University of Michigan testing traffic system for faster commute -- Here's how it works

We've all been there -- you're driving on a stretch of road and seem to hit every red light. Well, engineers at the University of Michigan are working on a new timing system that would reduce the number of times you get stopped at intersections. They're testing it out at more than a dozen intersections in Oakland County. In Farmington Hills, they're testing four signals along 8 Mile from Orchard Lake to Brentwood Street. That brought a 30% reduction in delays and a 40% reduction in stops. Then in Royal Oak, they are testing out on nine signals along 12 Mile from Binsetta Boulevard to North Connecticut. That brought a 20% reduction in delays and stops. To talk about how it works, Zachary Jerome with the University of Michigan transportation research institute, joined Local 4 Live.