A vehicle route management solution enabled by Wireless Vehicular Networks

Abstract

Traffic congestion is a very serious problem which is growing worse as the number of cars on the road continues to increase, out-pacing the provision of road capacity. This paper presents a novel vehicle routing algorithm for TraffCon - an innovative traffic management system for wireless vehicular networks. The algorithm tackles the traffic congestion problem by seeking to optimize the usage of the existing road capacity, reduce vehicle trip times and decrease fuel consumption and the consequent gas emissions. Results demonstrate that the algorithm significantly reduces congestion, journey times and fuel consumption and emissions in comparison with an existing approach.