...Fixing Traffic Congestion By Fixing traffic congestion is no small task. With the number of people growing, in this country and globally, the demand to reduce traffic is growing with it. There have been many proposed ideas to diminish the shear amount of traffic, such as busses, subways, and other means of public transportation. Some believe we need to add more highways or extend lanes on current highways. I have read many ideas and plans to alleviate the flow and have found some that I believe would work. One relatively inexpensive fix is using current technology to help with traffic systems. IBM is working with a few cities across the globe to add data collection and data analysis systems. The data collection systems would use camera, sensors, and possibly phone tracking to send real time information to the analysis systems. These systems would then analyze the data and use it to predict traffic flow. The traffic lights and other roadway control signal would then be able to act according to the load of traffic heading that way. Traffic lights, for example, would stay green longer if no vehicles are at the adjoining intersections. Though this would minimalize traffic congestion due to the flow of traffic, it wouldn’t be a permanent fix due to the growing amount of vehicles on the roads. Better road material and maintenance procedures would help reduce the amount of time vehicles are slowing down due to road and bridge conditions. Proper maintenance lengthens the life...
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...Much of a Good Thing? Visitor Congestion Management Issues for Popular World Heritage Tourist Attractions” published initially in the Journal of Heritage Tourism at Vol.2, November 3, 2007 by Hilary du Cros. The article examined the nature of congestion and the impacts of the congestion on visitor experience at two popular WHS –St Paul’s Ruins and A-Ma Temple(du Cros, 2007). This study found these two attractions in Macao is suffering different types of congestion which cause poor visitor experience and negative impacts on the environment, however few effective congestion management attraction have being implemented. Hilary du Cros researched and investigated the congestion issues at St Paul’s Ruins and A-Ma Temple in which located Macao in 2005 through the census of visitors and buses, the site inspection, the on-site interview and traffic counts, and the on-site observation. As a result, St Paul’s Ruins was more popular and congested than A-Ma temple, each congestion all caused parking problems. Based on this findings, the author continued the study in 2006 and provided some recommendation for congestion problems at these two sites such as some urgent actions are needed to be implement by St Paul’s Ruins and government. Even though this study had been submitted and approved by certain authorities, few of actions had been implemented. Either the political or government department is inadequate to deal with the congestion issues, which caused congestion was suffered increasingly...
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...Background: Traffic congestion is not a new problem. The number of automobiles and trucks have been increased during the last few decades after the car boom period. So there was an urgent need for constructing more highways and bridges , improving traffic-signal controllers, making changeable highway signs, rerouting rush hour traffic, creating traffic-control centers that monitor and display the overall traffic conditions, using preplanned alternative traffic solutions based on repeated daily traffic patterns, etc. However, some strict financial sanctions or fines must be applied to eliminate the problem of traffic jam. For Jeddah city, the streets are overcrowded with cars and people. At the same time, the airports are welcoming a large number of newcomers all over the world every day. Moreover, the number of roads and bridges is not sufficient to the increasing number of vehicles. In addition, in Jeddah there are approximately four million people both Saudis and expatriates who use over one million vehicles to move around the city. We also expect more. Causes of traffic congestion inside the cities Saudi Arabia is a modern Country, but it also has a modern and serious problem. Every day in the morning and evening, the roads and streets are so crowded with cars, taxis, buses and trucks. In this part will mention the causes of traffic congestion in Saudi Arabia’s major cities. In the next lines, we will speak about the several reasons for traffic problems in Saudi...
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...Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Technology played a vital part in our society which helps everyone to easily adopt environment to an ever-changing world. One example of technology is the computer. According to Thakur (n.d.), computer is an advance electronic device that takes raw data as input from the user and process these data under the control of set of instructions (called programs) and gives the result (output) and saves the output for future use (What is Computer, n.d.). Today, computers are used in every field and made the day to day tasks very easy. Computers are also used in many companies that help every employee easily and effectively finish their works such as reports and presentations. In the age of booming technology, running a business without computer and/or information technology is like trying to breathe without lungs. According to Charlie (2012), the business process is under the Information Technology revolution, which is transforming the way in doing business. The way the basic operations like decision making, customer services, operations, marketing strategies, financial management, human resources management, etc. are being reformed with the use of computer (Computer in Business, 2012). Technology has an advanced remarkably that those who are using computers in their businesses are at advantage and those who are not using computers in their businesses are at disadvantage against their competitors. Businesses had been affected...
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...crossings between Michigan and Ontario. The study outlines the impacts of increased traffic congestion and delays due to the growth of border traffic. The study also provides insight into the potential future impacts on cross-border freight activity and industries if this issue is not dealt with. Such impacts can be outlined in the 2005 report, Regional and National Economic Impact of Increasing Delay and Delay-Related Costs at the Detroit River crossings. The North American Free Trade Agreement came into effect in 1994 and solidified trade between Canada and the United States. Canada and the United States are the world’s largest...
