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Traffic problem is one of the biggest problem that civil engineers can face, moreover it is too difficult to find successful solution about this problem, therefore that is why I choose to suggest this topic for seminar.

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Funding has been earmarked for Greater Manchester to ease congestion and improve air quality and infrastructure throughout the city.

Traffic management of some of the Manchester's busiest routes has received a financial boost, meaning there will be better monitoring and coordination across the network.

Funding of £1.35 million was recently given the greenlight at a meeting of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).

The money will be spent on delivering the Corridor Management plan, which is led by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and supported by the 10 districts, to highlight potential causes of congestion and propose measures to improve performance.

A series of infrastructure improvements will be delivered to improve traffic flow, including new and improved ANPR cameras, networking monitoring software that will use GPS technology to provide real-time updates to SatNav and other navigation devices, from new bus priority sensors at traffic lights to more digital message boards across the region.

As a key part of the Greater Manchester Congestion Deal, the Corridor Management plan sets out to proactively identify and address problems on the most congested routes, particularly during peak periods. Recently, Chris Grayling opened the new arterial road around Manchester Airport to ease the wider congestion around the city.

Peter Boulton, TfGM's Head of Highways, said: "At a time when our road network is experiencing increased levels of traffic it's essential that we continue to deliver new systems and processes to stay one step ahead of the traffic. Working alongside our district partners, we're aiming to deliver a series of physical interventions and innovative digital services to help keep the public moving, particularly during the busiest times of the day. The funding will help us deliver long-term commuter benefits and ensure that we are able to realise a key ambition of the Congestion Deal."

The Corridor Management plan comprises many specialist areas that includes data and highways modelling; enforcement; n etwork instrumentation; c ontrol of works; c orridor management including improvement schemes; a ctive travel; and t ravel demand management.

Currently, coordination of work on the region's roads is managed by the 10 local highway authorities, however, the Corridor Management plan sets out to ensure closer scrutiny of planned work to ensure that it does not impact on the road network.

While the plan promises to provide Greater Manchester with the tools and means to tackle congestion at a local level, much more is needed to truly address wider issues relating to traffic, such as poor air quality.

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, said: "This a small but critical step towards tackling congestion and the associated issue of poor air quality - which is made worse by standing traffic. Not only will this see the rollout of new tools to enable TfGM to deliver real-time traffic updates, it will add increased resilience to the work that their control centre delivers around the clock. While this should go some way to better managing traffic flows I'd like to remind everyone that they too can play a part in helping us reduce congestion and the damaging effects it's having on the economy and our health. Whether that's using public transport or cycling, or simply re-timing so we don't travel during busy times, it all adds up to make a significant difference."

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Funding boost set to help ease congestion on Manchester's roads

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Funding has been earmarked for Greater Manchester to ease congestion and improve air quality and infrastructure throughout the city. Traffic management of some of the Manchester's busiest routes has received a financial boost, meaning there will be better monitoring and coordination across the network.

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Study programme | Programme structure | Civil Engineering

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During the first year you have an introduction module on Civil Engineering and three modules on each of the three core themes. You also follow a mathematics programme that is common to all the engineering degrees. Throughout the modules you will also learn about (fluid) mechanics, materials and project management.

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Study programme | First year | Civil Engineering

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The aim of the first module is to introduce students to the basics of the civil engineering field and for students to apply basic design principles during the design of a civil engineering structure.

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This is my suggestion about seminar topic

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This is the final seminar topic. As I sad traffic problems is one of the best problems to discuss and traffic management includes this problem, therefore seminar topic is very good.

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this is the photo of my brainstorm called free writing. it helps me to write down important things about topic that I should search.

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This is a guideline, that gives us enough information about traffic management which includes first part of seminar question.

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This source is about 5 innovative ways to overcome traffic management problems, such as clean environment, safe and etc.

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Today's transportation challenges require innovative approaches. Cities around the globe have begun fostering a new era of data-based commuting. With sensors and WiFi to solar panels and redesigned traffic lights, these five connected city initiatives will change the future of driving.

Santander: The data city

Every driver learns what areas to avoid during rush hour, but for cities to truly understand how to solve congestion problems, it's crucial to have the right data.

In 2010, the Spanish city of Santander installed 12,000 sensors to measure the pulse of everything from traffic to weather. The huge net of data they collected helps influence the city-driven decisions about parking solutions, traffic bottlenecks, and even air pollution.

The information reaches the public via a smartphone app that not only updates drivers on traffic or parking, but also adds an element of augmented reality that displays additional geolocation information. The traffic sensors are just one part of the overall experiment. They've also applied it to electricity management and park maintenance.

Other than lessening commute times, the most exciting element of the SmartSantander project is that it's open source. Any engineer with a bright idea can access the most elaborate city planning data set the world has ever seen.

