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AI technology to be used in London to

reduce

congestion

Transport for London (TfL) has Adrian Fieldhouse, Sopra Steria’s install new Real Time Optimiser
announced plans to develop Managing Director for Government, (RTO) technology across London,
a control system for road said: “Our vision is to empower which will dramatically improve TfL’s
management in London which will government to make a difference ability to control its traffic lights in
see access to data highlighting to everyone, every day, through the response to real life incidents and
potential congestion points. services we design and deliver. The conditions. The TfL and Sopra Steria
new control room system will make partnership, aims to further the
In a bid to reduce the impact use of rich data to enable TfL to efficiency of detection and response
of congestion on the roadways keep citizens and visitors alike safe to incidents which, in turn, will
in London, the new software, and on the move through the city’s reduce road danger.
provided by Sopra Steria, will road network.”
grant access to data about road As a result, companies will
traffic, bus performance, weather TfL is not only responsible for the potentially be able to develop
and roadworks which will result management of 580km of London’s navigational apps powered by
in improved response times for roads, but also manages London’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) which could
TfL. Immediate updates of road 6,000 traffic lights, tunnels and warn drivers up to a month before
incidents, and the actions taking several bridges. scheduled road disruptions.
place to resolve them, will be part of
the collective shared data scheme. In June 2018, TfL awarded a source: Intelligent Transport
contract to Siemens to develop and
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