  We have previously shown in an abstract simulation (Gershenson, 2005) that
self-organizing traffic lights can improve greatly traffic flow for any
density. In this paper, we extend these results to a realistic setting,
implementing self-organizing traffic lights in an advanced traffic simulator
using real data from a Brussels avenue. On average, for different traffic
densities, travel waiting times are reduced by 50% compared to the current
green wave method.
