Understanding Dhaka City Traffic Intensity and Traffic Expansion Using Gravity Model

TL;DR

This paper analyzes Dhaka city's traffic patterns and expansion using real-time data and the gravity model, revealing how congestion spreads and aiding urban planning to reduce traffic jams.

Contribution

It demonstrates that Dhaka's traffic expansion follows the gravity model using real-time data, providing insights for traffic management and urban planning.

Findings

Traffic expansion follows the gravity model.

Congestion impact decreases with distance.

Real-time data improves traffic analysis accuracy.

Abstract

Analysis of traffic pattern recognition and traffic congestion expansion in real time are one of the exciting and challenging tasks which help the government to build a robust and sustainable traffic management system specially in a densely populated city like Dhaka. In this paper, we analyze the traffic intensity for small areas which are also known as junction points or corridors. We describe Dhaka city traffic expansion from a congestion point by using gravity model. However, we process real-time traffic data of Dhaka city rather than depend on survey and interview. We exactly show that traffic expansion of Dhaka city exactly follows gravity model. Expansion of traffic from a congestion point spreads out rapidly to its neighbor and impact of congested point decreases as the distance increases from that congested point. This analysis will help the government making a planned urbanized Dhaka city in order to reduce traffic jam.