Digital Twin Solution to Traffic Problem

Today, increasing population density and unplanned urbanization bring along many problems. One of these problems is traffic congestion. Developed countries find the solution to this problem by making cities smarter and using digital twin technologies.

Transportation is one of the most important problems faced by cities today. The rapidly growing population has a profound impact on city transportation. According to a report published by INRIX Research, London is one of the cities with the highest traffic density. The average driver living in London will lose 156 hours on the roads in 2022 due to traffic jams. London is followed by Chicago drivers with 155 hours, and Paris is in third place with 138 hours lost. Istanbul, one of the world's largest metropolises, ranks at the top with 89 hours lost per year.[1] These times caused by traffic jams cause serious damage to the economy in terms of both time and money, while polluting the environment even more with carbon gas emitted.

According to the predictions of the researchers, if the process continues like this, the cost of traffic congestion will reach 4.4 billion pounds in the UK in 2030[2]. In Canada, the cost of traffic congestion is projected to be around 6 billion Canadian dollars per year. In 2020, urban traffic congestion caused 30% of total fuel consumption in China.[3] While traffic is such a burden on cities, city governments find the solution in smart city technologies.

The world seeks the solution in the transition to smart city technologies

Smart city implementation in Shenzhen and Singapore is being rolled out in 100 other cities in China. In Japan, South Korea, Singapore, South Korea, Singapore and Australia, the applications are widely used. In the Western world, governments in many countries are making decisions to start implementing smart digital twins. The UK government has decided to allocate £600 billion for digital twinning alone. Dubai (United Arab Emirates) is working on advanced smart city applications.

We need to increase smart city investments in Turkey

Şekip Karakaya, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SAMPAŞ Holding, which has been using the power of informatics for 42 years to strengthen and expand the smart city approach, said: "As urbanization increases, the problems that arise and the burden created by these problems also increase. Transportation is one of the biggest problems brought about by urbanization. Especially traffic problems cause people to lose both time and money. In other words, the traffic problem causes serious damage to the national economy. Today, an Istanbulite who drives an average car wastes about 89 hours a year in traffic. This situation is not sustainable. Cities are investing in smart city vision and digital twin technologies to solve traffic problems. In this way, by receiving instant data from traffic, they instantly see traffic densities and problematic areas. While planning new investments according to this data, they can intervene more easily in case of a possible accident."

Referring to Istanbul as an important metropolis, Karakaya said: "Istanbul is growing very fast in terms of population density; the way to efficiently manage a city where 16 million people live, 11 million tourists visit every year and more than 4 million vehicles move is through data and intelligence. At this point, we need to invest in smart city technologies and digital twin technologies to solve transportation problems and manage our metropolises with data."

[1] INRIX 2022 Traffic Scorecard Report

[2] gitnux.com | Must-Know Traffic Congestion Statistics

[3] gitnux.com | Must-Know Traffic Congestion Statistics

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