Volkswagen has partnered with the city of Carmel, Indiana, to use machine-vision software to make traffic flow better. The partnership will see VW analyze street usage patterns to help vehicles move better through the city.

The idea came from software developed for VW’s plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. The technology was intended to help optimize production and conduct automated quality checks on vehicle assembly and logistics.

As the world’s biggest automotive plant, the technology had to be able to keep track of a campus that at 6.5 square kilometers (2.5 sq mi), or three times bigger than the nation of Monaco. So the automaker decided to see if it could make traffic run more smoothly in a city.

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“We see our tool as an opportunity to provide cities with more usable data on mobility to help shape their future transportation needs, from pedestrians and vehicle drivers through public transit,” said Johan de Nysschen, chief operating officer at Volkswagen Group of America. “We’re grateful to the City of Carmel for partnering in this shared research effort.”

The system will take advantage of cameras that have already been installed around Carmel at key intersections to glean information about the traffic flow of cars and bicycles, pedestrian movement, and other data. Volkswagen hopes to give that information to city planners to help them identify trends and react to traffic.

“With enhanced software from Volkswagen, Carmel can more easily expand our view of traffic flow throughout the city”, said Jim Brainard, Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana. “As we plan for public transportation needs in our future, our ability to capture more sophisticated information will help us make better decisions.”

The tech could also be used to help emergency responders avoid traffic or get to a location in the event of a natural disaster. And if it does make regular traffic flow better, there’s an environmental advantage to getting cars to their destination more quickly.

This is the first project like this for Volkswagen, but the automaker says it is in talks with other cities globally about a variety of transportation solutions.