RITM3 as the digital platform for traffic management in smart cities

Abstract

The paper reviews major problems of cities related to the management of transport flows; it looks at fundamental Russian legislative acts regulating the improvement of the urban transport management systems; briefly reviews information about the Adaptive Traffic Control Systems which are extensively used across the world cities and reflects on the capabilities of the Russian digital platform RITM3 (Real time Integration Transport Measurements Modeling Management), which is the evolution of the TransInfo software developed by the St. Petersburg company SIMETRA (formerly "A+S Transproject"). Digital platform RITM3 is designed for modeling traffic flows in cities and proactive traffic management in real time. The article also provides information about the experience of digital platform RITM3 application in Moscow.