scholarly journals Striving for smart mobility in Morocco: a case of lanes designated to heavy goods vehicles in Casablanca

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-88
Author(s):  
Mohammed Mouhcine Maaroufi ◽  
Laila Stour ◽  
Ali Agoumi
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Efficient Solutions ◽  
Optimal Operation ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Traffic Information ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Smart Mobility ◽  
Heavy Goods Vehicles

Abstract This article highlights the need to rethink how to manage mobility in Morocco more intelligently, given that it is a major pillar of economic competitiveness. Smart mobility based on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) allows to improve and ensure the optimal use of existing infrastructure before embarking on heavy and irreversible infrastructure projects. The case regarding the separation of the urban traffic and the Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV) traffic circulating between Casablanca Port and Zenata Dry Port is a relevant example where smart mobility could provide efficient solutions without building costly tunnels. A dynamic simulation was made using the Aimsun software to quantify the relevance of the proposed lane designated to HGV in the existing road. This simulation allows to visualise congestion sections and quantify the circulation of vehicles and pedestrians. The article presents defined functions and characteristics of the Advanced Traffic Management (ATM) to ensure the optimal operation and efficient setting of the simulation. All appliances, hardware, and sensors that will be set up on-site will help to improve traffic safety, traffic flow, traffic information, and reduce congestion and pollution. This case study illustrates the complexity of managing the flow of goods in cities and suggests how to solve this type of problems using smart mobility. This research proposes reserving a special lane for HGV. ITS will help this cost-optimal alternative, will promote the urban framework of the coastal road, and contribute to sustainable mobility in Casablanca.

scholarly journals A New Approach of Smart Mobility for Heavy Goods Vehicles in Casablanca

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Mouhcine Maaroufi ◽  
Laila Stour ◽  
Ali Agoumi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Smart Mobility ◽  
Heavy Goods Vehicles

Managing mobility, both of people and goods, in cities is a thorny issue. The travel needs of urban populations are increasing and put pressure on transport infrastructure. The Moroccan cities are no exception and will struggle, in the short term, to respond to the challenges of the acceleration of the phenomenon of urbanization and the increase in demand for mobility. This will inevitably prevent them from turning into smart cities. The term smart certainly alludes to better use of technologies, but smart mobility is also defined as “a set of coordinated actions intended to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and environmental sustainability of cities” [1]. The term mobility highlights the preponderance of humans over infrastructure and vehicles. Faced with traffic congestion, the solutions currently adopted which consist of fitting out and widening the infrastructures, only encourage more trips and report the problem with more critical consequences. It is true that beyond a certain density of traffic, even Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are not useful. The concept of dynamic lane management or Advanced Traffic Management (ATM) opens up new perspectives. Its objective is to manage and optimize road traffic in a variable manner, in space and in time. This article is a summary of the development of a road infrastructure dedicated to Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV), the first of its kind in Morocco. It aims to avoid the discomfort caused by trucks in the urban road network of the city of Casablanca. This research work is an opportunity to reflect on the introduction of ITS and ATM to ensure optimal use of existing infrastructure before embarking on heavy and irreversible infrastructure projects.

DINO: Roteamento Dinâmico para ITS Considerando Recursos da Rede

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matheus Bernardino de Araújo ◽  
Matheus Monteiro Silveira ◽  
Rafael Lopes Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Travel Time ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Network Flows ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Traffic Information ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Packet Delivery ◽  
Vehicle Accidents ◽  
Average Travel Time ◽  
Definition Of

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) arose as a modern solution to traffic jams and vehicle accidents in the urban environment. A key part of the ITS is Traffic Management (TM), which concerns the planning and route definition of the vehicle. Existing TM solution focuses specifically on urban traffic information, ignoring the issues related to the network infrastructure and the applications at the top of it. Within this context, this paper presents a vehicle routing and re-routing strategy, called DINO, that considers both travel time of vehicles on the roads and the active network flows in the network, aiming to dynamically bring a suitable balance between travel time and packet delivery through a heuristic. The experiments performed suggest that DINO improves the packet delivery of the applications while reduces the average travel time of vehicles.

scholarly journals The Effects of ITS Application in Speed Management on State Road From Mali Pozarevac to Kragujevac

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomislav Petrović ◽  
Miloš Milosavljević ◽  
Milan Božović ◽  
Danislav Drašković ◽  
Milija Radović
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Speed Limit ◽  
Accident Risk ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Speed Management ◽  
On The Road

The application of intelligent transport systems (hereinafter ITSs) on roads enables continuous monitoring of road users during a whole year with the aim to collect good-quality data based on which the more complex analyses could be done, such as monitoring of certain traffic safety indicators. Automatic traffic counters are one of the most commonly implemented ITSs for collecting traffic flow parameters that are relevant for traffic management on state roads in Republic of Serbia. This paper presents one of the possible ways to collect, analyze and present data on road users’ speeds using automatic traffic counters, where certain traffic safety indicators are analyzed in terms of road users’ compliance with the speed limit on the road section from Mali Pozarevac to Kragujevac. Based on the analyses of data downloaded from automatic traffic counters, it is observed that an extremely high percentage of vehicles drive at speed higher than the speed limit, indicating clearly to higher traffic accident risk, as well as to the need for a tendency to implement speed management on roads using ITS in the forthcoming period.

