Mathematics and ICT Bring New Intelligent Traffic Light Control System

Traffic congestion on roads, highways, and motorways is a major concern and problem in many cities worldwide. This congestion occurs when traffic volume generates a demand for space more than the available street capacity. While construction of additional roads, highways, and motorways is always visible together with the consistent addition of extra lanes, the demand for more road space remains with the increasing population, improving spending power, the industrial revolution, and changing lifestyle of the populace [1]. These invariably lead to traffic congestion, visible in developed and developing countries alike. The Fiji Islands is no exception. Traffic congestion can be classified under recurring and non-recurring types [2]. Recurring traffic congestion could be classified as infrastructure-related, and non-recurring could be classified into three categories; environmental, mechanical, and human-related [3].