Latest tools and techniques used for traffic management

LATEST TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Traffic management is the organisation, arrangement, guidance and control of both stationary and moving traffic, including pedestrians, bicyclists and all types of vehicles. Its aim is to provide for the safe, orderly and efficient movement of persons and goods, and to protect and, where possible, enhance the quality of the local environment on and adjacent to traffic facilities

Some of the software currently being used in India for traffic management are listed below:

• Automatic Number Plate Recognition (APNR) - APNR system is a state-of-the-art, real time Optical Character Recognition (OCR) based vehicle monitoring system, to provide automatic number plate recognition or license plate recognition for tracking and identification of vehicles. The system analyses a video stream in real-time from the camera and processes the analysed video stream for automatic number plate recognition function. The processed license plates are stored in a database and can be verified against a number of user-defined criteria. The system can be deployed at toll booths, entry/exit traffic surveillance and for law enforcement applications for tracking hot-listed / stolen / suspected / wanted vehicles
• Following are the features of the APNR
• Detects and reads license plates automatically in real time
• Real-time 24/7 city surveillance solution
• Can be integrated with other security modules
• Multiple entry points can be integrated together to a single central module
• Red Light Violation Detection (RLVD) - RLVD is a video based red light enforcement system. It comprises of an overview camera and the ANPR camera. The overview camera shows the entire violation scenario and the ANPR camera captures the number plate of the violating vehicle. The system takes input from the traffic lights and starts capturing red light violations as soon as the traffic signal turns red. It comes with a state-of-the-art user-friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI) for seamless operation. Its features are summarised below:
• Video based red light violation detection system
• Consists of APNR camera and overview camers
• Violation evidence capturing module
• Automated 24 / 7 operation

• Speed enforcement system (SES) -  SES is a state-of-the-art video based speed violation detection system. It determines the vehicle speed by calculating the time between two frames of the vehicle and captures the image of the number plate of the violating vehicle. This system does not use the conventional sensors like radars, inductive loop or laser for detecting the speed. It comes with a state-of-the-art user-friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI) for seamless operation. The GUI provides images of the vehicle and the number plate, text conversion of number plate after OCR, along with date, time and location of the offense. The features of this system are listed below:
• Video based speed violation detection system
• Can give average speed of vehicle between two reference points
• System can be used for hot-listed and wanted vehicles
• Reads upto speeds of 120 kmph with high accuracy.

 Parking Management System (PMS) - Finding and managing parking is a serious problem for cities across the country. A Parking Management System has a high level of customisation depending on the customers needs. The system provides a superior system of security and reliability with complete access to data management. It is designed to meet the needs of controlled parking areas by reducing the effort of people searching for parking slots and increasing revenues for parking facility. It is a comprehensive system comprising of 

• parking sensors
• gateways
• revenue management and
  
• central software for administrative reporting and analytics