Cookeville’s AI traffic cameras installed on the Willow Avenue corridor are already proving to be beneficial. Cookeville Public Works Director Mary Beth Elrod said the cameras can track data and store it in a database that can be easily sent to T-DOT for review. Elrod said the city used a demo camera over a year ago, and the data that was collected has already brought improvements to Cookeville. So we haven’t started analyzing that data yet, but those controllers should already be collecting that data.”Elrod said only a few cities across the country are getting on board with the AI traffic cameras. Elrod said the city has not yet received the cameras, but the Traffic Division has finished installing fiber cable from the Bunker Hill intersection up to the Walmart intersection in preparation.