Intelligent Trafic Management System
Gujarat is in the forefront of economic development and
industrialization. Besides being a major manufacturer of
Pharmaceuticals, Dyes, Chemicals and textile etc. Gujarat also has huge
resources of petroleum deposits with it and is a major producer of
petrochemicals too. Gujarat caters to a vast hinterland, which
constitutes 35% of India’s exports. In today’s scenario Gujarat has made
up plans to become one of the major players in the global IT sector
too.
India’s first intelligent traffic management system has been made
operational on Ahmedabad’s 132-ft ring road from today. Ten camera-based
traffic censors under this Japanese technology based system relay the
details of traffic flow, speed, density to a cloud-based traffic control
centre on the basis of which four large 7×3 metres LED screens will
pass on information on road jams, construction work or other hurdles to
road users about 200 metres prior to traffic light so that they can take
decision on selection of road. Same information will be available on
smart phones through real time traffic update. Traffic police will
update the details for display on each LED screen through tablets
assigned to them. The system has been funded by Japan International
Corporation Agency(JICA).
Background:
AMC had in its current financial year budget mentioned Rs. 17.20
crore ‘Area traffic control system(ATCS)’ project in cooperation with
DIMS. As per the details of proposal, 186 traffic signals are to be
connected to the main control room under this project. The new traffic
signals will function automatically through vehicle density camera
detectors. In phase-1, as many as 84 traffic signals are to be activated
while in phase-2, total 186 traffic signals will be equipped to do
video based vehicle detection through cameras at a cost of Rs. 9.58
crore. Japanese company Zero-sum wireless solutions has planned Rs. 5.52
crore Intelligence Transport System(ITS). LED screens will be installed
on Vasna APMC-Shivranjani-Judges Bungalow road through 10 traffic
censors and tablet computing devices to show traffic information to
public. There will be no financial burden on AMC while implementation
the project. On the contrary AMC will earn Rs. 5 lakh through
advertisement rights.
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