Intelligent route selection in road ways

Abstract

The basic mode of transportation for limited distances is mainly through road ways. As the problem of urban traffic congestion spreads, there is a pressing need for the introduction of advanced technology and equipment to improve the state-of-the-art traffic control. Traffic problems nowadays are increasing because of the growing number of vehicles and the limited resources provided by current infrastructures. Due to this, there is a need to wait for more time in front of the signals. This leads to waste of time. In concern with this problem, we have designed a paper that will help the people in taking the alternate routes in times of long traffic In the proposed method, vehicles count in the traffic is detected using image processing techniques. A camera will be installed along with the traffic light on the signalling post It will capture the image sequences. The image of an empty road is taken as the reference image and background subtraction is performed with the captured image to detect the traffic density. The vehicles on the captured road images will be counted. The vehicles count is updated in the SQL server through RF signals. Unique code win be assigned to the local server. By sending message to that code providing the name of the signal area, its traffic detail will be sent to the corresponding user. According to the received message from the signal area, people choose heir alternate way for their timely reach to their job or occasion. This will be used for all the local area working people. This reduces the waiting time in the traffic signals when the vehicles count is higher. The paper results in reducing the waiting time in the traffic signals as the traffic is set according to the traffic density. Hence the traffic movement will be smooth.