yes, traffic lights could be a lot more intelligent. If Microsoft Kinect can reliably detect what people are doing, traffic systems should be able to figure ou

yes, traffic lights could be a lot more intelligent. If Microsoft Kinect can reliably detect what people are doing, traffic systems should be able to figure out how many cars and people are approaching intersections. Its unfortunate that the costs and benefits of traffic solutions are not connected like they are for most things. It would be a no-brainer to fix this if one balanced hundreds of dollars per day of lost time versus the cost of upgrading. But separating who pays costs and who gets benefits is what government seems to do best.