EnGoPlanet improves sidewalks in Kuwait

Making roadways smarter involves more than just redesigning traffic routes: it also extends to the sidewalk. Improving the city experience for pedestrians means redesigning simple infrastructure like lights and benches.

Nowadays, all ambitious urban development projects include the pedestrian experience. But this doesn't stop with wider sidewalks, new illumination and benches: 21st century additions to the urban landscape include WiFi hotspots, info displays and charging stations for mobile devices.

Among the pioneers of this new era is EnGoPlanet, founded in New York City in 2006. The company specializes in urban infrastructure development targeted at the modern smartphone user. Public benches by EnGoPlanet are thus equipped with a hotspot and a charging dock, fed by connected, solar-powered streetlights.

A clever alternative to solar panels is the kinetic energy produced by pedestrian footsteps in the vicinity, that can in return be sourced for charging their devices. Data produced in the process can help EnGoPlanet's scientists better control electricity consumption. The first 140 of these stations are projected to be installed in Kuwait shortly.

Let's hope EnGoPlanet's home town of New York City will join soon after. Instead of the desert sunshine, the Big Apple can offer great amounts of foot traffic to produce kinetic energy - Times Square sees up to 460,000 pedestrians every day.

A new look for traffic lights from Russia

The traffic light hasn't changed much over the years. The ubiquitous green, yellow, and red system has served drivers so well it's become an international standard - exactly the type of old-school infrastructure that could use a little disrupting.

Russian designer Evgeny Arinin approached traffic signage with fresh eyes, realizing that the signs explaining turning rules and right of way can simply be too much information for drivers to process effectively. His solution is to integrate it all into one sign, shaped like a plus signal, with each direction featuring colored LED lights.

Red still means stop, green still means go, but now there's no need for separate turn signals or additional signage explaining right of way.

Arinin's system is yet to be integrated, but his recent appearance in a design award put his work on the map. All it needs now are some investors, not necessarily only from Russia.

Surtrac for shorter red phases

A new look for traffic lights might seem like a tall order, but a much more achievable advancement is to smarten up the lights already in use.

Surtrac, a project by scientists of Carnegie Mellon University of Pittsburgh, analyzes traffic patterns and uses the data to make them more efficient. That means no more sitting alone at a red light, idling your vehicle, and punishing Mother Earth with unnecessary emissions.

The pilot program began in 2012 in Pittsburgh and was a runaway success, solving a traffic nightmare where three major thoroughfares crossed to cause fluid, ever-changing gridlock throughout the day. As a result of Surtrac's intervention, travel times went down by 25%, and idling time at stop lights dropped by 40%.

The intelligent traffic lights can also communicate with autonomous vehicles, which has helped Pittsburgh become a test city for self-driving cars. But it isn't just robot vehicles on Surtrac's radar. Soon they plan to connect to traditional cars via radio signals to even better optimize the roadways.

Sensor-based parking management

Freelance designers and tech start-ups will shape much of the future of urban mobility, but only larger companies like Siemens, who are also developing solutions, have the power to push them into the market.

It is very likely that we will soon find better solutions for parking - the most frustrating part of a driving experience. Not only as drafts, but as scalable systems for an entire city center.

Driving circles in order to find parking can account for up to 40% of traffic in dense urban areas - a problem that Siemens' Integrated Smart Parking Solution aims to solve. The system, fed by sensors mounted on lamp posts, generates and analyzes parking data in real time. This data can be sent to navigation systems in cars or on smartphones.

Another upside is the modularity of the system, which can be expanded to offer a broad array of other traffic solutions using GIS (geo informational system) data, for example for routing, city dashboards and traffic management to adaptive, demand-based light management.

All these innovations bring plenty of advantages, not only for motorists: Once cities have automatized their traffic management, they can move on to other important challenges: More green spaces, more sustainable architecture, and even a complete user-friendly mix of all transport modes.

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These 5 innovations will change urban traffic | smart magazine

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Today's transportation challenges require innovative approaches. Cities around the globe have begun fostering a new era of data-based commuting. With sensors and WiFi to solar panels and redesigned traffic lights, these five connected city initiatives will change the future of driving.

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This source is mostly about key principals behind successful traffic management. In addition, here you can find information about future plans about traffic management, so it could be useful for example.

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Suppose you are in a class and the teacher is teaching a very important concept. It is difficult for us to remember everything taught in the class in the same order. Also in our daily lives, it is not possible to memorize everything. To overcome this difficulty, one notes down important details. These notes help us in the time of need. The noting down of useful concepts and points is the basis of what one says note making. In this section, we will study note making and note making format.

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Note Making

Note Making is a way of recording important details from a source. This source can be any book, article, meeting or any oral discussion. In note making, the writer records the essence of the information. It helps us to understand and clarify the thinking. Note making saves a lot of time by going through the notes made. One can get a glimpse of a lot of information from a short note.

