This is Vancouver
This is Vancouver
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Should Vancouver trust Google to help cut traffic?
17 minutes Posted Aug 12, 2026 at 7:10 am.
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Vancouver is joining Google’s Project Green Light, which uses AI to suggest changes to traffic signal timing. The company says the initiative could help reduce traffic and emissions. But critics have questions about privacy and whether the city is giving too much control over city planning to big tech. Jason D’Souza hears from a cybersecurity expert and former city planner.