Using VANET as mechanism for monitoring compliance of speed and mobility restrictions: a Quito-Ecuador case study
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Quito, Intelligent Transport System, "Hoy no Circula" program, Speed Control, Sustainable mobilityAbstract
Quito city in Ecuador is well know for its traffic issues. This is mostly generated because the geography of the capital city. It is a narrow but long territory that makes transportation to be difficult and generates traffic jams, specially in rush hours. For a long time this problem has been the center of attention of the municipality of Quito, some programs have been adopted in the urban area of the city. One of the most important was "Pico y placa", now called "Hoy no circula" because its implementation changed to have more impact in the mobility of Quito. Other program adopted by the municipality is speed control, done by fixed radars in the main highways, or by the transit agents found in strategic locations. The main purpose of this work is the analysis of the implementation of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks(VANET) to solve some problems arising from the application of this programs in the city of Quito. VANET allows all the network to be aware of every car connected to it by the use of communication units, making it easier to control traffic flow and even controlling what cars are inside the network and what cars should not be in the network at a specific time. The simulation was done in Omnett++ and with help of SUMO and Veins to obtain the desired simulation process where data was obtained for prior analysis. At the end the paper the main results found during the research are presented, and some recommendations for the adaptation of this project to the city of Quito and what advantages will it bring. This information could be used by the municipality to adopt this project or a similar idea to solve the mobility problems found in Quito.
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