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Optimising City Traffic Safety

The development of technology and its applications are making roads

‘Smart’ and fit for the future. We are entering a period that promises
a step change in road operations. Intelligent Traffic Management
Systems enable the safe & effective movement of people, address

safety, congestion, and journey-time reliability amongst other things.

TrafficInfraTech spoke to a few Traffic Police officials to find out the
various traffic safety management systems being put in place.

raffic management has always posed a challenge in India and it
may continue to become more difficult with every passing day
unless we start building some intelligence into the way we look
at resolving these issues. The solution lies in leveraging advanced
Ttechnologies and intelligent solutions. Some intelligent traffic
management systems are already being implemented in cities like Delhi
and Bangalore making an impact in the form of reduced congestion and
less fatal accidents. Other cities are likely to follow suit soon.
Intelligent Transport System is essentially the application of computer and
communications technologies coming in aid of the transport problems. This
may involve use of CCTVs in strategic junctions, vehicle presence detectors,
in-road magnetic loop detectors and other remote video surveillance devices
to assure automated control in good or bad weather and in varying traffic
volumes. Based on real-time data and historical data, the traffic management
system alters traffic signal cycles in real time, based on the in-situ sensors or
surveillance devices, to respond to changing traffic conditions.
In Delhi
Recently Maruti Suzuki India Limited joined hands with the Delhi Police
to implement a Traffic Safety Management System (TSMS) in the national
capital. The TSMS will be set up along the Ring Road corridor from Dhaula
Kuan to Sarai Kale Khan, a stretch of around 14-km. A Memorandum of
Agreement (MoA) has been signed between Delhi Police and Maruti Suzuki
India Limited, the first of its kind in line with the Union Government’s focus
to make roads safe and bring down accidents and fatalities.
Dependra Phatak, Special Commissioner, the Delhi Police explains,
“The objective of the City’s Traffic Safety Management System is to reduce
accidents & fatalities, improve compliance of traffic rules, strengthen &
bring transparency in enforcement by e-Challan system and bring awareness
about commuter safety and surveillance of traffic movement.

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