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Can IBM fix Boston’s bad traffic?

By Michael B. Farrell

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 16, 2012

That’s the hope when the computer giant lends the city several engineers for three weeks this summer. They will use their engineering smarts to come up with solutions for fixing traffic problems more quickly and even ideas for reducing vehicle emissions. Boston is one of 33 cities around the world that will get access to IBM know-how as part of the company’s 2012 Smarter Cities Challenge. The grant is worth about $400,000.

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