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and managing purpose. This
data now can be processed for
generating congestion maps
and speed graphs on various city
roads. The data generated by the
Electronic Ticketing Machine (ETM)
is used to generate passenger load
information and decision support
tools use them for effective
scheduling.
Classified vehicle count at
state and national highways can
provide an insight to the revenue
generation at toll plazas for cross
Vehicles Department is mandating Weighing in Motion (WIM) is reference. Insurance companies
to fix Automatic Vehicle Locating another technology the authorities can look at the driving pattern
(AVL) system with one or more are seriously considering to adopt of various drivers and the speeds
emergency buttons in all public for the highways. WIM are from the GPS data. ANPR can
vehicles under the project Suraksha- designed to capture and record be effectively used for crime
Mitr as a measure of improving the axle weights and gross vehicle tracking. Huge data is collected
public safety. The system can report weights as vehicles drive over a every hour by the hundreds
violations including over speeding. measurement site. Implementation and thousands of surveillance
The Emergency Response Support of WIM will make the inspection cameras installed across various
System (ERSS) is an integration process easier and fast. Similarly, cities. Different information can
of police (100), fire (101), health BRTS systems that are coming up be extracted from these videos
(108) and women (1090) helpline in many cities offer opportunity using appropriate analytics.
numbers to provide emergency for various gadgets including Need for the Road Accident Data
services through the single number Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) Management System (RADMS)
‘112’. Country wide rollout of the system, Ticketing Machines, is being discussed for long time.
ERSS is nearing completion. ERSS Gate Control, VMS, Traffic Signal Field proven indigenous RADMS is
also use various ITS components Controllers having Transit Signal yet to come. It is a long way for
including vehicle tracking system. Priority (TSP) features, etc. our country for this migration; but,
The most interesting thing the opportunities are huge.
ITS is used in highways for toll about implementation of ITS
collection, incident detection, solutions is the way these influence
speed detection, automatic the business models. It can be
counting and classification etc. observed that the ITS is changing
Most of the toll plazas across from a conventional technology-
national and state highways are driven system into a data-driven
using RFID based FASTag for toll intelligent transportation system.
collection. FASTag is a simple to Infrastructure-generated data is
use, reloadable tag which enables quickly being replaced by sensor-
automatic deduction of toll generated data. The data collected
charges at the toll plaza without from a variety of sources can be
stopping for the cash transaction. processed into various forms
The tag affixed on the windscreen for transportation operation
of the vehicle will be read by and planning. For example, the
the RFID reader at the toll plaza vehicle locating systems were
and the transaction will happen implemented in public and private Dr. P Ravikumar
automatically while the vehicle vehicles initially to understand their Ph.D (IIT Bombay), Senior Consultant,
pass through the toll gate. current location for monitoring C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram

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