GPS assisted traffic alerting and road congestion reduction mechanism

Abstract

Traffic congestion is one of the major problems which almost all people face in their day-to-day life. Resources such as time, fuel and money are wasted because of this problem. Both government and non-government parties have taken many actions to reduce this problem but it remains as it was. There are some solutions which provide non-live traffic alerts through mobile phones such as Dialog SatNav, Mobitel T-Navi. Alternative Traffic Alert (ANT) system provides real time traffic alerts to road travellers, giving them the best condition, cost beneficial and optimal alternative route to use at a time of a traffic jam. ANT Solution is implemented with the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) based vehicle tracking, vehicle motion based traffic condition evaluation, mobile and web technologies. This ANT approach supports any mobile phone while other available systems only limited to SMART phones. In addition ANT also performs cost, distance and velocity calculations before determining the best and optimal alternative route.