News. Bangkok’s traffic problem has been getting worse since the government introduced a policy to refund tax for first-time car buyers. Coupled with the Thai aspiration to own a car and get some status‚ this policy has resulted in five million vehicles in a city which can only cope with less than two million cars. Once I got into a jam in downtown Bangkok‚ when I spent almost two hours moving less than a kilometre. Sometimes‚ my colleagues have arrived at work up to four hours late. I think the
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A Paper presentation on REAL TIME IMAGE PROCESSING APPLIED TO TRAFFIC – QUEUE DETECTION ALGORITHM [pic] ABSTRACTh This paper primarily aims at the new technique of video image processing used to solve problems associated with the real-time road traffic control systems. There is a growing demand for road traffic data of all kinds. Increasing congestion problems and problems associated with existing detectors spawned an interest in such new
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Traffic Jams Traffic jams in Vietnam only frequently take place in Hanoi capital and Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnamese people seem be accustomed to traffic congestion‚ even miss it whenever they go to other places. There is no fixed rule for the time the traffic jams to happen but it is worst during the rush hour when everyone is in a hurry to get to work or come back home. Apart from peak hours‚ the time between 9 am to 10 am and between 3 pm to 4 pm also witnesses long lines of vehicles‚ mainly
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CASE STUDY TWO WAYS TO REDUCE THE QUANTITY OF SMOKING DEMANDED Public policymakers often want to reduce the amount that people smoke. There are two ways that policy can attempt to achieve this goal. One way to reduce smoking is to shift the demand curve for cigarettes and other tobacco products. Public service announcements‚ mandatory health warnings on cigarette packages‚ and the prohibition of cigarette advertising on television are all policies aimed at reducing the quantity of cigarettes demanded
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vehicles which lead to serious traffic congestion problems. This places a greater demand on operating roadway systems with maximum efficiency. One major factor that affects the traffic flow is the management of the traffic at road intersections. Hence a good traffic management system is needed to maximize the efficiency of the traffic flow. “Traffic Signal” mainly controls the traffic at various junctions. This is specialized software designed to control heavy traffic very easily by changing the lights
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Technology is the best way to reduce the impact of an earthquake. To what extent do you agree with this view? Technology can be used in a variety of ways. It can be used to manage the hazard as well as the vulnerability and loss. Despite the fact that unlike volcanoes‚ there is no definite or set method on predicting earthquakes‚ technology in terms of seismographs and tilt meters are used to give a slight clue. One method of reducing the impact is by managing the vulnerability. One of the main
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freeway with many lanes and heavy traffic. Traffic on roads may consist of pedestrians‚ ridden or herded animals‚ vehicles‚ streetcars and other conveyances‚ either singly or together‚ while using the public way for purposes of travel. Traffic laws are the laws which govern traffic and regulate vehicles‚ while rules of the road are both the laws and the informal rules that may have developed over time to facilitate the orderly and timely flow of traffic. Organized traffic generally has well-established
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Introduction Highway traffic operations are influenced by the behavior of drivers. A highway can be used by a finite number of vehicles‚ and the driver perceived safe distances between vehicles determine this limit. For a given speed‚ as distances become shorter‚ more vehicles can use the highway. Both the volume of drivers choosing to use the highway (demand) and the maximum volume that can be served (supply) depend on driver behavior. Congestion results from too many people attempting to reach
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“TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT” (A Case Study of Road Network of Main CBD Area Hyderabad) SUBMITTED BY: WAQAR AHMED 10 MCRP 06 SUBMITTED TO: IRFAN AHMED MEMON DEPARTMENT OF CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING MEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY JAMSHORO 1. INTRODUCTION Traffic management is the term used to describe the study of the needs of all users of the transport system and provision of better facilities
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CAUSES OF TRAFFIC JAM: Traffic jam is very hard to tell about the causes of jam in Dhaka as it does not follow any pattern. It is a common practice in Dhaka to blame rickshaws as the only reason for creating traffic congestion. But in reality there are several of reasons behind this problem. Effective reasons include: Significant increase in population and also in all types of vehicles All of the major export oriented Industries‚ corporate offices‚ significant number of Export Promotion Zones
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