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...Environmental Impact Assessment Traffic congestion: This site on victoria road is home to one of sydneys busiest streets, with an average weekday congestion of 75,000 cars, the addition of large trucks will result in potentially significant traffic problems. One must consider the impacts of heavy machinery being used on already busy, congested roads. The increase in traffic during peak periods will result in problematic conditions, especially at the entry and exit point of the site. It is therefore in the councils best interests to manage the increase in congestion by perhaps introducing additional traffic lights at the site. To research this matter further, we will contact the local council and seek advice on how they would proceed in such a scenario. Water waste: The site is nearby a river, which is a tributary to the paramatta river, a major water supply of Sydney. This poses a potential danger to the ecosystem If contaminants run off into the river, possibly causing damage to the local fauna and flora. The final report should asses and determine the potential dangerous levels of contaminants and if the bulk materials factory will breach these levels if it doesn’t comply with environmentally friendly guidelines. Noise pollution: This is a major concern as in the vicinity of the bulk materials factory are a large array of facilities. These include; schools, pre-schools, housing, businesses. The noise generated from equipment in the facility as well as the trucks...
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...companies will pay for the pollution through higher medical expenses and impacts on their health due to unclean air. Therefore the MPC line represents the marginal cost to individual firms whereas the MSC line represents the marginal cost to society. This causes a deadweight welfare loss causing an inefficient market place. 6. Read the following excerpt and answer the following questions TRAFFIC on Sydney’s clogged roads and motorways is now so congested it is costing the majority of businesses in Western Sydney up to $5000 a year. The startling figures were revealed as part of the NRMA Motoring & Services Businesswise survey of almost 730 businesses that run vehicle fleets. Frustrated local businesses who took part in the survey said travel times for each of their work vehicles had jumped, on average, by 59 minutes every day due to roads clogged by commuters forced into their cars because of poor public transport options. In the past year about six out of 10 Western Sydney firms said their fuel bills had risen as a result of congestion ……. Author Jim O’Rourke Source: The Australian web site April 08, 2014 12:00AM (http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/fair-go-for-the-west-theres-a-costly-message-ina-bottleneck-on-our-congested-roads/story-e6frg6n6-1226877298328) Accessed 8th April 2014 6a. Identify the negative externality discussed in the article? The negative externality in this example is traffic congestion as it produces a concentrated load of air pollution form the combustion...
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...protocols in this section will point out the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. • Congestion Avoidance: It is assumed that all losses are due to congestion avoidance, which becomes quite problematic over wireless links. Congestion avoidance is a way to deal with lost packets. In packet-switched networks, packets move in and out of the buffers and queues of switching devices as they pass through the network. A packet-switched network is often referred to as a “network of queues”[W. Stevens 2]. A characteristic of packet-switched networks is that packets may arrive in bursts from one or more sources. Buffers help routers absorb bursts until they can catch up. If traffic is excessive, buffers fill up and new incoming packets are dropped. Increasing the size of the buffers is not a solution, because excessive buffer size can lead to excessive delay. Congestion can occur when data arrives on a fast LAN and gets sent out a slower WAN [Allen 2]. Congestion can also occur when numerous input streams arrive at a router whose output capacity is less than the sum of the inputs. Now, any host injects packets at anytime and those packets are variable in size, which makes predicting traffic patterns, and providing guaranteed service impossible. • Slow-Start mechanism: A similar congestion detection mechanism is applied during slow-start to decide when to change to the congestion avoidance phase. A slow-start mechanism works by limiting the rate at which data is transmitted...
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...TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEMS 1 Combating Congestion Utilizing Adaptive Traffic Signal Systems Gregory Blazina University of St Francis MBAD 656 – Transportation Management & Economics Donald Maier PH.D. August 10, 2007 TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEMS 2 Abstract Traffic congestion is an inescapable problem in large and growing metropolitan areas across the country. With 88% of America’s daily commuters using private vehicles, eliminating traffic congestion is practically impossible. The challenge then becomes finding the best methods to manage congestion as to minimize its impact on commuters, the environment, and the economy. The field of transportation engineering continues to grow and expand with an increasing use of advanced technologies to reduce congestion within our nation’s roadways. One set of technologies, which has evolved over the past 30 years and shows excellent potential for improving traffic conditions in urban areas is advanced traffic signal systems. These systems are the focus of this paper. TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEMS 3 Congestion has traditionally been labeled as a problem to be solved. Between 1980 and 1999, vehicle miles of travel on U.S. roadways grew by 76 percent, while lane miles increased by only 3 percent. Average daily vehicle volumes in urban areas rose by 43...
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...Assignment Of Project Management On An improved proposal of reducing and solving Traffic problem from Dhaka city Prepared For Mohamed Emran Hossain Course teacher Department of business administration Faculty of Business and Economics Daffodil International University Prepared By Name | ID | Yeasser Ahammed | 091-11-856 | Saqib Ahmed Arif | 091-11-804 | Shaila Afrin | 091-11-823 | Md. Sumon Ali | 091-11-761 | Md. Sohel Rana | 091-11-812 | Section: A Batch: 22nd Date of submission: 22nd July 2012 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL July 22nd, 2012 Mohamed Emran Hossain Course teacher Department of business and administration Faculty of Finance and Economics Daffodil International University Dear Sir, As per our course requirement, we have prepared our report “An improved proposal of reducing and solving Traffic problem from Dhaka city”. We are grateful to you for selecting this topic. This topic has given us the wonderful opportunity to work with real project. Beyond any doubt it has enriched our knowledge and increased our experience. This report enabled us to get acquainted with the real life project problem in Bangladesh. We hope you will appreciate our sincere effort. We have tried our level best to gather and show all necessary information relevant to the topic. Our report may suffer from some unintentional mistakes due to inexperience. I hope you will consider my inexperience and this report will meet the standard of your judgment. Sincerely yours Yeasser Ahammed On...
