Intelligent Transport Systems In India

Market Assessment

With the development of the Golden Quadrilateral (a highway network connecting the four metros – Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata), India is seeing an increasing use of automated technologies in the transport sector. Technologies that have relevance to India include Bicycle sharing system, Geospatial-enabled efficient transportation system, Dynamic carpooling/car sharing, GPS-based tracking and route information of public transport, Integrated transit hubs, surveillance techniques and congestion charging (Accenture- Nasscom, 2015)

There are a few metropolitan cities such as New Delhi, Bangalore and Pune that have standalone ITS applications like automated parking systems, electronic toll collection, automated traveller information systems (ATIS) and intelligent signal control. Passenger information systems (PIS) have been implemented in some bus rapid transit (BRT) systems in India.

FASTag is an electronic toll collection system operated by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and was first set up in 2014 on the stretch of the Golden Quadrilateral between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Subsequently, in July 2015, it was expanded to the Chennai – Bengaluru stretch of the Golden Quadrilateral. (PIB, 2014)

Mysore has installed a city-wide ITS for real-time monitoring and tracking of buses, including PIS and centralised control of the bus fleet. Similarly, the city of Hyderabad is working towards installation of a city-wide ITS system with assistance from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).