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Delhi Unveils Rs 1,789 Crore Intelligent Traffic System: What Commuters Need to Know
- •The Centre approved a Rs 1,789.52-crore Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) for Delhi Police, aiming to modernize traffic monitoring, regulation, and enforcement across the capital.
- •The ITMS will cover 42 traffic corridors, implemented in three phases over 24 months, followed by five years of operation and maintenance, integrating adaptive signals, real-time monitoring, automated enforcement, and emergency vehicle priority.
- •Unlike current fixed-timer signals, ITMS will adjust timings based on real-time traffic conditions, coordinate signals along corridors to reduce delays, and manage congestion at roundabouts using automated regulation.
- •The system will use real-time monitoring, adaptive signals, cameras, automated enforcement, and AI-based analytics across 1,092 Adaptive Traffic Control System locations and 1,029 enforcement locations.
- •ITMS will prioritize emergency vehicles with green corridors, detect various violations like red-light running, overspeeding, and illegal parking, and provide commuters with live traffic information via Variable Message Signs and digital platforms.
Key Questions Answered
The Centre approved a Rs 1,789.52-crore Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) for Delhi Police that will be implemented across 42 identified traffic corridors in three phases over 24 months, followed by five years of operation and maintenance.
While all 1,529 existing traffic signals in Delhi operate on fixed timers, the ITMS signals will utilize real-time traffic conditions and artificial intelligence-based analytics to adjust timings, coordinate movement across corridors, and manage congestion at roundabouts.
The ITMS will detect violations such as red-light and stop-line violations, overspeeding, wrong-way driving, riding without helmets, seat belt non-compliance, illegal parking, and mobile phone usage while driving. AI analytics will also help identify stolen, hot-listed, blacklisted, repeat offender, and hit-and-run vehicles.