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...QoS techniques like traffic shaping and traffic policing (Fulber-Garcia, 2022). In this post, I will explore the pros and cons of both techniques to offer a thorough understanding of making an informed decision. Traffic Shaping Pros: 1. Improved Bandwidth Utilization: Traffic shaping regulates the flow of data packets to ensure optimal use of available...
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...Oliveira Due date: 12 March, 2015 Contents Traffic Congestion - Problems Faced by Brazil's Largest City 3 Causes and Consequences 4 Likely Solutions 8 Bibliography References 12 Traffic Congestion - Problems Faced by Brazil's Largest City São Paulo is a Brazilian state which has 645 municipalities and more than 40 million habitants. São Paulo city is the capital of São Paulo state and the largest city in South America. According to IBGE, Brazil’s main government research institute, in its last census the population in the city of São Paulo is about 11 million inhabitants, with more than 20 million people living in the greater metropolitan area. This urban concentration shows why it’s more expensive to rent an office in São Paulo city than it is in New York City. As mentioned by Time magazine, the city of São Paulo has the world's worst recurrent traffic jam. According to reports from a Brazilian's traffic management agency, located in São Paulo, the average traffic jams on Friday evenings is 180km (112 miles) and the city’s historical congestion record was set on May 23rd, 2014, with 214 miles (344 km) of congestion around the city during the evening rush hour on that Friday. The previous highest occurrence was on November 14th, 2013, with 192 miles (309 km) of congestion. Aside from facing violence, commuting is definitively one of the biggest challenges of living in São Paulo. Causes and Consequences Traffic congestion is an undesirable condition on road networks...
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...Building road infrastructures and constructing the road damages improves the flow of traffic. Delay of these projects, however, creates road congestions. Therefore, if delay of constructions were practice, instead of aiding the problem of traffic congestions, these only leads to chaos and elongate the problem of heavy traffic. The essence of building infrastructures correspondingly lost if the project is delayed. A model of a successful construction moreover must be known. Good infrastructure is the primary factor that determines economic growth and development. (E.A.,2010) Countries that has successful outcome prove that good infrastructure is significant to move people, goods, services that upgrades economic activities. Eliminating...
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...Environment for Development Discussion Paper Series January 2014 EfD DP 14-01 A Review of Beijing’s Vehicle Lottery Short-Term Effects on Vehicle Growth, Congestion, and Fuel Consumption J un Y an g, Yi ng Li u, Pi ng Q i n, an d An tu ng A. Li u Environment for Development Centers Central America Research Program in Economics and Environment for Development in Central America Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) Email: centralamerica@efdinitiative.org Chile Research Nucleus on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (NENRE) Universidad de Concepción Email: chile@efdinitiative.org China Environmental Economics Program in China (EEPC) Peking University Email: china@efdinitiative.org Ethiopia Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia (EEPFE) Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI/AAU) Email: ethiopia@efdinitiative.org Kenya Environment for Development Kenya University of Nairobi with Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) Email: kenya@efdinitiative.org South Africa Environmental Economics Policy Research Unit (EPRU) University of Cape Town Email: southafrica@efdinitiative.org Tanzania Environment for Development Tanzania University of Dar es Salaam Email: tanzania@efdinitiative.org Sweden Environmental Economics Unit University of Gothenburg Email: info@efdinitiative.org USA (Washington, DC) Resources for the Future (RFF) Email: usa@efdintiative.org The Environment...
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...2012 International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Engineering (ICTTE 2012) IPCSIT vol. 26 (2012) © (2012) IACSIT Press, Singapore Private Vehicle Ownership and Transportation Planning in Malaysia Noresah Mohd Shariff + School of Distance Education Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang Malaysia Abstract. This paper analyzes current trends in private vehicle ownership in Malaysia. For the past decades private vehicle ownership has increased tremendously in this country which is partly due to the economic growth, rapid urban development, population growth and inadequate public transport availability and services. In 2010, Malaysia has a population of 28.3 million, 17.4 million private vehicle automobiles and 11.7 million registered drivers. Traditionally, income has been hypothesized as a major determinant of private vehicle ownership. However, the spatial arrangement of urban fabric has becoming more important determinant of owning a vehicle. Other determinants such as government policy, auto vehicle financing, household characteristics and travel characteristics are also important. Therefore this paper is analyzing the spatial determinants of private vehicle ownership in Malaysia with a special reference to the Penang Island. Penang Island is located on the northeastern region of Malaysia and is an industrialized and a highly developed island. Penang Island has a population of 575,498 in 2000 and 740,200 in 2010, an increase of 29 percent for the last 10 years...
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