NEW YORK CITY – AMERICA’S METROPOLIS HAS SCALED-UP TRAFFIC CONTROLS

IN the most populous city in the United States (population of about 8.34 million as of July 2012, traffic managers in New York City employ inter-agency cooperation and high tech solutions to fight congestion. "The New York City department of transportation has a very sophisticated traffic management system," said José Holguín-Veras, director of the New York-based Centre for Infrastructure, Transportation and the Environment.The department runs a Joint Traffic Management Centre, opened in 2008, in close collaboration with the city's police department (the ...


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