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TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

PTV
Integrating Traffic

Management System

Taichung City in Taiwan optimises road network with PTV’s real-time
traffic management software

ith currently to north on the Zhongqing Road are further minimise the delays at the
around also frequently affected by delays. In intersection.
2.8 million total, the area covers approximately
inhabitants, 535 kilometres of roads with 61 Integrating an intelligent
WTaichung City’s signalised intersections. transportation system
main transport corridors are Widening the roads is only To make the best use of the
suffering from heavy congestion. the first step existing infrastructure and further
Especially during peak hours and also optimise traffic flow on a strategic
on holidays, the intersections in the To improve traffic flow, Taichung level, Taichung City in October
suburban area of the Daya Region, City already implemented different 2017, joined forces with Far EasTone
close to the ramps of Freeway 1 and engineering actions: Another lane Telecommunications (FET) and PTV
Expressway 74, are packed with was added for vehicles turning left Group. “The ongoing ITS system
traffic. The highway ramp metering at the junction of Huanzhong Road phase 2 will further expand to
system often leads to oversaturation and Daya Interchange Contact Road. include more real-time data sources,
and congestion, spilling back on to During peak hours and on holidays, such as mobile phone and GPS data.
the associated urban roads and the hard shoulder is also used as Thanks to the support of PTV Group,
junctions thereby reducing overall an additional lane to keep traffic the motorcycle algorithms will also
network efficiency. On particularly moving. As a third intervention, be implemented into the system to
busy days, motorists driving on Taichung City added one lane at better localise to Taichung traffic
Huanzhong Road from east to west, the junction Huanzhong Road and conditions,” says Feng Hui-Sheng,
experience travel delays of up to 45 Daya Interchange Contact Road for Taichung Transportation Bureau
minutes. Cars travelling from south vehicles traveling southwards to Deputy Director-General.

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