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systems. These simulations help The Ministry of Housing and
urban planners, engineers, and Urban Affairs, India has created
policymakers to understand UMTAs, the urban mobility transit
traffic flow dynamics, predict agencies which is a kind of Special
SETTING UP OF A congestion patterns, evaluate the Purpose Vehicle for Metro cities
COMMON MOBILITY impact of infrastructure changes so that they can bring in all the
PLATFORM AND A or new developments, and test stakeholders of mobility together
and act as a nodal agency in
MOBILE APP FOR various traffic management creating unified platforms. Initiative
strategies without real-world
CITIZENS TO ACCESS ALL implementation. Combining traffic is also taken by MoHUA to create a
MODES OF TRANSPORT simulation with ATCS can provide national mobility platform.
WITH PERSONAL ROUTE comprehensive insights into urban The Ministry of Electronics and
traffic behavior and facilitate the
GUIDANCE SYSTEM development and implementation Information Technology (MeitY),
through its R&D organization,
HAVING OPTION FOR of effective traffic management CDAC has developed various ITS
ROUTE CHOICE, LESS strategies. By simulating various solutions like the Vehicle Priority
scenarios and testing different
TRAVEL TIME & COST, control algorithms within System for Emergency vehicles,
VVIP & public transport buses,
REAL TIME TRANSIT a simulated environment, Data driven & decision tools for

AND TRIP PLANNER transportation authorities can Personal transit route guidance
INFORMATION, IS make informed decisions to and operational strategies for
improve the performance of
maintaining headway reliability for
ANOTHER INITIATIVE their traffic control systems and public transport. These solutions
WHICH EACH CITY enhance the overall mobility are very relevant to commuters
AUTHORITY NEEDS TO experience for commuters. and public transit agencies.
On the road safety side,
Traffic signal priority for the
LOOK AT TO IMPROVE Red Light Violation Detection public transport buses, real time
THE TRANSPORTATION System and the Speed Violation transit & trip planner information
NETWORK IN INDIA. Detection System are the two and connecting all modes of public
main components that are & private transport can bring a
being deployed currently. Apart drastic change in ridership from
Dark Fiber which is being leased from that based on the camera private vehicles to public transport.
out by various service providers. footprints, various offences like For this to happen, Vehicle tracking
Automated Incident Detection, not wearing seat belt or helmets, systems, e-ticketing, use of National
route diversions, road work triple bicycle riding, mobile phone Common Mobility Card (NCMC),
information and other real time usage while driving and other computerization of bus schedules,
traveller information dissemination similar offences are also brought etc. play a vital role in each and every
using Variable Message Sign under enforcements. city and also at state level for long
boards or mobile apps/ social Smart Mobility is another distance intercity buses. Presently,
media feeds are being considered vertical of ITS, where we are transit signal priorities are available
as ITMS components of high trying to address the public only for the BRTS buses which go in
priority to ease congestion. a dedicated lane.
transit issues starting from
Today, city authorities are Passenger Information System, Bus Operational strategies &
giving more importance for traffic Information System, Automatic guidelines to implement Emergency
simulation platforms to improve Fare Collection, Ticketing and Service Vehicle & VVIP vehicle
the performance of Adaptive others that address the mobility priority signaling at signalized traffic
Traffic Control System (ATCS). part. The effort currently is to junctions are other components of
Traffic simulation enables to create integrate transit agencies, MaaS ITMS which requires serious effort
models to replicate the behavior providers, public transport modes in deploying good systems to avoid
of vehicles, pedestrians, and and end users on a common congestion during peak time. As the
other elements of transportation mobility platform. road capacity utilization is maximum

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