Technologies that make roads smart for the future.

2. What Is Smart Road Technology?
Smart roads use Internet of Things
(IoT) devices to make driving safer,
more efficient, and in line with
government objectives, greener.
Smart roads combine physical
infrastructures such as sensors and
solar panels with software
infrastructure like AI and big data.
Smart road technologies are
embedded in roads and can improve
visibility, generate energy,
communicate with autonomous and
connected vehicles, monitor road
conditions, and more.

3. SMART ROAD TECHNOLOGIES OF THE
FUTURE :
1. GLOW IN THE DARK
2. INTERACTIVE LIGHT
3. WIND-POWERED LIGHTS
4. ELECTRIC PRIORITY LANE
5. SOLAR ROADWAYS
6. WEATHER DETECTION
7. TRAFFIC DETECTION

4. Glow In The Dark roads

5. The markings are made
using paint that
contains photo-
luminescing powder that
"charges up" during the
day. These green glow
markings stretch for 500 m
long and will glow for up
to 8 hours every night,
transforming your driving
experience Tron-like.

6. Interactive Light
Interactive Light works with in-built
motion sensors:
when a car approaches a particular
stretch of a road, the motion
sensors will light up only that
section of the road. The lights will
grow brighter as the car comes
closer and will slowly dim away as it
passes.

7. Wind-Powered Lights
Unlike interactive lights, wind-powered
lights will power up itself using
pinwheels to generate electricity. It
works by harnessing wind drafts from
passing cars into electric. The electricity
will use to light up the lights on the
pinwheels, basically lighting up the road
path.

8. Electric Priority Lanes

9. Electric Priority Lane -
Where electric vehicles(EV)
user can charge up their
vehicle on the go. And they
can do this just by driving on the
right lane.
The Induction Priority Lane
will have embedded magnetic
fields that can charge the
vehicle while it is on the go.
This is especially useful in
countries like Netherland, where
there there are a lot of EVs on
the road.

10. Solar Roadways

11. Solar Roadways is an indiegogo
project that wants to install solar
panels on glass roads, complete
with LEDs and microprocessors.
Glass is renewable, environmentally
friendly
and its strength can be improved to
be even stronger than steel.
Despite being glass, the surface can
be engineered for cars to be able to
stop safely even when travelling at
speeds of up to 80 mph – like on
regular roads. The solar panel roads
can even melt snow during
winter and of course the solar
energy harnessed can be used to
power electrical needs.

12. Weather detection
Networks of AI-integrated sensors
detect weather conditions that
impact road safety. Road Weather
Information Systems (RWIS) in use
today are limited because they
only collect data from a small set of
weather stations. A larger future
network could use automated
weather stations to collect
atmospheric and weather data and
instantly upload it to the cloud.
Dynamic temperature-sensitive
paint could be used to highlight
invisible roadway conditions like
black ice.

13. Traffic detection System

14. Sensors lining highways
monitor traffic flow and weight
load, warn drivers of traffic
jams, and automatically alert the
authorities about accidents.
Fiber-optic cables embedded in
the road detect wear and tear,
and communication between
vehicles and roads can improve
traffic management.

15. BENEFITS OF SMART
ROAD TECHNOLOGIES
Safety for riders and pedestrians
Advanced Communication
Efficient Transportation
Enhanced parking and e-tolling
Identifying problematic areas
Improving pavement conditions
Reducing pollution

16. LIMITATIONS
Capital intensive
Technological infrastructure and
public acceptance
Difficult to use in mixed traffic
seasonal efficiency
high maintanance cost
not suitable for devoloping and
undeveloped countries