TRAFFIC INCIDENT MONITORING
Description
Traffic Incident Monitoring takes reports of traffic incidents like for example road works, and verifies them against current traffic. Backed by a trust and reputation database, road closures and delays are reported to SPITS on-board units.
Objectives
The objective of this product is to obtain report of traffic incidents, verify them against current traffic, and send the report to SPITS on-board units via a trust and reputation database.
Inputs
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Mobile communication technology for long range communications
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Registered users for traffic reporting
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Navigation with Live Traffic info (TomTom HD Traffic) for verification purposes
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A trust and reputation system
Benefits
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Users registered to SPITS can receive live traffic information to plan journey
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Traffic jams can reduce if information is sent before vehicles clog the road
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A reward system can be set up for reputed traffic incident reporters, attracting more people to sign up
Traffic Incident Monitoring
Developed by
Project Status
Communication Protocol
TomTom, Nspyre
Demonstrated
Celullar Communications (4G LTE, HSDPA)
Project Outcomes
The product with a working HMI and model has been demonstrated for use. Currently Google Maps and Waze have an application in place, but several users report inaccuracies.
Limitations
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Will require a good amount of convincing for potential users to switch from popular, free apps like Waze or Google Maps
Scorecard
Refer to “Evaluation” for details on scoring.