The smart city concept-Improving traffic fluidity, improving citizen safety and creating an integrated computer-aided dispatcher

Abstract

Rapid urbanization of cities presents challenges related to the infrastructure for government and municipalities – in the context of estimating that in 2050 a percentage of 80% of the Europe’s population shall be concentrated inside large cities and their neighboring areas. As cities grow and expand their services, the administration and governance become increasingly complex. Therefore, it is required to transform cities in order to address the challenges generated by the security of citizens, the social, economic, engineering and environmental security. The regulation of the traffic in Targu Jiu City is made, mainly, by road indicators that establish the priority of passing through the intersection, but also by roundabouts or traffic light intersections. Currently, traffic light intersections are equipped with time intersection machines. The implementation of the interoperability requirements within different fields or within a single field is the task of the responsible public authorities and must be the object of the development and efficiency directions for the future

Keywords

• smart city
• infrastructure
• traffic fluidity
• citizen safety