UAE’s Integrated Transport Centre collaborates with Google to leverage AI data and technologies

UAE’s Integrated Transport Centre collaborates with Google to leverage AI data and technologies

ABU DHABI - The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) of the Department of Municipalities and Transport in Abu Dhabi has signed two agreements with Google. The agreements showcase UAE’s efforts that aim towards advancing the country's key AI priorities in the fields of research and sustainability.

The announcement was made during an event at the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), where the ITC disclosed the launch of two initiatives, one of them being Project Green Light. An analytical system that utilises AI techniques by collecting and analysing traffic data at intersections and providing recommendations that improve the efficiency of traffic lights in the emirate to help reduce traffic congestion and CO2 emissions.

As for the second initiative, Google’s AI Platform will be leveraged to analyse big data generated from Google Maps to forecast traffic, predict traffic congestion areas and develop proactive plans to minimise them.

The ITC will also receive accurate real-time data on the status of accidents and areas of traffic congestion from Google Maps.

The agreements were signed by Mohamed Hussain Karmastaji, Executive Director of the ITC’s ITS Sector, and Google’s Philipp Schindler, SVP & Chief Business Officer.

The agreements state that the parties will cooperate on projects that utilise the