scholarly journals Impact of Intelligent Transportation Systems on Road Traffic Safety

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 208-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Szczepanik ◽  
Petr Besta ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Road Traffic Safety

scholarly journals LPWAN-based hybrid backhaul communication for intelligent transportation systems: architecture and performance evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taghi Shahgholi ◽  
Amir Sheikhahmadi ◽  
Keyhan Khamforoosh ◽  
Sadoon Azizi
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transportation System ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Traffic Monitoring ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Emergency Vehicle ◽  
Wide Area Network

AbstractIncreased number of the vehicles on the streets around the world has led to several problems including traffic congestion, emissions, and huge fuel consumption in many regions. With advances in wireless and traffic technologies, the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) has been introduced as a viable solution for solving these problems by implementing more efficient use of the current infrastructures. In this paper, the possibility of using cellular-based Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) communications, LTE-M and NB-IoT, for ITS applications has been investigated. LTE-M and NB-IoT are designed to provide long range, low power and low cost communication infrastructures and can be a promising option which has the potential to be employed immediately in real systems. In this paper, we have proposed an architecture to employ the LPWAN as a backhaul infrastructure for ITS and to understand the feasibility of the proposed model, two applications with low and high delay requirements have been examined: road traffic monitoring and emergency vehicle management. Then, the performance of using LTE-M and NB-IoT for providing backhaul communication infrastructure has been evaluated in a realistic simulation environment and compared for these two scenarios in terms of end-to-end latency per user. Simulation of Urban MObility has been used for realistic traffic generation and a Python-based program has been developed for evaluation of the communication system. The simulation results demonstrate the feasibility of using LPWAN for ITS backhaul infrastructure mostly in favor of the LTE-M over NB-IoT.

scholarly journals A Multi-Loop Vehicle-Counting Method under Gray Mode and RGB Mode

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 6831
Author(s):  
Yue Chen ◽  
Jian Lu
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Counting Method ◽  
Moving Vehicle ◽  
Available Information

With the rapid development of road traffic, real-time vehicle counting is very important in the construction of intelligent transportation systems (ITSs). Compared with traditional technologies, the video-based method for vehicle counting shows great importance and huge advantages in its low cost, high efficiency, and flexibility. However, many methods find difficulty in balancing the accuracy and complexity of the algorithm. For example, compared with traditional and simple methods, deep learning methods may achieve higher precision, but they also greatly increase the complexity of the algorithm. In addition to that, most of the methods only work under one mode of color, which is a waste of available information. Considering the above, a multi-loop vehicle-counting method under gray mode and RGB mode was proposed in this paper. Under gray and RGB modes, the moving vehicle can be detected more completely; with the help of multiple loops, vehicle counting could better deal with different influencing factors, such as driving behavior, traffic environment, shooting angle, etc. The experimental results show that the proposed method is able to count vehicles with more than 98.5% accuracy while dealing with different road scenes.

scholarly journals Angle-Awareness Based Joint Cooperative Positioning and Warning for Intelligent Transportation Systems

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (20) ◽  
pp. 5818
Author(s):  
Zhi Dong ◽  
Bobin Yao
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Estimation Algorithm ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Cooperative Positioning ◽  
Traffic Efficiency ◽  
Sequential Task ◽  
Weighting Strategy ◽  
Eigen Decomposition

In future intelligent vehicle-infrastructure cooperation frameworks, accurate self-positioning is an important prerequisite for better driving environment evaluation (e.g., traffic safety and traffic efficiency). We herein describe a joint cooperative positioning and warning (JCPW) system based on angle information. In this system, we first design the sequential task allocation of cooperative positioning (CP) warning and the related frame format of the positioning packet. With the cooperation of RSUs, multiple groups of the two-dimensional angle-of-departure (AOD) are estimated and then transformed into the vehicle’s positions. Considering the system computational efficiency, a novel AOD estimation algorithm based on a truncated signal subspace is proposed, which can avoid the eigen decomposition and exhaustive spectrum searching; and a distance based weighting strategy is also utilized to fuse multiple independent estimations. Numerical simulations prove that the proposed method can be a better alternative to achieve sub-lane level positioning if considering the accuracy and computational complexity.

Virtual Automated Transit System (VATS) and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Application to Intermodal Freight Movements in Northeastern Illinois

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farid Amirouche ◽  
Khurram Mahmudi ◽  
David Zavattero
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Interstate Highway System ◽  
Roadway Design ◽  
Highway System

This paper addresses the issues faced by local and state governments concerning increasing traffic congestions, inadequate roadway design and traffic safety problems caused by the freight truck traffic; on the other hand, the freight industry is seeking to improve productivity by having easy access and direct routes between the intermodal facilities and the interstate highway system.

scholarly journals A New Distributed and Scalable Network Protocol Targeting Intelligent Transportation Systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
M. Meribout
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Response Times ◽  
Cluster Head ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Traffic Monitoring ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Traffic Information ◽  
Scalable Network

