Pollution is one of the contributing aspects of the greenhouse gases issue and while many have advised and come up with varying degrees of addressing this issue, nothing has really been seen to resolve pollution from driving.

Now the fuel and oil price issues are helping a lot but just the same it remains that there should be more solutions to address the growing pollution problems the world is experiencing right now.

Many may call this idea from Germany as old school. But if it helps address the greenhouse issues for their country then perhaps it can do the same for other parts of the world.

“Travolution blazes the trail for innovative traffic management of a magnitude unique in Germany. The result is a functioning prototype for the traffic control of the future,” said Dr. Werner Widuckel, Audi Board Member for Human Resources. Aside from Audi, participants include the city of Ingolstadt’s Office for Traffic Management and Geoinformation, the Professorial Chair for Traffic Engineering at the Technical University of Munich, and GEVAS software GmbH.

The system that was presented today is used at 46 traffic lights in the municipal area of Ingolstadt. In this process, software optimizes the entire network of traffic lights, significantly reducing the duration of stopping times for cars.

An additional part of the project is called “The informed driver.” For this, three traffic lights have been equipped with communications modules that send the time for the next green phase to the car’s on-board computer. Audi has made an Audi A5 and an A6 Avant available as test vehicles for this part of the project. The drivers of these cars are informed through the Audi MMI infotainment system at what speed they should travel in order to drive through the intersection without having to stop.

(Source) Verivox