Intelligent Transport System Approaches to Traffic Congestion Project

This project outlines the development of an intelligent transport system (ITS) aimed at mitigating traffic congestion and improving traffic coordination. It addresses key issues such as accident prevention, infrastructure development, and real-time traffic monitoring. The project explores the use of information and communication technologies, along with sensor networks, to enhance traffic management, improve vehicle safety, and enable automation in driving. Research questions focus on the role of real-time monitoring, traffic forecasting, and technologies for predicting and controlling congestion. The project aims to identify the benefits, services, and advantages of ITS, with contributions including interviews with traffic management departments, data collection through surveys and questionnaires, and the design of an advanced ITS for traffic coordination and congestion control. The theoretical framework employs qualitative research methodology, emphasizing real-time monitoring, traffic forecasting methods, and IT technologies. Ultimately, the project seeks to enhance traffic flow, reduce accidents, and minimize environmental damage through effective traffic management strategies.

Project Management

Contents
Project Title:...............................................................................................................................2
Project Summary........................................................................................................................2
Project Outline...........................................................................................................................2
Introductory background........................................................................................................2
Research Questions................................................................................................................3
Aims/ Objectives of the project..............................................................................................3
Significance and contribution to the study.............................................................................3
Theoretical Framework..............................................................................................................6
Budget........................................................................................................................................6
Time Line...................................................................................................................................7
Gantt chart:.............................................................................................................................8
Skills Training and Professional Development..........................................................................8
Other Requirement.....................................................................................................................9
References..................................................................................................................................9

Project Title:
Intelligent Transport system approaches to traffic congestion
Project Summary
The administration of the roads and traffic management system are the basic necessity of the
developing countries. The designing of the intelligent and sensor system is the innovative
concept and technologies used for improving the traffic coordination of the automobiles. In
this paper, we are looking forward to design an innovative intelligence transport system for
approaching traffic congestion and coordination which helps in solving the issues accident
happening, infrastructure development, and monitoring of the traffic. The intelligent transport
system is helpful in bringing coordination and communication between the vehicles which
helps in achieving sustainability in the monitoring of the traffic flow and congestion control
over the roads so that experiences of the driving the vehicles can be enhanced.
Project Outline
Introductory background
The traffic management system can be improved by involving information and
communication technologies and sensor networks in the development and designing of the
intelligence transport management system. The safety and sustainability of the automobiles
can be enhanced by managing interlinking between the automobiles and running vehicles
over the road. The real time monitoring of the road activities helps in enabling automation in
the human intervention during driving the vehicles. It helps in improving the driver
experiences of driving the vehicles and reduces the risks of accident occurrences. The
operational services are designed for managing the systematic control on the road traffic.
Better coordination among the transport focuses on increasing the monitoring of traffic
control and minimizing the congestion of the automobiles. The proposed system will help in
solving the real life problems and maximising the system problems in the transportation
system. The planning of daily operations for controlling the traffic can be effectively done by
deploying the intelligent transport system. The productivity of the countries can be enhanced
by mobilising the traffic and managing continuous flow of automobile transport system. The
safety and security can be optimized by bringing coordination among the vehicles through
real time monitoring of the system.

Research Questions
The research questions which are designed for the completion of undertaken project are as
follows:
 How the real time monitoring and automation helps in managing traffic and
congestion control?
 How the traffic can be forecasted in the real time monitoring system
 What technologies and methods used for predicting the presence of traffic for
controlling the congestion over road?
Aims/ Objectives of the project
The aim of this paper is to design an innovative intelligence transport system for approaching
traffic congestion and coordination which helps in solving the issues accident happening,
infrastructure development, and monitoring of the traffic.
The objectives of the project are:
 To study the literature
 Finding out facts and figures from the literature undertaken
 Arrangement of interview, questionnaire, and surveys
 Understanding the benefits of ITS
 Identifying the services and advantages provided in transport management
 Analysing the services provided by the ITS
 Bringing automation in traffic control parameters
Significance and contribution to the study
The controlling of the traffic over the roads can be effectively done by the proposed system.
The communication between the traffics helps in controlling the transportation and
congestion issues which exist in the road management. The current road traffic management
system is not effective in managing the balance for maintaining the flow of automobiles. The
real time monitoring of the vehicles is not systematically done which creates the problem of
security and safety issues. The installation of the intelligent transport system helps in brining
communication in the interactive vehicles over the road (Otieno, 2014). The connection
between the vehicles optimizes the traffic control signals and wireless communication so that
chances of accident occurrence can be minimized and flow of traffic can be effectively
controlled. The sensor technologies are used for sensing the nearby presence of the vehicles.

The radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies are used for sensing and managing
communication between the automobiles (Passenheim, 2015). The sustainability in handling
traffic control parameters can be managed which helps in reducing the congestion over the
roads. The driving experiences can be enhanced by getting information of the nearby
vehicles. The speed of the vehicles can be controlled by getting prior information of the
nearby vehicles (Patanakul, 2010). The conditions of weather and management of the heavy
traffic can be optimized by real time monitoring of the wind speed, natural disasters, rainfall,
traffics, and others. The alert signals are sent to the drivers for taking quick response in
overcoming the emergency situation. The collision of the vehicles can be controlled by
managing the congestions over the road (Raid, Sacha, Ritchie, and Brent, 2014). The
systematic scheduling of the vehicles helps in overcoming the problem of traffic jams which
creates wastage of time of the common man. The overloading over the roads helps in
minimizing the damage caused to the infrastructure. The heavy weighted vehicles can
damage the road physical infrastructure which increases the maintenance cost. The working
of the traffic control system helps in maximising the congestion control paradigm (Raz,
Shenhar, and Dvir, 2011). The parking of the vehicles can be effectively done by keeping the
records of the illegal parking done. The parking meters are used for managing the
communication with the parked vehicles. The parking spaces can be smoothly consumed by
the vehicles. The records of traffic data is kept in the central database for getting details of
required information if any casualty occurs (Qi, 2011). The networking of the road helps in
improving the connectivity between the traffics. The inadequacy in the low speed helps in
minimizing the traffic and accident occurrences. The control technologies are used for
improving the communication between the vehicles for fostering the sending of messages and
alert signals. The travelling time of the vehicles can be improved (Mallik, 2014). The speed
of the vehicles can be controlled for reducing the chance of accidents. The capacity of
holding the vehicles on the road and setting them in the parking areas helps in optimizing the
management of the vehicles over the roads (Mohan, 2017). The occurrence of incidents can
be controlled by managing the automation overs the vehicles. The IT infrastructure is
deployed for inducing the intelligent transport system. The wireless connectivity is developed
by implementing the sensor technologies RFID reader for getting alert signals of the nearby
vehicle presence and emergency situation. The coordination in the vehicles brings
communication among the vehicles. Our research focuses on finding the facts and figures
related to the benefits of inducing the intelligence transport system. The traveling time of the
vehicles can be reduced by decreasing the traffic jams sequence which usually occurs in the

traditional way of traffic management system (Fayaz, 2018). The occurrence of incidence
occurrence can be controlled by deploying the effective system. The global positioning
system helps in increasing the data processing by getting the exact location of the vehicles.
The conveying of messages can be improved by using automation incident detection system
for optimizing the communication between the vehicles by intimating the drivers about
vehicle positioning, signal, parking positioning, and toll collection (Singh, and Gupta, 2015).
The implementation of the intelligence transport system in the road traffic management
system provides various services to the travellers such as navigation services, planning of the
transportation services by maintaining the maintenance program of traffic rules and
regulations, collision avoidance by bringing automation in the road side monitoring system,
clearance to the commercial vehicles so that traffic jams can be avoided at top priority,
management of the public transportation can be improved by increasing sharing of the
vehicles and managing demand program, alert signals are sent to the drivers for handing the
emergency situation, and safety procedures to the electronic payments done. The real time
monitoring and network control are the key features of the intelligent transport system. The
accessibility of the network traffic helps in improving the safety parameters in managing the
traffic control (Panda, and Santara, 2016).
Our contributions to the study are:
 To arrange interview session with the traffic management department
 Collecting details of problems faced in the current traffic management system
 Collecting details of research gaps from the study of literature review and other online
literary sources
 Collecting data from surveys and questionnaires
 Designing and proposing a new advanced intelligent transport management system for
approaching the traffic coordination and congestion control
The project helps in finding out facts for increasing the efficiency of toll collection, managing
and controlling vehicle speed, coordination in providing signals to the vehicles, priority
provided to the traffic coordination and signals to the public transport, The designing of the
ITS system is useful for inducing coordination by sending alert signals to the transport
vehicles. The congestion at the road sides and traffic jam conditions which usually occurs
with the traditional road management system can be effectively controlled. The risks and
occurrence of accidents can be reduced by bringing coordination and sending alert signals to
control the emergency in an effective way. The environmental damage and loss to the
physical infrastructure can be minimized by controlling the overloading of the traffic at the

