Approximately 70% of the applications available on the ITMS platform have been implemented in the Greater Hyderabad area of Telangana State comprising three Commissionerates, Hyderabad City, Cyberabad and Rachakonda. Key goals in the first phase including increase in average traffic speed, improving road safety, reducing pollution and improving AQI have been met to a degree. Consistency has been key to ...

Adaptive Traffic Signal Control systems put in place in Hyderabad in 2021 has, in fact, started giving results, says  Venkat Subbarao Chunduru, Director, Arcadis IBI India Adaptive Traffic Signaling System has been implemented by Arcadis IBI in Greater Hyderabad area with more than 380 traffic signals including pedestrian traffic signals for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and Traffic Police of Hyderabad. ...

Integration of advanced technologies, proactive surveillance, and innovative traffic control measures have significantly improved the safety, efficiency, and overall experience of commuters using the Noida- Greater Noida expressway. Noida-Greater Noida expressway serves as a vital transportation route, facilitating the movement of over 80,000 vehicles daily between Greater Noida, Noida and Delhi. However, despite its significance, the expressway had been plagued ...

The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), the 21.8km road bridge connects Mumbai with Navi Mumbai. The project has many unique features and state of the art technologies. With 6-lane (3+3 lane) highway + emergency lane on either side, the road bridge demands high level of traffic management system to ease congestion and enable smooth flow of traffic. One main area ...

Chennai Smart City Limited is currently implementing a comprehensive Intelligent Transport System in Chennai city with support from multiple agencies. The project is being funded by JICA and the Government of Tamil Nadu. The pilot implementation of the project is in progress says Dr. G S Sameeran, Joint Commissioner (Works), Greater Chennai Municipal Corporation, in a conversation with Mangala Chandran ...

While cities across the globe are currently utilising helicopters and small commercial planes to help a small number of commuters cut down on travel times, innovations in the field will expand this service until it is eventually open to a wider audience, writes Sid Jalan.    Imagine making the 90-minute drive from Connaught Place to Gurugram in Delhi in seven ...

With an increase in vehicular registration and increasing parking demand, cities are facing the challenge to bridge the gap between the demand and the supply. This article by Prachi Merchant, Sr. Planner associated with the proposed Mumbai Parking Authority at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, looks into the issue of parking, various experiments and options adopted to tackle the complex problems ...

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transport is crucial to meet India’s climate action commitments and limit future global warming to 1.5°C. This is especially urgent amidst recurring hazardous air quality crises in Delhi, Mumbai, and other major Indian cities. A new report by ITDP and the University of California, Davis—the Compact Cities Electrified: India roadmap—shows that developing compact and dense ...

Road crashes is a complex health issue requiring a collaborative approach from multiple stakeholders. Therefore, road safety interventions have been grouped into six pillars wherein each stakeholder has been assigned definitive set of activities to carry out. Out of these six pillars of road safety, the pillar Safer Road Users involves activities pertaining to road user behaviour which covers awareness, ...

In a concerted effort involving officials from transport and police departments, road-owning agencies, medical & health professionals, and various stakeholders, the State Road Safety Cell in Rajasthan is spearheading initiatives to fulfil the Global Road Safety Goal of reducing road fatalities and severe injuries by 50% by the close of 2030. While challenges abound, strategic processes, partnerships with leading engineering ...