TrafficKarma: Estimating Effective Traffic Indicators using Public Data

Abstract

TrafficKarma optimizes the use of publicly available information to monitor and estimate traffic data in order to map and visualize it for its effective use. This is achieved by using state of the art optimization and machine learning techniques coupled with insightful visualization of the data. Traffic Karma can be used by authorities in transportation, traffic police and various agencies that needs current(online) or past(statistical) information about traffic. This paper will concisely explain the features of the application proposed, strategy, data sources and methodology, system architecture and the data analysis techniques used.