UC Berkeley researchers are studying how autonomous smart cars could help reduce traffic jams. This month, a research group conducted a field test on a stretch of freeway in Nashville, in what they describe as one of the world’s largest traffic experiments of its kind. Brian Watt talks about the endeavor with Professor Alex Bayen, associate provost with the department of electrical engineering at UC Berkeley, and Jonathan Lee, a senior engineering manager at UC Berkeley’s Institute of Transportation Studies. 

<p>UC Berkeley researchers are studying how autonomous smart cars could help reduce traffic jams. This month, a research group conducted a field test on a stretch of freeway in Nashville, in what they describe as one of the world’s largest traffic experiments of its kind. Brian Watt talks about the endeavor with Professor Alex Bayen, associate provost with the department of electrical engineering at UC Berkeley, and Jonathan Lee, a senior engineering manager at UC Berkeley’s Institute of Transportation Studies. </p>

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Could Autonomous Cars Be the Solution to Traffic Jams?

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