New technology will be able to give priority to emergency vehicles and transit at intersections, decreasing the amount of time it takes for response and making sure buses arrive on schedule.
While the majority of the thousands of traffic lights in Erie and Niagara Counties still aren't optimized for traffic, new technology has been added to many intersections.
Those who participated in this work wanted a solution that would value pedestrians and bicyclists instead of prioritizing automotive traffic above all. This plan does that as well as calms
Gov. Kathy Hochul has instructed the state Department of Transportation to conduct studies for a plan adopted last year by the Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council for the Scajaquada Expressway.