Smart Signals: How CCTA Is Building a Smarter Traffic Network

About this episode

The episode discusses the CCTA’s Countywide Smart Signals program and its impact on traffic management in Contra Costa County.

What makes a traffic signal “smart,” and why does it matter to the way people move through Contra Costa County every day? In this episode of On the Go with CCTA, host Tim Haile is joined by Andrew Dillard of CCTA and Matt Redmond, Traffic Engineer for the City of Walnut Creek, for a conversation about CCTA’s Countywide Smart Signals program. They discuss how the program is modernizing traffic signals across the county, what real-time signal coordination can mean for drivers, transit riders, p...

People in this episode

Host: Tim Haile

Guests: Andrew Dillard, Matt Redmond

Topics covered

• smart traffic signals
• CCTA
• traffic management
• real-time coordination
• Contra Costa County
• urban mobility

Keywords

• smart signals
• traffic network
• CCTA
• real-time coordination
• Contra Costa County
• traffic engineering
• urban mobility

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CCTA

Places: Contra Costa County, Walnut Creek

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