Intelligent Traffic Control System for Conges...

Intelligent Traffic Control System for Congestion Avoidance, Ambulance Path Clearance and Stolen Vehicle Detection

Author Name : Bhoomika prasad, Sushma Kr

ABSTRACT

This paper presents an intelligent traffic control system to pass emergency vehicles smoothly. Wherein each vehicle is equipped with special radio frequency identification (RFID) tag (placed at a strategic location), which makes it impossible to remove or destroy. We use Arduino Uno and 125 KHz RFID card ID reader module. Arduino Uno counts the number of vehicles that passes in a particular path during a specified duration. It also determines the traffic congestion, and the green light duration for that path. If the RFID tag read belongs to the stolen vehicle, then a message is sent using GSM SIM800A to the nearest police control room. In addition, when an emergency vehicle is approaching the junction, the light will be turned to green and it will remain green until that ambulance or any other emergency vehicle passes that junction. This module uses ZigBee CC2500 pair and Arduino Uno for wireless communications between the ambulance and traffic light control. The prototype was tested under different combinations of inputs in our wireless communication laboratory and experimental results were found as expected.

Keywords: ZigBee CC2500, GSM SIM800A, Arduino Uno, 125 KHz RFID card ID reader, vehicle, stolen vehicle, congestion control, traffic junction.