Smart Technologies for Traffic
Smart technologies for traffic are a delicately woven network of processes that help transport workers, drivers, and commuters regulate the flow and efficiency of traffic. Using advanced IoT hardware, sensors routers, sensors and cellular technology, intelligent traffic systems can dynamically adjust control mechanisms like traffic lights, freeway on-ramp meters, bus rapid transit lanes highway message boards, and even speed limits. They can also predict changes in traffic demand and provide real-time information to road users.
Pittsburgh’s adaptive traffic signal system is an excellent example. When Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) professor Stephen Smith installed his first few traffic signals for experimentation in a highly congested part of the city’s East Liberty, he saw immediate results: drivers traveled 25 percent farther and spent 40 percent less time in traffic jams than before.
The system is able to collect information from sensors that monitor the flow of traffic and adjust their timings on the fly. It also detects pedestrians near intersections, and allows them enough time to cross the street safely. Sensors send their raw data to an centralized hub, which is then processed by artificial intelligence. The data is then transmitted back to the intersections through 5G-enabled cell networks.
These systems can provide more accurate and precise modeling of scenarios that minimize the risk that a human traffic manager cannot do. And all of this is in real-time. This is a major step towards Vision Zero, the goal of a safe road that ensures cars and human beings are able to share the road without collision.
https://technologytraffic.com/2022/11/02/top-free-traffic-simulation-software-list/
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