A delicately interwoven system of processes, smart technology for traffic can help transport workers, drivers and commuters improve efficiency and flow of traffic. Intelligent traffic systems are able to adjust the control mechanisms, such as traffic lights, freeway onramp meters and bus rapid transit lanes. They also make use of advanced IoT hardware and routers, cellular technology and cellular networks. They can also predict changes in traffic demand and provide in-real-time information to road users.
A good example is the adaptive traffic signal system in Pittsburgh. When Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) professor Stephen Smith installed his first couple of traffic signals, which were merely experimental, in a heavily congested area of the city’s East Liberty, he saw immediate results: Drivers travelled 25 percent faster and spent 40 www.technologytraffic.com/2022/08/12/best-data-rooms-providers-for-international-companies/ percent less time in traffic jams than they had before.
The system works by collecting information from sensors that are monitoring the traffic coming in and then adjusting their timings on the fly and also identifying pedestrians near intersections and giving them the time to walk across the street. The sensors transmit their raw data to an centralized hub, where it is processed by artificial intelligence. The data is then transmitted back to the intersections through 5G-enabled cell networks.
These systems are intelligent and allow for better and more accurate simulation of scenarios that minimize risk, which humans cannot accomplish. All this in real-time. This is an important step toward Vision Zero, a goal of accident-free driving in which cars and human beings share the road with no collisions.
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