Traffic congestion is rising in cities around the world. Contributing factors include expanding urban population, aging infrastructure, inefficient and uncoordinated traffic signal timings. According to researchers, Signal Timer issues (like out-of-sync timers) are at the top causing factors of traffic congestion along with a disproportionate number of vehicles and road-work/accidents. The purpose of this article is to illustrate one of the possible solutions to increase the efficiency of existing traffic signals by optimizing signal timings with the help of real-time traffic data using a traffic API. The proposed solution is bolstered by a mathematical equation that follows the principle of equity.