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TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Data, Data & Data

Bangalore based DataCorp Traffic, an offshore Traffic and

Transportation data analysis company caters to transportation
data collection companies, transport planners/ consultants
and other transport authorities worldwide. Madhu Meenakshi,

Managing Director, Datacorp Traffic shares with TrafficInfraTech
new developments and company’s strategic partnerships

Data collection in airports DataCorp Traffic previously did completely developed by our
India is the fastest growing an extensive study at the Bangalore in-house R&D team.
market for domestic air travel. Airport for its Master Plan. The Here’s how the model works;
Datacorp is working on a project study involved Passenger Arrival/ normally cameras are placed at
that spans across 48 airports Departure modes - whether by every 100 or 200 metres on either
in India. Here, our company’s personal car, taxi or public transport; side of the toll plazas. Let us say,
expertise is used to collect requisite movement of vehicular traffic within if the vehicle queueing reaches up
data for airport modelling and the airport premises including to 300 metres from the toll plaza,
passenger simulation. parking and cargo; passenger these cameras will automatically
trip pattern; parking demand; detect congestion and immediately
How does the model work? Let
us say, there are ten thousand movement of people in the forcourt send a notification to a centralised
passengers but what happens if area; pick-up/drop-off kerb usage command centre and an SMS/email
there are twenty thousand in the etc. The successful completion of alert to the concerned authorities.
future? Here, the model will show this project paved way for the recent The system can be configured
exactly what happens if there is an project that involves 48 airports. to send special alerts to different
excess of ten thousand passengers. Datacorp’s tie-up with NHAI for personnel (toll operators, highway
For building that model, the modeller data collection project… authorities, road users etc.) based
needs the data to understand on pre-set congestion thresholds.
what the current situation is in all Datacorp is working on IHMCL’s After an alert message is sent to toll
the 48 airports. The airport needs (which is a subsidiary of NHAI) operator, the next alert message
information/data like how many automatic traffic counter and is sent to NHAI data office or
male and female passengers are classifier project. We have around somebody from the Ministry who
travelling, how many people are 600 locations across India and carry wants to know the situation in any
carrying bags & what is the size of out survey twice a year for five toll plaza across the country. We
these bags, what is the delay time at years. This is one project; we have can send SMS alert especially when
the entry gate and how long does a been doing it for the last two to the traffic reaches 500 metres.
passenger wait at the check-in area three years in a row. This automatic monitoring is being
and how much time it takes him/her DataCorp Traffic also did a carried out with the help of Artificial
to clear in the security counter etc. pilot project using the proprietory Intelligence technology. We did
DataCorp uses advanced auditable AI based technology for a two weeks pilot for NHAI at
data collection methods to get Congestion Monitoring at Toll Mulbagal Toll Plaza near Bengaluru
this information. Plazas. This technology was in May this year.

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