{"id":94608794,"date":"2011-07-20T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/new-york-city-to-test-high-tech-traffic-reducing-system\/"},"modified":"2011-07-20T13:07:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T13:07:00","slug":"new-york-city-to-test-high-tech-traffic-reducing-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/new-york-city-to-test-high-tech-traffic-reducing-system\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City to Test High-Tech Traffic Reducing System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<strong>Traffic congestion in Manhattan <\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nNew York City will soon begin testing a high-tech system aimed at reducing congestion in Midtown Manhattan.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe new system will use a series of cameras, EZ Pass readers, and microwave sensors to identify unusual congestion patterns at busy intersections.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nEngineers will then be able to adjust traffic signals at the touch of a button to decrease congestion and keep traffic moving.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMayor Bloomberg praised the capabilities of the system dubbed &ldquo;Midtown in Motion,&rdquo; but warned that it will not be a cure-all for one of the nation&rsquo;s busiest grids.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIf the system is proven successful in the test area, it could be expanded city-wide by 2013.&nbsp; &nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Source:&nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/newyork.cbslocal.com\/2011\/07\/18\/city-testing-new-technology-aimed-at-reducing-traffic-congestion\/\" target=\"_blank\">CBS New York<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Traffic congestion in Manhattan &nbsp; New York City will soon begin testing a high-tech system aimed at reducing congestion in Midtown Manhattan. &nbsp; The new system will use a series of cameras, EZ Pass readers, and microwave sensors to identify unusual congestion patterns at busy intersections. &nbsp; Engineers will then be able to adjust [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94608794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94608794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94608794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94608794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94608794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}