With traffic woes continue to haunt Mumbai, the traffic police are soon going to the state-of-the-art traffic management system to decongest traffic and monitor violations.
According to Hindustan Times, the Mumbai traffic police will soon set up an Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) at 617 junctions across the city. The ITMS will include 4,705 new traffic signals, 300 red light violation detection (RLVD) cameras, 925 automatic number plate recognition cameras, 300 cameras to identify vehicles moving the wrong way, and 300 cameras for corner parking. The ITMS software will have traffic data, which will be used to decide and modify timings at signals.
“A need was felt to develop an Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) which would aim at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the traffic on Mumbai roads,” said Amitesh Kumar, joint commissioner of police (Traffic) told the leading daily. The Mumbai Police had already submitted a proposal for the ITMS to the state home department. The tender for the ITMS was floated earlier this month and the bidding for the same will close by March 31. The Mumbai Police expects that the ITMS will be operational within 20 months after the contract is finalised.
