INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

SYSTEMS
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DEEKSHITH JAIN
Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering Department
RNSIT, Bangalore
 OBJECTIVES OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Traffic management is the planning, monitoring and

control, influencing of traffic to travel in desired
direction and advice as per formulation of management
plan. It aims to:

● Maximise the effectiveness of the use of existing

infrastructure;
● Ensure reliable and safe operation of transport;
● Address environmental goals; and
● Ensure fair allocation of infrastructure space (road
space, rail slots, etc.) among competing users.
● It is therefore an essential element in increasing the
efficiency and safety of transport networks and
 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES

The traffic management measures used worldwide

can be broadly classified under following categories:

● Traffic information
● Traffic control
● Incident management
● Demand management
● Driver support and monitoring
● Fleet and transport management
 Transport management measures

Traffic management measure Description

Traffic information Traffic information offers real-time information for
road users, both before and during travel. The
information provided covers topics such as weather
and road conditions, road maintenance, traffic
incidents, traffic situation and alternative modes of
travel.
Traffic control Traffic is controlled per inter-section, road-section or
the entire road network. Traffic control is divided into
fixed and variable traffic control.
Incident management Incident management comprises the detection,
handling and elimination of traffic incidents, such as
accidents, in cooperation with various authorities.
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Traffic management measure Description
Demand management Demand management is used to affect choices in the
destination, time, and mode of transport or route of
travel or transport. Means of achieving this include
regulating access or parking, arranging park-and-ride
facilities, supporting carpooling, promoting public
transport and pedestrian and bicycle traffic, providing
traffic information and using peak-hour tolls and other
road use charges.
Driver support and monitoring Driver support systems comprise IT and
communications technology applications, providing
assistance to the driver. These include collision
prevention, support for lane keeping and navigation
systems.
Monitoring systems include automatic speed and
intersection control, monitoring transports of hazardous
materials and automatic lane-use monitoring.
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Traffic management measure Description
Fleet and transport management Fleet management covers the planning, monitoring,
control and assessment of the movement and
operations of a vehicle fleet and its drivers. Transport
management involves the management of transport
chain operations and information flows.

Conventionally, traffic inspectors are deployed at major

road junctions to control and manage the traffic.
The manual system of traffic management has its
limitations in terms of efficiency, cost and scale.
With the advent of advanced traffic management
systems, the automatic system based traffic
management systems are replacing the conventional
system at a very fast pace.
 ITS FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
Following ITS based TMS tools are used all over the
world for traffic management:
a) Traffic information
i. Passenger information system--advanced traveller
information system (ATIS)
ii. Traffic--transport information system
iii. Mobile Applications
iv. Real-time tracking systems
v. CCTV
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b) Traffic control
i. Intelligent signalling system
ii. Automatic vehicle location system
iii. Police patrol monitoring system
iv. e-challan (ticketing) system
v. Pedestrian/biker detection system
vi. Smart card based driving licence issue system
vii. Smart card based permit and registration
certificate issue system
[Link] control maintenance services system
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ix. Traffic flow monitoring system

x. Ramp metering system
xi. Automatic speed detection system
xii. Automatic number plate recognition system
[Link] vehicle detection system (image
processing)
[Link] traffic control system
xv. Red light violation detection system
[Link] traffic counter and classifier
[Link] way vehicle detection system
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c) Incident management
i. Emergency and accident response system
ii. Automatic incident detection system
iii. Distress call response management system-
emergency roadside telephone system, e-Calling
iv. Smart tracking and distress alert system for
automobiles
d) Demand management
i. Automatic fare collection system, electronic
parking charge payment system, electronic
ticketing system, and electronic road pricing
system
ii. Electronic toll collection system
iii. Parking management and information system
iv. Parking guidance system
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e) Driver support and monitoring
i. Journey time monitoring system
ii. Car navigation system-vehicle information and
communication system (VICS)
iii. Route guidance system-dynamic route guidance
f) Fleet and transport management
i. Multi-modal transportation logistics support
system
ii. Transportation monitoring system (fleet
monitoring system: public transport, taxies, jal
(water) board vehicles, bank vehicles, school
buses, ambulances, and government vehicles)
iii. Goods vehicle weight monitoring system
iv. Vehicle tracking system
v. Towing system