Real-time Dynamic Traffic Light ControlSystem with Emergency Vehicle Priority

Abstract

Traffic light control systems are widely used to monitor and control vehicles’ flow to provide a smooth and orderly flow of traffic by controlling which lane should be granted to pass through the intersection point without compromising on safety standards. However, a conventional traffic light system handles neither dynamic traffic flow nor the prioritization of emergency vehicles (EVs). Consequently leads to congestion as the conventional traffic light grants underutilized road lanes to have the equal cycle length as a congested lane and possibly causes an accident and delay when multiple EVs are approaching the intersection. This paper proposes an intelligent system that dynamically adjusts the cycle length for each of the lanes at an intersection based on the vehicular density and grants the different types of EVs to pass through the intersection point by assigning different priorities. The system consists of three modules, the traffic light control module, the emergency Radio-frequency identification (RFID) moduleandtheinternetmodule. Thetrafficlightcontrolmoduledetectsvehiculardensityusing ultrasonicsensorsandassignsadynamicsetofcyclelengthbasedontheindividuallanedensity condition. TheemergencyRFIDsareinstalledon differenttypesofEVsbasedonthepreset priority weights. The internet module allows the dynamic traffic light system to be controlled by authorized personnel in a real-time application.