Data Science Discussion: Skyline City Traffic Simulation

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The introduction of trams (Rail vehicle) was introduced in the Skyline simulated city. This was
done to make sure that the people had a way of commute from one place to another without the
use of their cars. This is done so that traffic problems do not occur that often.
Articles
According to Gurmert, et. al. 2015, it can be seen that the use of speed limit cameras and signs
has helped to decrease the level of traffic congestion that is happening in cities. They make sure
to provide a specified speed limit that has to be followed so that everyone is not in a hurry hence
can direct traffic into a different route if there are any issues in the route ahead of them.
According to Oort, et. al. 2015, it is seen that the use of public transportation has helped the
economy by a lot. There has been the use of automatic vehicle location that will make sure that
the customer would be able to see the timetable of different transport vehicles. By this they will
be able to decide what public transport is the best for them for their commute. The public would
be able to use it to determine the level of time that will be taken for them to reach a destination.
Discussion of Issue
One of the issues is that if too many users are present on the website of the transport system then
it will crash or run slow. Such a issues will make people use their own vehicle hence making the
whole idea of an vehicle location not effective and efficient. Also, people are more in a hurry to
get to a place and would use routes that have faster speed limits hence causing congestion to
occur on those routes.
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References
Grumert, Ellen, Ma, Xiaoliang & Tapani, Andreas 2015, ‘Analysis of a cooperative variable
speed limit system using microscopic traffic simulation’, Transportation Research Part C, vol.
52, pp. 173–186. DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2014.11.004
van Oort, Niels, Sparing, Daniel, Brands, Ties & Goverde, Rob 2015, ‘Data driven
improvements in public transport: the Dutch example’, Public Transport, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 369–
389, accessed from . DOI: 10.1007/s12469-015-0114-7
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