REVIEW ON ROAD SPEED MANAGEMENT IN URBAN AREAS

Urban transport systems in developing cities face major challenges due to the continuous growth of urban population, congestion, and the fragility of public transportation systems. The speed of vehicles on urban roads has become a matter of concern, as there are lot of accidents leading to fatalities. Speed management should be a central element of any road safety strategy that takes into account the mobility, safety and environmental requirements. The possibility of accident involvement may be positively correlated with speed variation and higher vehicle speeds are generally correlated with increased accident severity. The study overlooks on the need for development of low cost Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) for Indian environment, with the limelight on Tiruchirappalli city, Tamil Nadu, India as the study area. Video Image Processing (VIP) techniques were suggested to estimate the speed of vehicles under Indian traffic conditions, with greater level of accuracy and reliability of traffic data estimation. ITS tool has been proposed to provide a better measure of traffic management to reduce congestion, mortality rates and environmental impacts in Tiruchirappalli city