Smart traffic management with cyber-physical systems for scenic areas

This paper proposed a method to perform smart traffic management for scenic areas with cyber-physical system (CPS) by sharing information among tourists (the mobile phone application), the traffic information platform, and parking lots. Smart traffic management is suggested to be performed based on the interaction of information sharing and physical driving and parking. Taking Wuyuan scenic spots in Jiangxi province as an example, the AnyLogic simulation was used to simulate the cyber-physical system of traffic control and information sharing applying the Markov model. Simulation results show that the information flow can significantly shorten the waiting time of vehicles and improve the utilization rate of scenic areas. The method proposed in this paper may benefit to reduce traffic congestion and perform smart traffic management for scenic areas in busy seasons.