A Review on Causes of Traffic Congestion and Management Techniques in Urban Transportation Systems

Rishabh; Ravish Rathee

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.73183

A Review on Causes of Traffic Congestion and Management Techniques in Urban Transportation Systems

Author(s)	Mr. Rishabh, Dr. Ravish Rathee
Country	India
Abstract	Rapid urbanisation, population growth and an increase in private vehicle ownership created a persistent issue in many cities as the transport need is increasing in such a way that it is surpassing the capacity of present road networks [1]. Congestion not only impacts travel time or traffic flow but also increases fuel consumption, economic losses and the degradation of the environment [4]. The objective of this review paper is to examine the distinct traffic congestion management techniques discussed in earlier studies and to study the major causes of congestion in traffic. A systematic literature review is carried out to analyse the previous studies on the causes of congestion and its mitigation strategies. Google Scholar, Science Direct, Scopus, ASCE Library and other academic databases are used to collect relevant research publications. Approximately 20 research publications published between 1999 and 2026 are evaluated to find out the major causes of traffic congestion (consolidated in Table 1) and the benefits of different congestion management techniques. Incidents in traffic, population growth, outdated transportation Infrastructure, using private vehicles and inefficient traffic management systems are the common factors of congestion which are observed during the evaluation. In this study, different congestion management techniques like parking management, intelligent traffic control technology, managed lane services, vehicle limits, and signal optimisation are also evaluated. Simulation demonstrated that artificial intelligence-based approaches can increase traffic flow efficiency by around 30% as compared to conventional methods [18]. The findings suggest that the updated infrastructure, advanced traffic management technologies and intervention of the government are important for the proper traffic congestion management. In total, an integrated traffic management strategy will improve the traffic flow and promote sustainable transport systems [7,11,13].
Keywords	Traffic congestion, Urban transportation, Congestion management techniques, Traffic flow, Intelligent transportation systems, Sustainable mobility, Urban traffic dynamics
Field	Engineering
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On	2026-04-01
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.73183

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