Dear Friends,
Traffic congestion is an issue that virtually every driver has to contend with at some point of time in their life. It affects millions of people all over the world and Traffic officials in every government are grappling with congestion and face challenges.
So how do people around the world try and meet these challenges ?
In today's day & age, one of the most easily implementable, a mathematically accurate, most reliable, needs the shortest of uptime and the most cost effective solution, is to simply make use of the available technology !
Following are the broad suggestions that may be looked at:
Integrate the data received from the following millions of sources:
a. Make GPS Navigation System compulsory for all the vehicles, new as well as existing old ones (two wheelers, four wheeler cars, trucks etc) and connect them to a central server.
b. Make the entire road signalling system GPS & GSM Wireless Communication compliant and connect them to a central server.c. Install necessary Govt. road side sensors & messaging system and connect them to a central server.
d. Make installation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFid) instruments compulsory for all the vehicles, new as well as existing old ones, so that de-congestion charges if any, can be collected automatically without any manual intervention, and thereby traffic can be intelligently re-distributed and streets de-congested (please refer to post script for more on this) .
e. Finally, integrate data from all the above millions of sources, process the same and disseminate it for Govt. messaging system, RFid traffic regulation etc., as well as, disseminate the same to individual road user, which includes footpath users, vehicle users, public transport users etc.
I believe, the above can scientifically regulate a smooth flow of traffic in every single nook & corner of the entire city (or for that matter state/country), and thereby try and decongest the roads & streets in an optimum possible way.
Please Note: Now, which of the above points need to be introduced, how they need to be introduced, whether any of these need to be made compulsory for each of the vehicles or not, etc. for that purpose a knowledgable consultant needs to be employed e.g. TOMTOM .
Regards,
Sunil.
Post script:
How RFid tool can be used to redistribute and regulate the flow of traffic (elaborate examples on point (d)RFid above):
> If there are two parallel roads in a particular direction which can share the same traffic, and if one is being used more than the other, then a congestion tax through RFid may be collected from the road which is used more, so that both the roads share equal traffic, and the users of the road transparently educated about the concept before charging them.
> Similarly, if a particular road sees an unequal distribution of traffic of say 16 lakh vehicle over 16 hours during the day, that is to say, it sees a traffic of > 0.5 lakh vehicles between 6.00 to 8.00 a.m. > 6 lakh vehicle between 8.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m > 3.5 lakh vehicle during 1.00 p.m to 6.00 p.m. > 6 lakh vehicle between 6.00 to 10.00 p.m, then an appropriate congestion tax may be collected, so that people themselves choose to use the road in such a way that the traffic is more or less equally distributed over peak and non-peak hours i.e. instead of a traffic of 25 to 75 thousand per hour in non-peak hours and 1.5 to 2 lakh per hour in peak hours, redistribute them more or less to 1 / 1.25 lakh vehicles per hour, and more importantly the users of the road transparently educated about the concept, before charging them.
> THUS, combine congestion charges with an excellent public transport system, and thereby gradually shift people to voluntarily choose / prefer public transport over private vehicles, and at each stage keep citizens informed and educated about the entire programme.
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