MobiTraS: A mobile application for a Smart Traffic System

Traffic monitoring systems deployed until now, use data collected mainly through fixed sensors. Advances on the modern mobile devices have made possible the development of Smart Traffic Systems, which use the traffic information gathered by the drivers' mobile devices to provide route guidance. Our work is focused on building a Real-Time Traffic Information System based mobile devices, which are used for both acquiring traffic information data and for providing feedback and guidance to drivers. This paper presents an analysis of the system, its security risks and requirements for dynamic route guidance together with possible solutions. A key component of the system is the mobile application that gathers data in an encrypted way and displays information to the users. The developed JavaME mobile application and its security/privacy features are also described.