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                  ITMS to Solve


                  Mumbai’s Traffic Woes









                  The Maharashtra state cabinet recently approved Rs 891Cr
                  to implement Intelligent Traffic Management System project
                  to streamline vehicular movement on the metropolis’ roads.
                  TrafficInfraTech looks at the project, its implementation

                  and, how the system will benefit the maximum city.


                          he  Traffic  Index  2018   The Project                    read license number-plates, and 300
                          published by Amsterdam-                                   cameras each to capture vehicles
                          based location technology   ITMS  project will  be  implemented   driving the wrong way and parking
                          specialist TomTom recently   keeping in mind Mumbai’s busy   offences, the Mumbai Police expect
                  Tranked Mumbai as the most       streets, bridges and flyovers. With   that the system will help them make
                  traffic-congested city in the world.   the combination of 4,705 smart   optimum utilisation of the space
                  On an average, experts have noted   radar-operated traffic signals at 617   available for vehicles. The Police also
                  that travellers in Indian cities- Delhi,   junctions, 300 CCTV cameras to detect   expect to curb speeding and lane-
                  Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata    red light violations, 925 cameras to   cutting offences in the process.
                  spend 1.5 hours more on their daily
                  commutes in comparison with their
                  counterparts in other Asian cities at
                  times of peak traffic.
                   Mumbai, with a population of 1.30Cr
                  and 34 lakh vehicles commuting on
                  the  2,000-kilometre  road  network,
                  needs a system that will save time
                  while travelling and money spent on
                  fuel due to vehicle population and
                  traffic jams. That said, to streamline
                  vehicular movement on the Mumbai
                  roads, the  Maharashtra cabinet has
                  recently approved the implementation
                  of ITMS project. The system will
                  create linkages to support information
                  sharing  through  traffic  controllers,
                  information portal, variable message
                  signs, IoT and API. Mumbai has to
                  tackle challenges like pollution levels,
                  physical constrains for road expansion,
                  road network congestion and high
                  population of vehicle




            50  August-September ’19 / TrafficInfraTech                                                 www.trafficinfratech-com-500653.hostingersite.com
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