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TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
Beating traffic jams
with intelligent video
technology
In many cities, building new road capacity is not an option
– either because of available space, disruption to economic
activities, or budgetary constraints. In these circumstances,
city authorities are beginning to look to smart technologies
to make people’s journeys faster and safer.
According to one study from INRIX, a leading To find long-term solutions, city authorities
provider of transport insights, Los Angeles are looking into the root causes of traffic
commuters spent over 100 hours a year in traffic congestion. In Hong Kong, the city’s Transport
jams in 2017 – more than any other city in the Advisory Committee published a report
world. Additionally, London traffic jams cost identifying the top-three causes of excessive
drivers the equivalent of £2,430 (US$3,135) traffic. These are: Too many vehicles on roads,
each, equal to more than £9.5 billion illegal parking, and too much road works.
(US$12.3 billion) across the city as a whole. Next generation video solutions are already
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