Smart Traffic Management Systems are technology solutions that municipalities can integrate into their traffic cabinets and intersections today for fast, cost-effective improvements in safety and traffic flow on their city streets. These systems utilize sensors, cameras, cellular routers and automation to monitor and automatically direct traffic and reduce congestion. The right technology solution can be scaled to any size and painlessly upgraded at any time. Simultaneously, these technology solutions prepare Smart Cities for coming technology evolutions, including Connected Vehicle and the deployment of 5G.
Budgets for public infrastructure are always tight, and constructing roads and bridges is always expensive. Smart Traffic Management Systems help municipal and regional transportation departments to cope with the situation – quickly and cost-effectively. Integrating smart traffic technology helps them affordably get better performance from their existing infrastructure.
- Congestion detection: With cameras and sensors constantly monitoring intersections, technicians can monitor the entire city from the city’s traffic management center.
- Adaptive control: Congestion detection also enables adaptive control, which causes dynamic adjustments to systems including traffic lights, on-ramp signaling, and bus rapid transit lanes.
- Connected vehicle: This up-and-coming technology enables vehicles to communicate directly with intersections. The Smart Traffic Management can include a connected vehicle roadside unit for this purpose.
- Emergency routing: A critical application of the Smart Traffic Management System is the ability to give priority access to police, fire and ambulance services.
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