You may have seen IBM's commercials about helping the world's urban centers become "smarter cities."

It's one thing to fix traffic in Singapore. But Boston?

A group of engineers from Big Blue recently logged $400,000 of man hours studying Boston's traffic problems, according to the Globe. 

The result so far is prototype software that would gather information that already exists — but isn't coordinated. As the technology company points out in a demo video about its "Smarter Cities Challenge," the same agency can run subways and buses, but fail to synch them. A bus might leave a subway station on time, stranding a glut of commuters arriving from a train that's a bit late.

What's one thing would you do to help ease congestion in the Back Bay? Tell us in the comments below.