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    Traffic Management Using Big Data Analytical Tool
    (2017-08-18T10:02:36Z) Prachi, Sahu; Roja, M H; Saranya, Krishna
    Traffic congestion and accidents are one of the major concerns in almost every cities throughout the world. Almost 90 people on average lose their lives every day and more than 250 are injured every hour. Road safety could be enhanced by decreasing the traffic crashes. Traffic crashes cause traffic congestion as well, which has become unbearable, especially in mega-cities. In addition, direct and indirect loss from traffic congestion only is over $124 billion. The existence of the Big Data of traffic crashes, as well as the availability of Big Data analytics tools can help us gain useful insights to enhance road safety and decrease traffic crashes.