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requirement is equally demanding
for off-street and on-street parking.
Like the Smart City initiative,
The Adaptive Traffic Control the Safe City projects also are
Systems has now virtually opened opening up the Indian market
for ITS suppliers. The Safe City
a huge market for vehicle detection projects were launched with the
system, communication equipment, objective of strengthening safety
and security of women in public
video-walls, various application places. Major component of Safe
software, etc. The vehicle detection City Project is setting an Integrated
Smart Control Room and setting
market is for vehicle detection out-posts exclusively administered

camera (both streaming and non- by Women police for facilitating
ease of filing complaint by women.
streaming), microwave radars and The Pink Patrol under the safe
thermal cameras city project use vehicle tracking
system for effective dispatch of
enforcement. Implementing safety
measures includes improving street
Another opportunity is for the significant. lighting in identified crime hotspot
pedestrian accessible controller Parking Management is one areas and, implementing cameras
having special features for more area of opportunity under the in buses.
addressing the requirements of Smart Cities initiative. Effectively In the first phase, eight
differently abled. For example, the managing the available parking selected metropolitan cities,
pedestrian pushbutton controller area through parking information namely, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai,
shall provide different tones for dissemination can contribute to Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad,
the visually challenged to identify better utilization of the available Ahmedabad and Lucknow will be
the place to cross, when to cross, space. This involves identifying the implementing safe city projects.
when not to cross and when to available parking slots using various The Ministry of Road Transport
clear the motorway. The system sensors such as inductive loops, and Highways has mandated
shall take inputs from Pushbutton camera, magnetic, ultrasound etc. installation of vehicle location
Switch, RFID enabled Smart and make the information available tracking device and emergency
Cards and automatically detect to drivers seeking for parking slots, button for new public service
SmartCane (SmartCane device is through Variable Message Signs vehicle registered after January 1,
an electronic travel aid for visually (VMS) and/or Mobile Apps. The 2019. Similarly, the Kerala Motor
challenged which fits as handle
of the white cane. SmartCane
can detect objects from knee to
head height. This was developed
by IIT Delhi with financial support
from the Ministry of Electronics &
IT, Govt. of India). The pedestrian
accessible controller shall provide
extended Pedestrian GREEN time
for people carrying RFID enabled
Smart Card and SmartCane.
Pedestrian controllers are required
for mid-block crossings near
schools, hospitals, markets, etc.
where pedestrian movements are

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