DON’T RUSH– IT’S JAM THERE

Abstract

Traffic jam is a major problem faced by everyone in large cities all over the world. Stucking in a traffic jam costs us time and fuel. This project is to inform people about traffic jam, within specific area for specific location using Android App. Its is to help people to get to their home or office without being stuck into traffic jam. This system will facilitate user to get information about traffic congestion before they start their journey. The System will have a video feed from roadside camera installed. The process of congestion detection is completed through processing of this video. Process is completed through Haar cascades algorithm that calculates count and speed of vehicle. After the processing of video Server saves the result (whether jam or not) in database. The Server will also be connected to User through an Android App. Server gets location of user through GPS. User will also have the facility to give destination and get congestion information on the route. Any time User may ask for congestion information, the information will be extracted from database and then sent to that user. In case of traffic jam Android App will have the facility to give alternate route to destination of User. In order to view the real-time processing on Server, there is a desktop application and server side is developed using C# and Visual Studio for GUI. This application is compatible with Windows 7 and latest. The application will show the processing and it will be connected to database. The android based application shall be an android form based java application, which shall provide a graphical user interface for user friendly environment.For communication between Server and Android App, Sockets protocols will be used. Each Android device will be identified by its unique MAC address. The android app uses Google maps to show location or route for user. The target of this project is to inform app users (general public) about traffic jam proivding an alternate path thus developing a cost effective solution for traffic jam in existing system.