The chaothic

Traffic in
Lima
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what can be done?

Authorities should make traveling by

Cause # 1 The Problem bus, train or other forms of public

transport more attractive.

The roads Singapore, one of the cities most

innovative with transportation public,

are at the
The roads of the city of lima they are
not designed for current traffic density. has launched Two strategies:

limit it has tried to solve the problem by

building more roads and wider Invest in public transport: very

of your services are offered advanced in

different means of transportation
(buses, trains and aquatic transport).
ability
Discourage property and the use of
automobiles:
They have introduced high taxes for
Cars

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Cause # 2 The Problem

There are promote alternative means of transport

not good When people do not have public

transport options in your locality (or
facilitate the use of the bicycle, building
lanes and places to park

alternatives when they are insufficient), they need a

particular vehicle to move. However, increase the size of cities focused on

to driving
the surface to build roads and Parking the needs of neighbors who use the
is limited bike.

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what can be done?

Cause # 3 The Problem

Enter electronic tolls open for traffic
flow better
Payment of tolls in cash in rush hour
Tolls with causes constant bottlenecks. The
vehicles have to stop completely, what
facilitate the use of the bicycle, building
lanes and places to park.

payment increases the duration of the trip and

the emissions.

cash The result

You do need to use car or stop,
The toll electronic devices have reduced
jams, emissions and specially travel
times.

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what can be done?

Cause # 4 The Problem Regulate traffic trough speed controls.

Transport engineers have discovered that
the limits of variables speed is a way
effective
When there is a great density of traffic,
may occur jams without any apparent

the behavior reason. Sometimes a reduction is

enough sudden speed so that give the
classic «domino effect». The reduction
of drivers of the speed generates a sustained
jam.

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Cause # 5 The Problem

Prioritize means of transport what
works best in each city. There is no
golden rule for Know what works best.

Public Many cities still give same priority to

Some propose a hierarchy that puts
pedestrians first, bicycles and public

transport cars than public transport. That transport to other means of transport
discourages the use of media
alternative transport and generates
has no competition for space

priority

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 Cause # 6 The Problem
what can be done?

Adjust the semaphores of

The dynamic form.

semaphores Traffic at rush hour is very different The Department of Transportation

than during the rest of the day When of Los Angeles has developed a
the traffic lights are programmed for a
are not flow different, the cars have to stop
more often, the displacements last
system to adjust the traffic lights
to the needs of traffic in

optimized
longer and the Traffic accumulates.
real time.

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Cause # 7 The Problem

what can be done?

Perform data analysis with those that

feed systems smart parking and
Drivers 30% of the traffic in the cities is caused
dynamic pricing.

looking for by drivers looking for parking.

especially in areas where you can park

parking
for free in the causeway or where there
is some area regulated parking

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the transportation What we do know is that late or

early all cities they will no longer be
options they are able to control the traffic like so far.
The cities changing and we do not The previous examples
demonstrate that there is no
They keep know how we will move shortage of innovative ideas to fight
by our cities in ten, against congestion vial. All that is
growing twenty or thirty years.
needed is the wish of:
- Redefine priorities
- Question the way in which they
do things
- Take advantage of the data to
better understand the patterns
- - Experiment with new
technologies