How To Enhance Traffic And Safety On City Roads

Whether you are on Delhi, Islamabad, Beijing, or London roads, traffic and safety on city roads are common issues for people across the world. Coming across a long line of vehicles and accidents is usual, especially during peak hours. On an average, people spend an extra 1-2 hours a day on city roads. In addition, accidents are common due to non-maintenance of proper distances between a vehicle and another. On the government side, enforcement of traffic rules & regulations with the use of several mechanical to IT solutions such as a distance detection system must be in action. Apart from this, you (city authority and common people) can follow the following ideas to enhance traffic and safety on your city roads:

Implement adaptive traffic signals

You would have faced a situation in which you were unable to move even if the traffic light went from red to yellow to green to red. Such traffic signals make traffic worse or congested for everyone who is on roads.

The implementation of adaptive traffic signals can be highly beneficial for such a situation. Such signals work on sensors and can sense the approaching vehicles to adjust the traffic phasing accordingly. In spite of creating extra capacity or time, such a signal allocates time properly to manage and lower traffic congestions. 

Use drones for delivery services

In the current world, people live a fast-paced life. And hence, they want to get the needed things done as soon as possible. Traffic congestion and accident prones on city roads work as a barrier. As a result, people and companies face delays in deliveries of products/services.

To resolve the delivery delay issues, ecommerce companies are on the way to use drones. The use of drones is the fastest and safe delivery of goods at consumers’ end. And Amazon is ready to introduce the use of drones. If it happens, people will have a new and exciting experience.

Opt for share rides or carpooling

Managing traffic and enhancing safety on city roads are not meant only for government offices but also for common people. As a conscious citizen, you should share your vehicle or ride with others if both of you work in the same company or use the same route to reach your workplace. Sharing rides or vehicles with others will lower the number of vehicles and make the concerned authorities manage traffic on city roads more comfortable.    

Build more humps or roundabouts on roads

There is a higher chance of accidents on roads if vehicles change sides without any interruption. Many studies have revealed that vehicles running along a roundabout reduce their speed up to 15 to 10 kilometres an hour. Speed reduction lowers the chances of accidents. And as a result, the road around the roundabout is safer. City authorities should focus on the construction of more roundabouts for changing the sides.

Install automated traffic enforcement solutions

Apart from educating people, you (the city authority) must work on enforcing people obey traffic rules & regulations. And for this, you can opt for the installation of traffic enforcement solutions that could be:

• Red Light Violation Detection System
• Speed Violation Detection System
• Wrong Way Detection System
• And allied others

Ensure the availability of traffic personnel

People are of different natures. Some are polite and follow each rule & regulation while some are ridiculous and avoid following rules & regulations in their life. Such ridiculous and ill-minded people create problems for others everywhere, including roads. To control such people, the city authorities must deploy traffic officers at a proper distance and the number of traffic officers should be more at highly affected or bad areas in a city.   

Construct pedestrian paths along the road and make zebra crossings

People come under vehicles while walking on roads or crossing roads. You, the city authority, should ensure that there is not a lack of paths for pedestrians and zebra crossings. Construct the same if you come to know that there are no such structures on roads in any part of your city.    

Conclusion

Managing traffic and ensuring safety on city roads depend on both the concerned authority and common people. Both of you need to work together. The ideas mentioned in the write-up are effective. You, the city authority, can also work on having a centre island on road and radar speed display if you are looking for more ideas.