Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Microsimulation Optimization to Conduct Traffic Mobility Surveys: Case Study from the South Bohemia Region

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Microsimulation Optimization to Conduct Traffic Mobility Surveys: Case Study from the South Bohemia Region

Original language description

The study explores the potential use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for conducting road traffic surveys, developing, and optimizing a simulation model of a specific intersection in the South Bohemia region to enhance its traffic throughput. Input data on traffic intensity was retrieved by implementing a UAV and processed using the DataFromSky application. The spatial distribution of the intersection was created based on orthophoto images, whereby the AnyLogic software was applied to model traffic mobility behavior. Subsequently, an optimization experiment was conducted, focusing on adjusting the intervals of individual traffic light phases to minimize the mean transit time. The findings indicate that the optimization resulted in a reduction in the mean transit time from 48 to 28 seconds, representing a 41.6% streamlining. The study confirms that applying unmanned aerial vehicles and microsimulation optimization tools for mobility surveys and effective urban traffic management is highly beneficial. At the same time, shortening the time when vehicles pass through an intersection is also an aspect of environmental protection, as vehicles spend less time idling and emit fewer pollutants into the environment. In light of the above, there is less congestion at the intersection as well, which results in a positive environmental impact – the lower the traffic intensity at the intersection, the lower the emission of CO2 and NOx.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50703 - Transport planning and social aspects of transport (transport engineering to be 2.1)

Project

<a href="/en/project/LUABA24085" target="_blank" >LUABA24085: Analysis and optimization of the Czech-German commuting traffic to promote cross-border co-operation (Locomotion)</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Annual Set The Environment Protection - Rocznik Ochrona Srodowiska

ISSN

1506-218X

e-ISSN

2720-7501

Volume of the periodical

27

Issue of the periodical within the volume

nečíslováno

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

448-459

UT code for WoS article

001566415500002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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