Development of a Traffic Incident Monitoring Solution

Status: Noslēgušies projekti

Within the project, a digital traffic incident monitoring solution was developed, providing near real-time transparent information about the traffic situation in the city. The system combines several external data sources and enables the consolidated analysis of traffic infrastructure events, problem situations, and irregularities. The solution allows traffic incidents to be monitored through maps, graphs, infographics, and reports, helping to identify problematic locations and enabling prompt decision-making regarding necessary actions.

Project necessity and significance for Riga

Traffic flow in the urban environment is influenced by many factors – road traffic accidents, flooded or slippery road surfaces, potholes, traffic signal malfunctions, construction works, sudden weather changes, and other unforeseen events. Until now, information about such events was scattered across different systems and often required significant manual work to identify the causes of problems and make operational decisions. This is especially important during winter maintenance periods, large public events, and emergency situations. The project addresses this challenge by providing a unified traffic monitoring environment that reduces information circulation time and enables more efficient traffic organisation planning across the city.

Project objective

To provide the municipality with a near real-time traffic situation monitoring solution using external data sources, enabling a consolidated overview of traffic incidents, analysis of problem situations, and prompt response to traffic-affecting circumstances.

Benefits for Riga residents

✓ Faster municipal response to traffic-related problem situations;
✓ More efficient street maintenance and traffic signal management;
✓ Earlier identification of hazardous situations;
✓ Reduced congestion and safer traffic infrastructure;
✓ Data-driven urban mobility management.

Project activities

✓ Development of technical specifications and market research;
✓ Contract preparation, contract execution control, and acceptance of completed works;
✓ Data extraction from multiple external databases;
✓ Data collection and data analysis;
✓ Selection and creation of traffic incident views and event combinations;
✓ Use of artificial intelligence GEMINI-2.5-flash-lite as a support tool for data analysis;
✓ Data integration from WAZE, JSC “Sadales tīkls”, LTAB, and winter maintenance vehicle GPS data.

Territory where the project was implemented

The entire administrative territory of Riga Municipality.

Project results

✓ A permanently functioning traffic monitoring solution has been established;
✓ A unified and transparent near real-time traffic data monitoring environment has been ensured;
✓ Reduced workload for specialists in information exchange and identifying the causes of problems;
✓ Improved analysis of congestion, defects, and traffic problem situations;
✓ Improvement recommendations prepared with the support of artificial intelligence;
✓ The solution is actively used by street maintenance services, traffic signal management specialists, and the Civil Protection Administration;
✓ A foundation has been created for further forecasting development and expanded data integration.

Artificial intelligence within the project is used as a support tool for data analysis, report preparation, and recommendation generation, rather than as an autonomous traffic anomaly detection mechanism. It helps specialists identify potential problem areas more quickly and assess necessary improvements.

Funding

Funding source: Innovation Fund of Riga Municipality
Total budget: EUR 11,797.50

Project implementation period

20 January 2025 – 3 December 2025

Contact information

Jānis Sproģis
Head of the Traffic Management Centre
Outdoor Space and Mobility Department
Riga Municipality
E-mail: janis.sprogis@riga.lv