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Crystal clear traffic in Gurgaon

Updated on: 22 March,2010 08:30 AM IST  | 
Amit Singh |

LCD display screens, intelligent traffic lights and variable message signs (VMS) to be put up at traffic signals in the city

Crystal clear traffic in Gurgaon

LCD display screens, intelligent traffic lights and variable message signs (VMS) to be put up at traffic signals in the city

With great power comes great responsibility and with great connectivity comes great congestion.
Gurgaon, home to numerous corporate houses, has long been struggling with traffic mess. But it seems the prayers of thousands of working professionals, who have to shunt in and out daily from Gurgaon, have finally been answered.

The traffic police in the satellite city plans to install liquid crystal display (LCD) screens at major intersections as part of an IT-driven system to streamline road traffic during the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. "The screens will provide information about traffic at the next intersection, alternative routes and parking lots. This is part of the intelligent traffic system (ITS)," said police commissioner S S Deswal.

A traffic police official said intelligent traffic lights and variable message signs (VMS) would be the focus of the system. "Currently, we have traffic signals with prefixed timings. In the intelligent signalling, there will be sensors fixed on roads which would read the volume of traffic on the road on the basis of which they would turn green and red," he said.

The system will also have a device to scan registration number plates which will help in spotting vehicles involved in accidents or those which have been stolen.

The major intersections where the ITS is likely to be installed are Shankar Chowk, IFFCO Chowk, Rajeev Chowk, Golf Course Road, the road that leads to CWG venue and the Gurgaon-Faridabad Road.




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