Traffic management: the key to smooth traffic flow
Intelligent traffic management improves traffic flow, enhances safety, and plays a key role in environmental protection. It optimizes travel times and routes, reduces congestion, and maximizes the efficiency of existing infrastructure.
Discover the principles of traffic management and how cutting-edge technologies - powered by algorithms, artificial intelligence, and traffic models - are making it smarter.
What is Traffic Management?
Traffic management is the process of monitoring and controlling traffic flow to ensure the efficient and safe movement of people and goods. This is often achieved through software solutions that use real-time data, intelligent algorithms, and communication technologies to regulate traffic, automate processes, and optimize the entire mobility system.
Typically, traffic management falls under the responsibility of traffic authorities, municipal administrations, transport operators, or the police.
Software for traffic operations management
Software can greatly upgrade traffic operations management – either in a control room, or on desktop computers. There are many benefits to using software as part of the traffic management system, including:
- Improved efficiency: Software automates many tasks, such as collecting traffic data, controlling traffic signals, and managing incidents. This can free up staff to focus on other tasks, such as planning and analysis.
- Improved accuracy: Software that provides real-time data on traffic conditions can help to improve the accuracy of decisions. This leads to better traffic flow and reduced congestion.
- Improved safety: Software provides real-time information about traffic incidents and allows transport agencies to respond to incidents more quickly.
- Increased visibility: Software can provide a comprehensive view of traffic conditions, which can help transportation agencies to anticipate, identify, and address problems more quickly.
- Cost-effectiveness: While implementing the software may involve some investment and resources, the long-term benefits can outweigh the costs.
PTV Group software for traffic operations management
PTV Group’s powerful software tools for traffic operations management are PTV Optima and PTV Flows.
Both software enable municipalities and transport authorities to monitor and predict traffic in real-time. They differ, however, on the number of features, capabilities and resources needed to operate them.
Read more about the differences between PTV Optima and PTV Flows and find out which one is right for your needs.
Free checklist for efficient traffic management
Efficient traffic management is crucial for creating sustainable and livable cities. The path to an efficient traffic dashboard is much easier than you might think and, with the help of our checklist, can be ready in under a month.
PTV Optima for traffic operations management
PTV Optima is a real-time traffic management software for multimodal networks. It delivers detailed traffic forecasts and monitoring dashboards, so users always have a complete overview of the situation and take the right actions. Key features and benefits of PTV Optima include:
Get unique traffic information for every road, intersection and lane
Find the most effective action plan for your traffic operations
Monitor and forecast in real-time both road and pt networks
PTV Flows for traffic operations management
PTV Flows is a cost-effective and hassle-free solution for real-time traffic monitoring. This cloud-based software visualizes problems in the road network and can detect or anticipate unexpected congestion. Automatic alerts from PTV Flows help traffic operators to proactively manage traffic, reduce the length of delays, improve safety, and increase the efficiency of the transport system. Key features and benefits of PTV Flows include:
All necessary maps and data are included in the package and automatically updated
You only pay for what you need; no expensive hardware or infrastructure necessary
PTV Flows runs in the background and automatically informs the operator about current or upcoming incidents
Public Transport Operations management
Public transport operations management is one of the most critical aspects of public transit networks. It includes tasks such as scheduling vehicles, assigning drivers, and managing passenger information. With PTV Group’s software, you can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public transport systems by providing real-time information on passenger demand, traffic conditions, and vehicle availability.