Traffic light control by using GIS and estimated traffic load in an area

Traffic is rigorous problem in the city of any developing country today. And it is increasing day by day as new vehicle are being added to the roads rapidly but accordingly infrastructure is not increasing. The main reasons behind this is buying capacity of person has increased, the vehicle cost has reduced, the driving license issued without proper testing, people do not know the rules properly or some of them doesn't want to follow it, etc. There are many limitations to control the above cause. With the use of technology available it is possible to control the traffic of the concern area. In this paper we try to calculate the traffic volume at any junction and its nearby junctions. With the use of theses data we can control the signals of these junctions to clear the traffic in the area. This may also help to avoid the traffic jams in the area.