We have self-driving cars. They’re loaded with artificial intelligence making a thousand decisions a second. Put a small fraction of that technology into an intersection and smart traffic lights could make some simple decisions, not only about whether there was anyone waiting at the light and triggering the light to change at the next cycle, but look down the road and modify the cycle to accommodate the natural flow of traffic. If there is only one car waiting to go when the light turns green and there is no-one else coming, just move on to the next part of the cycle.
Southern California part of the trip map
Standing in a marsh, in the pre-dawn dark, making noises like a rail, hoping not to get arrested. It worked! Got the Ridgway’s Rail and I didn’t get arrested! 491. On to Mile Square Park for the Swinhoe’s White-eye. That’s a big park, it really is a mile square, and I walked it all, before I finally got the flock of White-eyes. 492. Drive south to the San Diego River. Search through five hundred American Goldeneyes to find the one Eurasian Goldeneye. Got it! (With the help of a local birder couple who had spotted it earlier and refound it for me.) It’s all good. It counts. 493.
That’s it for the day. We’re down to single digits. Seven!
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