mobile application to know the current state of Traffic Light Ahead about two blocks

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mobile application to know the current state of Traffic Light Ahead about two blocks -

Enlighten is an application for iOS and Android that is able to let the user know what is the current state of the traffic light about two blocks ahead. Therefore, when we know about it, we can know how long we need to wait for the fire to change its current state and so it somehow makes the waiting time to be shorter and we could the use to do something else, like for example browsing songs on Spotify.

The application user interface is very simple. There is only 1 circle on the screen that is able to turn red, yellow or green depending on the current status of the signal. At the bottom of the circle is a counting function timer that aims to let users know how long they should wait before changing the light color. It may seem that you control the traffic light, but in fact you are not. When the light is about to change to green five seconds before there is a noise generated chime to alert the driver to stop what he is doing and prepare to focus on the road.

For applications to work, it needs the cooperation of the city. As need access from the central system, which will then talk to the traffic lights in the city and transfer the information to Enlighten. Although the whole process needs about 1 second, however, the negotiating process to make it viable in every town takes longer. Currently, it works only in Portland, Eugene and Salt Lake City.

Enlighten is developed by a company called connected signals with headquarters based Portland and Eugene.

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