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Once in Lviv city, I witnessed one driver get out of his car to press a button near a crosswalk, and then get back in his car and immediately drive on the green light :)

This idea is about traffic being regulated automatically, in proportion to the number of pedestrians to drivers. To achieve this, the following two elements need to be created and tested:

1. The "Control zone for a total weight of pedestrians" - an area in front of the crossing, that will collect the weight of all pedestrians are staying simultaneously in its perimeter. The computer analyzes the collected data, comparing it with the data received from the "Control zone for a critical number of cars in front of a pedestrian crossing" and decides when to turn the green light on. For example, 10 people are waiting to cross the street and there is no huge traffic, it can be counted 1 second for 1 person. So, the green light will turn on in 10 seconds.

2. The "Control zone for a critical number of cars in front of a pedestrian crossing" - 150-200 meters in front of the pedestrian crossing is located the camera, which goal is to fix the constant presence of a car in a specific location (more than 5 seconds without movement) and sends data to a computer, that decides when to turn the green light on. For example, in case of a huge traffic, we can implement the 2x coefficient and when 10 people are waiting to cross the street they need to wait 20 second (2x10sec.).

Thus, we get an automatic system for regulating the mutual movement of pedestrians and drivers, which will evenly distribute the waiting time among all road users.

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