SRD-LB: A Smart Route Determining algorithm with Load Balancing for Smart Cities in India

Abstract

Traffic congestion has emerged as one of the major problems in developing countries like India. It has a very negative effect on the economy, life of the citizens and the quality of services. Traffic congestion can furthermore, increases the response time of emergency services. Some of the main reason for the emergence of this problem are due to exponential increase in number of vehicles in the past decade, lack of adequate infrastructure, insufficient parking space and inefficient law enforcement leading to traffic congestion. Researchers have been trying hard to come up with an efficient solution to the problem. This work presents a Smart Route Determining algorithm with Load Balancing (SRD-LB) based on real time traffic data analysis, road conditions and environmental factors to reduce the travel time. The simulation results proved the efficiency of SRD-LB in successfully reducing the travel time and avoiding traffic congestion.