What lies ahead for traffic management

What lies ahead for traffic management

When people from the past thought of their future, they thought of flying cars, teleportation technology, and time travel existing. We are now in the time they’ve dreamed of, but those dreams aren’t realized (yet), though advancements in technology has come incredibly far. The goal with most technological advancements was to make life simpler, from being able to virtually order anything we ever need directly to us to easier ways to travel around (not by teleportation unfortunately). 

When it comes to traffic management technology, so much has been done to make the lives of many traffic managers a bit easier, and so much is still left to do. Here are some tech advancements that are utilized for traffic management and what lies ahead for them.

Automated recognition for number plates

It’s pretty much impossible for a person whose job is to record the number plates of a large number of cars to do so efficiently and correctly, especially if the cars aren’t stopping for them. Fortunately, there are cameras that have automated number plate recognition technology, ANPR for short. This is used to automatically read and record the registration numbers of the vehicles as they pass by. The data is then able to be used for many different reasons like implementing regulations for parking or getting the data to law enforcement agencies.

There are two components that make up the ANPR system, a central computer, and fixed cameras for the reading of the number plates. As soon as the number plate is scanned the system records the time, place, and date of that moment and saves it in the database. That information can be used and read if required.

Long range radio frequency identification

The long range radio frequency identification, or RDIF for short, is a system that can automatically tracks and identifies vehicles whenever the come in or out of a certain area like a parking lot or gated community. The data that’s collected by this system can be used for improving security, lessening traffic congestion, and improving the flow of traffic.

The RDIF system uses tags and readers for the communication of the data. The tags are attached to the vehicles so they can be traced and the readers that are doing the tracing are installed at entrances and exits to the areas that need traffic management. The data that is collected from the vehicles are sent to a central database for use if required.

Welcome to the future

Our everyday lives has been forever changed thanks to all of these technological advancements and changes. The two advancements we mentioned in this blog are just a fraction of everything that’s been done in the world of traffic management. One of the figureheads in traffic technology is the tech company https://www.nedapidentification.com/ who’s very own advancements in traffic technology is going to shape the industry’s future.