I was a pedestrian for ~4km in Bangalore today.

The new automated signals make pedestrians wait for toooooooooo long. Upto 3 minutes to cross a 20m wide road at times! What is the logic for this, @blrcitytraffic?

Crossing Corporation Circle took me a good 4 minutes. 👇

Ashwin Sathyaseelan (@ashwin_327) on X

https://x.com/ashwin_327/status/1876636677575438598

AI-powered VAC signals adjust the length of the red/green lights based on traffic density in each area and can often catch commuters off guard. 



Bengaluru traffic police to introduce 5-second countdown timer to address unpredictability of AI-powered signals

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/bengaluru-traffic-police-countdown-timer-ai-powered-signals-9765427/

This is also a system built for cars and not pedestrians. Someone wrote a thread on how difficult it is to cross roads. https://x.com/ashwin_327/status/1876636677575438598

Today in AI enshittification https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/bengaluru-traffic-police-countdown-timer-ai-powered-signals-9765427/

Couple of times, the signal never turned green and once we had to jump the red just so we could leave.

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