Smart technologies are being used by city governments around the world to manage traffic. These solutions can save billions in infrastructure cost while improving safety, reliability and security for citizens.
Smart technologies reduce congestion using the latest Internet of Things(IoT) to optimize traffic flow, and improve safety. These systems use a variety of hardware, computer software and cloud technologies to dynamically alter traffic lights and other elements such as freeway on-ramp metering, bus rapid transit lane, highway message boards, and speed limit signs.
Intelligent traffic light systems can adjust the lengths for green and red signals to maximize efficiency while protecting pedestrians, cyclists and other road users from collisions. They can also alert motorists to pedestrians and other road-users, give priority access to emergency vehicles and support lane-changes in an intersection.
These systems are able react quickly and effectively to changing traffic patterns. They also reduce waiting times at intersections, as well fuel consumption and vehicle pollution. These sensors and cell technologies can be incorporated into existing or new infrastructure.
Adaptive traffic management can also improve air quality, by reducing emissions and energy consumption from idling cars while keeping them moving. This is achieved by using a combination of data from cameras, sensor networks and cellular technology to dynamically adjust traffic lights, entry alarms and express bus lanes.
To ensure that this data can reach its destination, network connectivity will be essential. It must offer high bandwidth and ultra-low latency as well as 100% reliability to handle the large amount of data needed by traffic management solutions.