A pioneering traffic management partnership between the City of Richardson and researchers at UT Dallas has earned international recognition from Smart Cities Connect, a leading organization dedicated to advancing municipal innovation.
The partnership and its resulting AI-based software, called Distributed Agent-based traffic Lights (DALI) Nexus traffic infrastructure, was named a Smart 20 Award winner at the 2025 Smart Cities Connect Spring Conference and Expo and was further distinguished as one of the top 3 best-of-class projects worldwide.
After being deployed at 15 intersections in Richardson, DALI led to traffic delay reductions of up to 40 percent at untimed signals and 25-30 percent in the overall traffic management system.
A proposed next phase of the project is to expand DALI Nexus to 50 signals citywide, pending funding. Funding for the project’s previous phases were made possible thanks to a grant from the North Central Texas Council of Governments.
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