No new timeline is available.
A project to install a system of adaptive traffic signals around UC San Diego in La Jolla to aid traffic flow is still in progress, delayed again from this original estimate of summer 2022.
Added improvements to the 26 intersections included in the plan extended the timeline, UCSD reported in October, with a then-anticipated spring or summer launch.
UCSD “is working with the city [of San Diego] on these improvements and is making good progress,” UCSD Director of Communications Leslie Sepuka said Aug. 14, citing recent approvals from the city’s Engineering Department.
“We do not have a date when the adaptive signals will be operational and will keep the community abreast as we progress to completion.”
The given summer 2024 timeline “was an estimate,” Sepuka added.
The project will install adaptive traffic signal controls at 26 intersections along five miles of roadway surrounding the La Jolla campus including Regents Road, La Jolla Village Drive and North Torrey Pines Road.
The adaptive traffic signals, or “smart signals,” are designed to improve upon current systems by detecting where cars are on the road and how many there are and send that information to a city of San Diego-run server to adapt an operating plan for the corridor.
The system will also detect the speed of the cars going through the intersection during times of congestion and adjust the lights to allow for green as cars are approaching.
The new system will also track bicyclists and pedestrians, emphasizing their safety.
The entire project is a $4 million investment by UCSD to address the traffic congestion amid the university’s record growth.
In fall 2023, UCSD recorded 43,381 students and 39,688 employees, a total of just over 83,000 on campus. The university now projects it will grow to 96,300 students and employees by 2040.
Fall quarter for UCSD begins Sept. 23.
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