Intelligent vehicle counter - a road to sustainable development and pollution prevention (P2)

• Published in: 2016 International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability (ICEETS) pp. 877 - 880
• Main Authors: Harilakshmi, V. S., Rani, P. Arockia Jansi
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Air pollution; air traffic pollution; Atmospheric measurements; automatic vehicle counter; object recognition; Pollution measurement; pollution prevention; Radiation detectors; Sustainability; Vehicles
• ISBN: 1509015345; 9781509015344
• DOI: 10.1109/ICEETS.2016.7583871

Increased vehicle traffic results in many problems such as traffic accidents, traffic congestion and so on. Amongst all, traffic induced air pollution is the most ravaging illness in most cities. This traffic induced air pollution is damaging the environment at an alarming rate. Vehicle exhaust is a major source of air pollution. The best way to reduce vehicle emissions is by driving less [1]. Recently the Delhi government followed the `odd-even number plate policy' to combat the effects of traffic air pollution. Similar such measures can be taken by other local governments by estimating the amount of traffic in their locality. Vehicle detection and counting plays an important role in effectively estimating the amount of traffic. Automatic vehicle counter gives an estimation of the amount of traffic. This estimate enables the pollution control board to take relative measures to curb the harmful effects of traffic induced air pollution on the environment and on human community. Thus, paves a road to sustainable development and pollution prevention (P2). This paper proposes an effective system to detect and count dynamic vehicles. The proposed vehicle counter can adapt to the complicated road traffic of non-lane and chaotic network of many developing countries.