Intelligent Traffic Management Systems Using Deep Learning

  • Authors

    • Dr. Ibrahim Lawal Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger state. Author

    DOI:

    https://doi.org/10.67228/30713315/IJAIDT-2023PII7Q9M

    Published 09-04-2023

  • Intelligent Traffic Management, Deep Learning, Smart Cities, Traffic Prediction, Reinforcement Learning, Computer Vision

    Issue

    Vol. 6 No. 2 (2023)

    Section

    Articles

    How to Cite

    [1]
    I. Lawal, “Intelligent Traffic Management Systems Using Deep Learning”, IJAIDT, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 01–14, Sep. 2023, doi: 10.67228/30713315/IJAIDT-2023PII7Q9M.

  • Abstract

    The Intelligent Traffic Management Systems (ITMS) have become an important feature of the smart city infrastructure because of the fast increase in the city population and the consequent urban traffic congestion, fuel use, and road accidents. Conventional methods of traffic management apply a lot on the operation of fixed-time control mechanisms and rule-based systems, which are not flexible to the dynamic traffic conditions. In the recent past, progress in the field of deep learning has resulted in the creation of data-driven systems of traffic management that can learn intricate spatial and temporal patterns of traffic through major sources of heterogeneous data. The paper provides a detailed research on designing, implementing and testing of an Intelligent Traffic Management System based on deep learning. The suggested system combines convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to estimate the traffic density, recurrent neural networks (RNNs) and long short-term memory (LSTMs) to predict the traffic flow, and reinforcement learning (RLs) to control traffic signals. Various data sources such as live video streams, sensor data and past traffic data are used to improve accuracy of predictions and effectiveness of decisions. The proposed system architecture includes a modular architecture that will include all the layers of data acquisition, preprocessing, model training, and real-time deployment. Numerous experiments on benchmark traffic datasets have shown that congestion is greatly reduced, the average vehicle waiting time is minimized and the traffic throughput is much improved in comparison to traditional systems. The findings confirm that traffic management systems based on deep learning can contribute significantly to the improvement of urban mobility, environmental impact, and road safety. This paper has given relevant information about the application of AI-driven traffic control systems in practice and opened up the prospects of future research in intelligent transportation systems.

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