Algorithm for traffic management with priority for emergency vehicles

One of the major problems in modern cities is the heavy street traffic which can be a significant problem even for the emergency vehicles like ambulances and fire brigades. The present paper provides a brief description of the existing technology means for traffic management. By means of contemporary technologies, an appropriate solution for providing a priority passing of the special vehicles can be created. The paper aims to offer an algorithm for the fast movement of emergency vehicles in conditions of heavy road traffic. The presented smart traffic management system implements several nowadays technologies such as a cloud-based control center, image processing, and GPS tracking and navigation. The conceptions of data traffic management and cloud-based control center are explained, and the advantages of replacing the RFID tags with smart technologies are presented.