Ho Chi Minh City installs first solar-powered automatic road divider

Ho Chi Minh City is piloting an innovative automatic road divider system powered by solar energy on Cong Hoa Street, near the Tan Ky Tan Quy intersection. This marks the city's first deployment of such technology, designed to streamline traffic management and ease the burden on traffic police.

The new dividers replace older, manually moved barriers that required significant manpower. The automatic system can be controlled remotely, allowing traffic police to open or close intersections based on real-time traffic conditions. This is particularly useful during peak hours to prevent vehicles from making left turns onto Tan Ky Tan Quy, thereby reducing traffic conflicts.

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This solution aims to reduce the time and effort for traffic police in regulating traffic, as previous pull-type dividers required a lot of manpower to move.

The solar-powered design, a modification of an earlier electric version, was developed by Doan Nguyen Vu, production manager at Dong Phuong Engineering. This approach optimizes operational efficiency, cuts costs, and avoids the need for underground electrical wiring. The 30-meter-long dividers are a key component of the city's strategy to improve traffic flow, building on previous implementations like flexible, time-based lane reversals on Cong Hoa Street.

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From the model of an electric automatic road divider, Mr. Doan Nguyen Vu... has researched switching to use solar energy to optimize operational efficiency, save costs, and limit the construction of underground electrical systems.