Integrated Platform for Road Traffic Safety Data Collection and Information Management

This paper presents a set of integrated solutions for automation and information technologies and communications with the purpose of increasing the road traffic safety and security, via an intelligent management of sensor data and image fusion. These results were obtained in the framework of several national research programs and finalized in pilot systems, successfully installed and operated in some locations from Romania. The integrated platform for traffic safety monitoring includes a sensing section, equipped with non-intrusive sensors and a camera for data collection, a central dispatching computer and connections with the traffic controllers. It also employs an innovative solution for road signaling field data collection, communication, operation, and management of information (including geographic information) and automatic traffic incident/equipment fault reporting presented to users, via a web portal. The novelty of the system consists in the solutions adopted, including the mobile data collection facilities, available on handheld devices for: (i) field data acquisition and traffic infrastructure information updating and (ii) traveler information via Internet, along the roadways. The components that are integrated result in synergetic effect in service oriented solution for improving traffic flow and reducing congestion in cities, useful for decision-makers and for citizens.