Traffic congestions in Macau

The traffic congestions in Macau , has become increasingly obstructive of which many complain especially businessmen and tourists face a great deal of difficulty in getting around the city day and night. It is noted that many old and narrow roads in the city can no longer providing streamlined traffic movement in light of the number of vehicles on the road and, the size of tourist buses further aggravates the situation. In case of a traffic accident, it usually puts serious burdens on the flow of traffic everywhere for hours. It is therefore, deemed necessary for concerned authorities to start addressing these problems seriously.

Building more roads and parking areas are long term and expensive solutions which require careful city planning and funding. However, in the near term, the answer is “Real Time” traffic condition information. It can rectify these situations or avoid them in a much quicker and more cost effective way. By applying telecommunication and information technologies, we can monitor traffic conditions site by site and report the latest situation to the authorities in real time. Thus allows them to broadcast such information to the public before the situation gets worse. For example, through wireless LED panels on road sides to inform the drivers of road conditions or send SMS to notify mobile phone users as when traffic accident occurs.

澳門之交通擠塞情況

澳門之交通擠塞情況已經變得引來很多的投訴，特別是來自工商界及遊客。城中很多又舊又窄的路已不能負擔日益增加的車輛數目，而越來越多的旅遊車將情況百上加斤，如遇有交通意外發生，阻礙交通流量，常超過一小時才能解決，長遠的解決方法是有關部門應重視這些嚴重問題，興建多些道路和泊車地點，但這是昂貴的解決方法而且需要小心的城市計劃和籌集資金。然而，短期的解決方法，可使用『即時』交通情況監察系統，便能更快、更有效地防止交通擠塞發生，採用 遠距離通信和資訊技術，我們可以監控各選址之交通情況和向有關部門作即時報告， 因而容許他們在情況變得嚴重前，向公眾播放有關資訊例如：當有交通意外發生時，通過安放在路上之無線電子顯示屏或經流動電話短訊去通知駕駛者路面情況