The use of distributed systems is a convenient approach to traffic management. Systems with a centralized architecture experience heavy loads on communication channels and key nodes and are also geographically separated from the point of control decision making, which can increase the number of faults or reduce the quality of the system. Distributed systems often rely on the interaction of local agents to communicate transport information and make decisions. The paper describes a method based on the principles of active motion control, the paradigm of the Internet of Things and the design of event-related automata models. The method will allow for the development and modification of adaptive transport control systems in the shortest possible time from a set of ready-made blocks connected.