersection?

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

And at that point, we jump on our system and we would...

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

modify signal timing parameters to best help people get around those locations.

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

So that's the graphic of all the traffic signals.

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

Every dot is a node or a traffic signal, and that's our signal network.

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

This shows in real time the status of the signals in the city.

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

Every color represents something to us.

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

And although it just looks like a Christmas tree to some people, it tells us the operation of the signals just at quick glance.

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

Okay, so green means it's online, good communication.

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

It's running a cycle length.

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

Right now, we're coming up on just past the a.m.

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

peak traffic period, all right?

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Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long?

So things are starting to slow down.

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