Smart cars prompts Silicon Valley to develop 'smart streets'

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Smart cars prompts Silicon Valley to develop 'smart streets'
We know cars are getting smarter, but what about the roads they drive on? In one Bay Area city, they are working on making the streets "smarter," too.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. (KGO) -- We know cars are getting smarter, but what about the roads they drive on?

In one Bay Area city, they are working on making the streets "smarter," too.

What if cars could talk to traffic signals? Local startups like Savari are working on doing tjust that.

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