Brad Heap » Traffic http://www.bradheap.id.au/blog One kiwi's news and views on politics, science, computers, god, religion, and other ramblings from Sydney, Australia Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:11:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Auckland with no working traffic lights http://www.bradheap.id.au/blog/2010/02/auckland-with-no-working-traffic-lights/ http://www.bradheap.id.au/blog/2010/02/auckland-with-no-working-traffic-lights/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:15:15 +0000 Brad Heap http://www.brad.net.nz/blog/?p=2571 Continue reading →]]> I am a few days behind in blogging this as I have around 400 blog posts to work through as I get back up to speed after 4 days with no internet.

The video below shows the intersection of Wellington and Union streets in central Auckland when the power was out a little over a week ago. It is impressive just how much better the traffic flows with no traffic lights:

Hat tip: Auckland Trains

I find this video particularly interesting as it mirrors the results of my honours level research which showed the traffic lights performed poorly compared to Give Way intersections or Roundabouts unless traffic was extremely congested. It is nice to see the results of a simulation also play out in real life.

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Currently some of the team in Computer Science at Massey have been playing with JOGL.

I had a look at it the other day but didn’t get very far. Well tonight I decided to really get my hands dirty.

And it rocks! Im currently seeing if I can convert my traffic simulator to JOGL.

Will keep this blog posted on updates.

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