Gridlock Hackathon to reduce Bengaluru's traffic

May coordinate traffic better than traffic policeman who relies on his eyes, radio feed to decide

Flipkart had recently received 400 entries for Gridlock Hackathon to solve the problem of the city’s gridlocked streets. On Saturday, the e-commerce major called in the top 11 teams, who came from various backgrounds — schools, colleges, and techies — to showcase their ideas to a panel of judges, including Chief Executive Officer Binny Bansal and Commissioner of Police Abhishek Goyal. 

Of these, only three were selected by the panel. Affine Anonymous’ smart traffic light solution took the first place and by2rides, a carpooling app that put the driver rather than the riders in control, came second, while a team of