road side. The legal agreement should be signed with the local government for inducing the
intelligent transport system.
Theoretical Framework
The qualitative research methodology is deployed for inducing the intelligent transport
system. The accuracy in the data collection methodology to get an adequate answer of the
undertaken research questions is achieved by managing the interview session and study of the
literature to analyse the research gaps. The focus is given on three major areas such as real
time monitoring system, methods of forecasting the traffic, and IT technologies used for
inducing the ITS system. The interview session helps in identifying the need and expectations
of drivers and public travelling at the road side such as safety regulations, managing
congestion, maintaining flow of traffic and others. The basic needs of the people can be
gathered. The study of literature review helps in finding out the research gaps of the different
researchers in implementing the new system to manage the road side traffic. The benefits of
the intelligent transport system can be measured by finding out the facts of managing the
traffic over the road. The connection between the vehicles optimizes the traffic control
signals and wireless communication so that chances of accident occurrence can be minimized
and flow of traffic can be effectively controlled. The observation and arrangement of surveys
helps in analysing the real facts and problem faced in managing the traffic by the traditional
system. The information and communication technologies are used for defining the new
system to manage the flow of traffic. The non-numeric data can be collected through
interviews, surveys, and literature study. The privilege is given to the problem faced in
travelling by the public so that effective system can be developed which make use of
information and communication technologies. The wireless sensor network is the best option
for inducing the intelligence transport system for improving the traffic flow over the road.
Budget
Particulars Cost ($)
Collection of literatures 350
Arrangement of interviews 400
Arrangement of surveys 500
Travelling 1000
Internet 1000

Accommodation 2500
Books and offline sources 600
Hardware required 4000
Software Required 6400
Total 16750
Time Line
Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
Project plan intelligent transport
system 54 days Mon 10-
06-19 Thu 22-08-19
Research Proposals 6 days Mon 10-
06-19 Mon 17-06-19
Selection of the Project title 5 days Tue 18-06-
19 Mon 24-06-19 2
Writing Abstract 4 days Tue 25-06-
19 Fri 28-06-19 3
Study of literature 3 days Mon 01-
07-19 Wed 03-07-19 4
Managing face to face
communication 4 days Thu 04-07-
19 Tue 09-07-19 5
Arranging surveys 5 days Wed 10-
07-19 Tue 16-07-19 6
Arranging questionnaires 3 days Wed 17-
07-19 Fri 19-07-19 7
Collection of data in systematic way 3 days Mon 22-
07-19 Wed 24-07-19 8
Preparation of Draft 1 7 days Thu 25-07-
19 Fri 02-08-19 9
Analysis of Data collected 3 days Mon 05-
08-19 Wed 07-08-19 10

Ethical Consideration 2 days Thu 08-08-
19 Fri 09-08-19 11
Preparation of Draft 2 5 days Mon 12-
08-19 Fri 16-08-19 12
Submission of draft 2 1 day Mon 19-
08-19 Mon 19-08-19 13
Preparation of Final project report 2 days Tue 20-08-
19 Wed 21-08-19 14
Submission of Final project report 1 day Thu 22-08-
19 Thu 22-08-19 15
Gantt chart:
Skills Training and Professional Development
The development of the project does not require any specific training program for completing
the research study. The focus is given on improving the communication skills so that
effective interview session and questionnaire round can be arranged with the top executives
and professional experts. The observation skills should be sharpened which helps in
collecting accurate data and analysing the problem briefly.

Other Requirement
The ethical consideration should be given in finding out the facts and figures through the
research methodology used for collecting the data. The ethical code of conduct should be
followed in arranging interview and doing literature study. It helps in inducing the better
intelligence transport system in the working model of traffic coordination.
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