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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

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