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Technology and Engineering
- ISSN: 2333-2581
- Modern Environmental Science and Engineering
ITS Operational Solutions for the Enhancement of Road Mobility and Safety in Through
Road Corridors of the Brazilian Great Metropolis
Maria Lúcia Alves da Silva1, S. O. C. Garcia2, and E. P. Mello2
1. Santa Úrsula University, Brazil
2. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract: This article deals with case studies to propose operational measures to improve traffic circulation with application of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) technologies, aiming to increase traffic mobility and safety in urban corridors of BR-493/RJ, namely the Metropolitan Arch of Rio de Janeiro, and BR-040, BR-381, and BR-262, components of the Belo Horizonte Road Ring, in order to be able to face, in these corridors, the problems represented by their high accident rates and traffic congestions, increases in travel time and, as a consequence, in the operational costs of both cargo and passenger transport, as well as higher exhaust coefficients mainly of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.
Key words: intelligent transport systems, mobility, traffic safety
