Researchers ‘count cars’—literally—to find a better way to control heavy traffic

There’s “Counting Crows,” counting sheep, counting blessings and now researchers at Florida Atlantic University have their own version of “counting cars”—literally—in an attempt to improve traffic flow on South Florida’s and our nation’s overcrowded roads. And with more than 263 million registered passenger vehicles in the United States and more than 14 million registered vehicles in Florida alone, this is no small feat.