智能路灯外文文献原文 Techno-economic Evaluation of the Feasibility of a Smart Street Light System A case study of Rural India.pdf

Available online at Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 62 ( 2012 ) 1220 – 1224 WC-BEM 2012 Techno-economic Evaluation of the Feasibility of a Smart Street Light System: A case study of Rural India Nagendra R Velaga a *, Amit Kumar b Abstract Throughout the world application of vehicle and infrastructure based intelligent transportation systems have been increased over the last decade. Most of these advanced intelligent technologies are only used in urban areas. Successful introduction of such intelligent technologies can enhance the level of safety, security and efficiency of transportation system in rural communities and support countrys growth. In this research, a techno-economic feasibility evaluation of a smart street light (SSL) system, in the context of rural areas in India, has been carried out. In order to evaluate the proposed SSL system we have considered a case study of the remotely located Khurhaan village in the state of Bihar, India. The result suggested that adopting SSL over the conventional street light system gives a cost saving of 91,506 annually. © 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Arasli © 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Arasli Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license. Keywords: : Rural transformation; Intelligent infrastructure systems; Smart street lights 1. Introduction As per the latest population census, 72.2% of the Indian population lives in rural areas (GoI, 2001). Road transport - which carries almost 90%