NoTraffic leverages NVIDIA AI to mitigate road delays and carbon emissions.

As traffic congestion increases globally, NoTraffic, a key member of the NVIDIA Inception program, is leveraging NVIDIA’s advanced AI and computing technologies to improve urban traffic management. The company’s innovative AI mobility platform is designed to reduce road delays, improve safety and reduce carbon emissions.

Advanced solutions for traffic management

NoTraffic reports that with more than 90 million new vehicles on the road each year, traffic congestion is growing by about 12% each year. Despite this, 99% of the world’s traffic signals still rely on outdated fixed timing schemes, worsening congestion problems. To respond, NoTraffic’s AI Mobility platform uses NVIDIA-powered solutions to predict road scenarios, optimize traffic flow, and minimize stops.

Integrating NVIDIA Jetson edge AI and accelerated computing, this platform operates in a cloud-based system to improve both local intersection and city grid-scale management. NoTraffic leverages NVIDIA’s CUDA library and TensorRT ecosystem to achieve notable efficiency gains, including 3x faster AI training and 40x faster image preprocessing.

Influential Distribution in North America

NoTraffic’s technology is having a significant impact in cities such as Tucson, Arizona and Vancouver, Canada. In Tucson, platforms have been deployed at more than 80 intersections, reducing road delays by up to 46% and significantly reducing peak queue lengths during rush hour. Additionally, this deployment has improved intersection safety by significantly reducing red light violations.

The University of British Columbia in Vancouver partnered with Rogers Communications to utilize the NoTraffic platform enhanced with 5G connectivity. This collaboration has reduced pedestrian delays by up to 40% and reduced vehicle waiting times, contributing to a reduction of 74 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year.

Future prospects and economic benefits

The NoTraffic AI Mobility platform analyzes traffic scenarios and provides predictive capabilities that adapt to real-time changes to optimize traffic signals to improve overall traffic efficiency. It is estimated that this technology could save each driver eight hours of transit time per year, potentially resulting in $14 billion in economic savings across the United States.

NoTraffic’s deployment expands to cities including Phoenix, Arizona, and Baltimore, Maryland, and is supported by more than 200 agencies across the U.S. and Canada across 35 states. The platform’s ability to reduce congestion and emissions highlights its potential to transform urban mobility.

To learn more about NVIDIA’s role in smart cities, visit the NVIDIA blog.

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