Members:

Nisheeth Gupta (MEC 08)
Nitin Kumar (MEC 08)
Arvind Jain (MEC 08)
Amit Birla (MEC 08)

A brief description of the project:

Traffic congestion is one of the worst problems in many countries. Traffic congestion wastes a huge portion of the fuel and creates environmental problem. INTELLI TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM (ITCS) aims to make the present traffic lights on a crossing more effective and less time consuming. In our project we used Computer simulation which provides an appealing approach to analyze traffic flow & signal light timing. In our system we have touch sensors(on every lane ) on which when a car passes it sends a signal to computer.A software counts cars on each side and signals green light accordingly.

Underlying Principles / Technical Details

It uses parallel port to receive signals as well as it controls all the green lights.
There are touch sensors installed on each lane which when pressed send a signal to computer. There counting process through software goes on and accordingly it signals the green light.

Problems addressed by the envisioned product and the solution offered:

In normal traffic light system, the green lights are on for a specific period and sequence(for changing lights) is uniform. So whether there are 10 or 100 vehicles at any side the duration of green light remains constant which wastes a lot of time and money. Also if, of the four sides, if any one side is having heavy rush or relatively more traffic from other 3 sides then also the green light of that particular side is on for same time period as for other three sides, and it gets turn after a long time only. What our system does is.it removes this present fault.

A Step Forward…

The system here we are demonstrating is just a prototype. It can be upgrade easily to have some avant-grade features as…

• A micro controller can be used instead of a computer which reduces its cost and compactness to great extent.
• Interlinking of different crossing light systems having this feature is easy and can be a very effective tool for handling huge rush.
• This project can be modified easily to work for any other similar thing like parking area etc.