An urban traffic management system based on vehicle cooperation.

Abstract

The next generation of smart cities will rely on

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITSs) due to the increased complexity and dynamism of traffic caused by continuous urbanization

and population growth. The traditional techniques to deal with these challenges are expensive and have a great impact on

people’s lives and, in this scenario, the introduction of computational and technological solutions is necessary. In order to

minimize the problems caused by congestion in urban centers, we present Let Me Know!, a traffic management system inspired by the communication among vehicles that allows the request and availability of information related to vehicular traffic. The vehicles request information in order to update a distributed database containing momentary analyzes of road traffic. Through extensive performance analysis, we show our system’s ability to reduce traffic congestion with a low impact on the network.