Traffic management in cities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Елена Андреева ◽  
Elena Andreeva ◽  
Кристиан Бёттгер ◽  
Kristian Bettger ◽  
Екатерина Белкова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Management ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Traffic Flows ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Traffic Management System

The monograph is devoted to the consideration of issues relevant to the vast majority of cities-the organization and management of traffic flows to improve the mobility of the population, increase the speed and reduce the cost of transportation of passengers and goods, reduce the burden on the environment, etc. The book provides an overview of existing models, methods and tools for modeling and managing traffic flows in cities. The author identifies the main modern challenges to sustainable development of urban transport systems, which should be taken into account in the development of urban traffic management system. The authors substantiate the need for a systematic approach in the development of traffic management systems in cities and propose a practical tool for its implementation — an integrated digital platform for urban traffic management. Describes the experience of creation and application of an integrated automated control system of traffic management TransInfo and its improved version RITM, for the city of Moscow. In conclusion, the forecast of further development of research and development in the field of modeling and management of transport mobility is given. The book is of interest to a wide range of readers involved in the modeling and management of traffic flows, experts in the field of transport planning, scientists, engineers, economists and mathematicians, as well as graduate students and engineering students.

scholarly journals Analysis and Evaluation of the Influence of Selected its Services on Road Traffic Safety and Efficiency

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 353-364
Author(s):  
Agata Kołodziejska ◽  
Mirosław Siergiejczyk ◽  
Karolina Krzykowska
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transport ◽  
Traffic Efficiency ◽  
Road Traffic Safety ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Low Efficiency

Abstract The implementation of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) nowadays is associated with a strong need to solve problems related to the high accident rate, as well as low efficiency of transportation process management. The topic of this paper is the characterisation of selected intelligent transport services and the determination of their influence on road traffic safety and efficiency. Two services implemented within the framework of the National Traffic Management System in Poland were distinguished, namely: transmitting information to drivers and incident detection. A general analysis of the relationship between the functioning of ITS services and safety on national roads, as well as traffic efficiency therein was conducted.

Study on Road Traffic Condition Identification Based on Floating Taxi

2011 ◽  
Vol 105-107 ◽  
pp. 2250-2254
Author(s):  
Xin Sheng Yao ◽  
Jian Hua Qu ◽  
Ji Lai Ying
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Management ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Sampling Interval ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Traffic Information ◽  
Prototype System ◽  
Data Sampling ◽  
Traffic Condition ◽  
Wireless Communication Protocol ◽  
Information Update

This paper describes a prototype system based on floating taxi for traffic condition identification. The system consists of in-vehicle hardware units placed in floating taxi and backstage database that process all data send from the report units. The communication between the taxi and the database center is based on a very compact wireless communication protocol. The taxi sample size is decided by the variables: section traffic information update cycle, data sampling interval, section covering ratio. The test in a road section showed that the system is operational which could offer useful reference for urban traffic management and resident trips decision.

scholarly journals Change of car driver`s stress index during different periods of the day in urban traffic conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Yuri Davidich ◽  
◽  
Yevhen Kush ◽  
Denys Ponkratov ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Transport Process ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Stress Index ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Driving Assistance ◽  
Almost All

Nowadays, the transport industry plays an important role in human well-being and the functioning of any settlement. Transport systems are involved in almost all areas of production and services. Therefore, any failure in its operation can lead to significant material costs. One of the most important such systems is “driver - vehicle - road - environment”. It should be noted, that the main link in it is “driver”. The correctness and duration of decision-making in different road situations depend on the driver`s functional state. This directly affects the level of traffic safety. Consequently, the tasks of modern transport research are the introduction of methods of the vehicle driver`s conditions monitoring and the detection of his fatigue in its early stages. That`s why the actuality of studying the human operator role in the transport process and the creation of modern means of driving assistance are increasing now.

scholarly journals Long-term urban traffic monitoring based on wireless multi-sensor network

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-208
Author(s):  
Wiktoria Loga-Księska ◽  
Justyna Sordyl ◽  
Artur Ryguła
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Network ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Traffic Monitoring ◽  
Traffic Volume ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
City Centre ◽  
The City

AbstractIncreasing the number of vehicles on the road network and the growing popularity of sustainable development of urban areas have resulted in the need for implementing efficient and cost-effective traffic measurement methods. From the perspective of traffic management, up-to-date information about vehicle density and access to historical data are the key components of traffic variability analyses. Rapid technological development based on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) has popularised the wireless sensor networks (WSN) application. The solution enables continuous monitoring of selected area using multiple wireless and low-cost sensors connected within a network. Those systems are dynamically evolving tools for solving an effective traffic management issues in city centres and urban environments. In the study, authors have performed a traffic variability and its dynamics analysis in a selected area using a multi-sensor network for traffic volume monitoring. The article presents the results of research conducted between years 2015 - 2018 throughout the city of Bielsko-Biala with the support of OnDynamic multimodal system. Within the context of the analyses, basic traffic parameters have been determined and variability trends have been identified on selected road sections. Long-term research indicated the minor variation in a number of vehicle detections and relatively stable traffic volume in the city centre during the analysis period.

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