Density Based Dynamic Traffic Control System

Abstract

In today’s modern world, lifestyle requires fast and rapid transport mediums which play a vital role in economic development for any nation but there is steady rise in traffic density level the public roads, especially at the peak hours, due to increased number of cars, many countries are dealing with the same problem and it is becoming a major concern to transportation specialists and decision makers. A possible solution to this is to handle the signal at a junction according to the occurring traffic density. Density based traffic signal is a designed project which can smartly handle high density traffic problem. Density based dynamic traffic signal system is developed. It is based on “Time Signal Manipulation Algorithm”. Present day’s traffic signaling system is fixed time based. Here in this project, four Arduino’s are used as the slaves for four different lanes. These slaves have been connected to the load cells, which in turn calculate the density on the particular road. This paper is aimed at designing a density based dynamic traffic signal system where the timing of signal will be manipulated depending on the density of traffic at any junction. The proposed paper will help in reducing the traffic congestion period and reduced fuel consumption at the junctions.