Vehicular networks are the major ingredients of the envisioned Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) concept. An important component of ITS which is currently attracting wider research focus is road traffic monitoring. The actual approaches for traffic road monitoring are characterized by longer response times and are also subject to higher processing requirements and possess high deployment costs. In this paper, we propose a completely distributed and scalable mechanism for wireless sensor network-based road traffic monitoring. The approach relies on the distributed and bidirectional exchange of traffic information between the vehicles traversing the routes and a miniature cluster head and takes into consideration both the security and reliability of data communication. In addition, the communication between nodes is collision-free since the underlined data link layer protocol relies on a heuristic time multiplexed-based protocol. The performance analysis shows that the proposed mechanism usually outperforms other algorithms for different traffic densities.

scholarly journals LPWAN-Based Hybrid Backhaul Communication for Intelligent Transportation Systems: Architecture and Performance Evaluation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taghi Shahgholi ◽  
Amir Sheikhahmadi ◽  
Keyhan Khamforoosh ◽  
Sadoon Azizi
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Traffic Monitoring ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Emergency Vehicle ◽  
Communication Infrastructure

Abstract There are more than 1.3 billion vehicles around the world and rapidly growing which causing worldwide challenges such as congestion, huge fuel consumption, and emissions. The solution to these issues could be expansion of infrastructure or making efficient use of the current infrastructure using current technological advances by implementing Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs). In this paper, we proposed and explored the possibility of using cellular-based Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) communications, LTE-M and Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), for ITS applications. LTE-M and NB-IoT are designed to provide long-range, low power, and lowcost communication infrastructure and can be a viable promising option for immediate implementation in the real world. In order to understand the feasibility of using LPWAN for ITS, we investigated two applications with low and high delay requirements: road traffic monitoring and emergency vehicle management and preemption. Then, the performance of using LTE-M and NB-IoT for providing backhaul communication infrastructure has been evaluated in a realistic simulation environment and compared for these two scenarios in terms of end to end latency per user. SUMO traffic simulator has been used for realistic traffic generation and a Python-based program with the ability to live data exchange with SUMO has been developed for communication performance evaluations. The simulation results demonstrate the feasibility of using LPWAN for ITS backhaul infrastructure where it was in favor of the LTE-M over NB-IoT.

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IN IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW IN TOURISM DESTINATIONS∗

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 627-636
Author(s):  
Edna Mrnjavac ◽  
Robert Marsanić
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Transportation Infrastructure ◽  
Public Traffic ◽  
Tourism Destinations

The rapid growth and development of motorisation combined with relatively small investments made to improving transportation infrastructure in cities, as well as in tourism destinations, has led to serious problems in the unobstructed movement of vehicles in public traffic areas. Traffic congestion on roadways, in ferryboat ports and at state borders during the summer months and year-round lines of cars going to or returning from work are a regular presence in traffic in most urban and tourism destinations in Croatia, as well as in the rest of Europe. Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) can be implemented in urban and tourism centres, which, for example, have no opportunity for increasing the capacity of their traffic networks by constructing new, or expanding existing, transportation infrastructure, and no opportunity for increasing parking capacities. The only solution would be to optimise traffic networking by introducing intelligent technologies. Intelligent transportation systems and services represent a coupling of information and telecommunication technologies with transportation means and infrastructure to ensure greater efficiency in the mobility of people and goods. ITS implementation helps to provide better information to motorists and travellers (tourists); improve traffic and tourist flows, cargo transportation, public passenger-transportation; facilitate the work of emergency services; enable electronic traffic-related payments; enhance the security of people in road traffic; and monitor weather conditions and the environment. To motorists the system provides guidance to roads on which traffic is less intense, guidance to available parking spaces, and guidance, for example, to a good restaurant or interesting tourist attraction. his paper focuses, in particular, on ITS application in city and tourism destinations in connection with parking problems. Guiding vehicles to the closest vacant parking space helps to reduce traffic congestion, reduce the amount of time lost in searching and increase the occupancy rate of car-parks

Navigation and Intelligent Transportation Systems

1998 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Cellular Phone ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Navigation Systems ◽  
Route Guidance ◽  
Highway Traffic ◽  
National Highway Traffic Safety

Navigation and Intelligent Transportation Systems contains 40 papers covering the technical and functional aspects of these systems including: 3D mapping, route guidance, cellular phone access, electronic compasses, and the history and future of navigation systems. The book also covers the important role of navigation in Intelligent Transportation Systems concerned with traffic management, traveler information, vehicle control systems, commercial vehicle operations, and public and rural transportation systems. The book concludes with a chapter on the Intelligent Vehicle Initiative, a joint program between the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Federal Transit Administration.

IMPROVING ROAD TRAFFIC ORGANIZATION THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 80-86
Author(s):  
L.E. KUSHCHENKO ◽  
◽  
A.S. KAMBUR ◽  
A.A. PEKHOV ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Travel Time ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Environmental Situation ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Traffic Organization ◽  
The City

Examples of the use of ITS in various countries are given, improvements in traffic manage-ment, methods of reducing delays, travel time, as well as improving the environmental situation when using systems are considered. The system «Auto-Intellect», used in the territory of the Russian Federation, is presented. On the example of the city of Belgorod, a method of using ITS is pro-posed, by prohibiting the entry of cars into the city, taking into account certain state license plates.

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