Advantages of Note Making

A note making is a skill which improves by practicing. There are some advantages of note making. Let us get to know some of them.

It has a great importance in exams or in academic writing

It is an organization of main points for future use

Note making helps in keeping the information handy whenever we require

It helps in recollecting and recalling the past events said or heard

It helps in concentrating, understanding and provides a permanent record

Note making format helps a writer to go through bulky documents quicker

It helps in understanding a material if the notes are in own words

It distinguishes between main points and details

Note Making Format

There is a fixed note making format. One needs to follow this note making format in order to have a clear and unambiguous understanding from it. The note making format has-

Heading

It shows the title or the heading of note.

Subheading

As the name suggests, a subheading is a subdivision of the main topic. One can use as many subheadings as he or she wants.

Point

Below subheading, there are some points which are the part of the main topics.

Sub-subheading

One can add more headings below the points for showing the category, types, advantages etc.

Key or Keywords

The key portion of the note shows the various codes, symbols or the abbreviation used. It helps to get a clear understanding of keys used in the note making format.

The Procedure of Note Making

Read the passage provided

Underline the important sentences. It helps to make headings and subheadings

Make a rough note first so as to get an idea

Organize them in logical order or sequence for the final note

Use the appropriate note making format

Do not change the idea or the message of the passage

Points to Remember for Note Making Format

Avoid using long sentences as heading or title

Never lose the main idea of the passage

Ignore information which is less important

Be brief, clear, and specific

Use logical sequencing

Use proper indention

Leave no spaces to avoid confusion

Do not include your own version or understandings

Use abbreviations

Make your note more memorable by adding colors, drawings, and symbols

Note Making Format

A note making involves the selection, analysis, summarization, and organization of information. There are different note making format. Let us make ourselves familiar with them.

Split - page Format (A narrative note making format method)

In this method, the page is divided into two columns. The first column had the standard notes. The second column will have the summary. This is the most common note making format to note down lecture notes.

Diagram / Pattern format (A visual note making format method)

In this method, the information is presented by a diagram. The main topic is linked together by the related ideas. This method is visually more appealing and easy to understand.

Mind Map (A visual note making method)

In this method, the main points and all the related points are presented through a map. It contains text and images both. For a clear understanding, the information is linked in proper sequence.

Outline Format (A visual note making format method)

In this method, the information is presented as an outline. Proper titles and subtitles are numbered accordingly for this outline.

Question and Prompt Format (A visual note making format method)

In this method, the main points are highlighted as a series of questions and appropriate answers. It helps in revising the note in an easy way.

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Problem: A person really wants to remember the information the speaker is providing. What should he need to do?

1. Listen for non - verbal clues

2. Listen for verbal clues

3. Write down the important details

4. None of the above

Solution: 3. Write down the important details.

Problem: Why is it important to take notes?

1. Helps you remember

2. Improves your concentration level

3. Helps you prepare for tests

4. All of the above

Solution: 4. All of the above.

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Styles of Note Making: Note Making Format, Procedure and Advantages

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It's not possible to memorize everything we gather day-to-day. And that's why one notes down important details. These notes help us in the time of need. The noting down of useful concepts and points is the basis of what one says note making. In this section, we will study about note making and note making format.

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Mobility and Transport - European Commission

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Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) can significantly contribute to a cleaner, safer and more efficient transport system. A new legal framework ( Directive 2010/40/EU ) was adopted on 7 July 2010 to accelerate the deployment of these innovative transport technologies across Europe. This Directive is an important instrument for the coordinated implementation of ITS in Europe. It aims to establish interoperable and seamless ITS services while leaving Member States the freedom to decide which systems to invest in.

Under this Directive the European Commission has to adopt within the next seven years specifications (i.e. functional, technical, organisational or services provisions) to address the compatibility, interoperability and continuity of ITS solutions across the EU. The first priorities will be traffic and travel information, the eCall emergency system and intelligent truck parking.

The Commission already took a major step towards the deployment and use of ITS in road transport (and interfaces to the other transport modes) on 16 December 2008 by adopting an Action Plan. The Action Plan suggested a number of targeted measures and included the proposal for this Directive The goal is to create the momentum necessary to speed up market penetration of rather mature ITS applications and services in Europe.

The initiative is supported by five co-operating Directorates-General: DG Mobility and Transport (lead), DG Communications Networks, Content & Technology, DG Research & Innovation, DG Enterprise and Industry and DG Climate Action.

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Action Plan and Directive - Mobility and Transport - European Commission

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Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) can significantly contribute to a cleaner, safer and more efficient transport system. A new legal framework ( Directive 2010/40/EU ) was adopted on 7 July 2010 to accelerate the deployment of these innovative transport technologies across Europe. This Directive is an important instrument for the coordinated implementation of ITS in Europe.