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oday, almost every Indian above the roadway for this purpose and on traffic status and forecasts. The
megacity is experiencing to obtain the necessary geographical data should be collected, stored and
traffic congestion and its and critical time coverage. They include should be available to traffic police
subsequent problems. Ever inductive loops, non-intrusive traffic and authorities/CCR to compare with
Tincreasing transportation detection devices, video cameras present data and help in forecasting
needs of the exploding urban and video image processing. Each of traffic. The entry and exit of some
population cannot be met perpetually technology has its own advantages and stretches roads/zones will be done
as the available land mass does not shortcomings – so the choice of sensor initially to evaluate flow of traffic and
change. Thus, the need of the hour is type for any ITS application will depend its effect on traffic conditions at various
to reshape the transportation networks on what performs well in the prevailing times of the day/weeks etc.
and infrastructure available in Indian environmental conditions, and its cost. Aabmatica Technologies Pvt Ltd have
cities. Introduction of Intelligent The Sensor is a key element of any developed this solution using different
Transportation Networks offer a viable 3D/4D, HD/UHD smartmicro sensors.
solution and can help urban planners smart system and a course of action is Forward firing 3D object tracking with
reduce traffic congestion in cities to a taken based on its location. The control UHD resolution along with laser scan
large extent. system gathers the data from a group technology are used to get the best
of sensors and uses different variables
Integrating Technology into to distinguish its location and modifies results in all weather conditions. “These
Transportation System its actions consequently. sensors are not image dependent, do
not require cleaning activities and work
Technological integration in Sensing Evolution with minimum bandwidths available”,
transportation system helps in said Arvind
predicting and analysing the traffic Smart cities are looking forward to Tewari, Director
to avoid congestion and gridlocks on real-time monitoring of traffic at major at Aabmatica
the roads. Traffic sensors help detect strategic arterial/urban road network Technologies.
whether cars have entered turn lanes, across the city, for getting data on live-
arrived or are stacked at intersections. traffic, average speed, gap, headway, The analysis
There are numerous technologies occupancy, counting and classification. and processing
which are used in traffic sensor devices The data will not only provide real time of traffic data
such as infrared, radar, lasers, rubber information of traffic but will also help software
hoses, video detection, piezoelectric in planning resource allocation based provides
and inductive loops. Inductive loops
technique is the most commonly used
technique owing to its simple structure
and its advantage that it does not get
affected by weather conditions.
The global traffic sensor market is
segmented based on type, application,
and region. Based on type, the market
is subdivided into infrared sensors,
inductive loops, LiDAR sensors,
piezoelectric sensors, magnetic sensors,
radar sensors, thermal sensors, acoustic
sensors, thermal sensors, and image
sensors.
Roadway Sensors
An effective traffic surveillance and
monitoring system is a pre-requisite for
any intelligent traffic control system
to keep track of prevailing conditions
across the network. A wide range of
different sensors are installed in, on and

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