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ON THE COVER

Performance focused Adaptive

Traffic Signal Control System

Effective operations along

with implementation

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

daptive Traffic research organization with Control help in Signal Timing
Signaling System has which Arcadis IBI has TOT & Mode setting from Control
been implemented by partnership for implementation Center reduce field personnel
Arcadis IBI in Greater of the system. The algorithm, deployment & Easier to
AHyderabad area with as part of ATCS technology control.
more than 380 traffic signals called, Composite Signal Control
including pedestrian traffic signals Strategy (CoSiCoSt) caters to
for Greater Hyderabad Municipal lane-free, heterogeneous traffic
Corporation and Traffic Polce of operations and it offers a highly
Hyderabad. ATS system works scalable architecture with limited
based on the inputs of dynamic data requirement for signal
traffic conditions at the junction operations. It optimizes the
and across various junctions traffic signal timings through a
whereas the traditional fixed weighted combination of delay
time traffic signal works based and stops for a road traffic
on the timing set into the system. network in real-time. It uses
ATS system ensures that the adaptive traffic signal controllers,
timings are optimally split among i.e., C-DAC Urban Traffic Control
different approaches of the road Equipment (CUTE). The detector
as per the traffic intensity. The key input from each approach of
benefits include reduced delays the junction gets processed
thus reduction in travel times, by the junction controller and
safety with conflict monitoring communicates with the central
and also reduced green starvation system for optimized signal
and emission savings as well as by timing in adaptive traffic control.
product of reduced delays.
The other salient features of
The ATCS technology has
been developed in India by the system, with corresponding
Center for Development and benefits, implemented in
Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Hyderabad include:
a Government of India based • Central monitoring and

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