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problem. cbs s ben tracy takes a look in our continuing series, protecting the planet. reporter: so we are at an intersection. we are stopped. most of us hate getting stuck at red lights. when i see a red light, i am annoyed. [laughter] but julian rothenberg is not like most of us. when i look at a red light, i see opportunities. reporter: her job with google s to make traffic lights, like those at three intersections in seattle, more efficient and less annoying. a few seconds from here to there, and that shift can have a big impact. reporter: google s new project green light system uses its vast maps database and artificial intelligence to optimize traffic lights around the world. are these court made it already? so they are actually not. reporter: the system suggest changes in city engineers then decide if they want to implement them. we had one case where we moved four seconds from a north-south street to an east-west street, for a
Building regulations without teeth fall short Woodside: It is nothing short of a holiday miracle for what could have been a gut-wrenching tragedy in the partial collapse of a Bronx building. Luckily, no one was seriously injured. This miracle is in the midst of grim news of politicized hate-mongering and spiking violence spreading across the nation is indeed very special as many people were .