Smart traffic tool to manage Noida-Greater Noida expressway

The 25-km long Noida-Greater Noida expressway is likely to have a fully-functional Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) to monitor traffic and make movement safe for commuters. The system is expected to be in place by November.

The ITMS, which is partly functional on the Yamuna expressway, is a hi-tech system which monitors traffic along expressways, alerts commuters of traffic movements and ensures swift response to them. It provides real-time traffic advisory information to motorists through electronic message signs. Overall, it is provides an integrated platform that centralizes the management of all traffic systems, such as traffic signal control, traffic monitoring, incident management, tunnel and highway monitoring and provision of real-time traffic advisory information are also other features of the ITMS.

According to officials, the system is being sponsored by an Austrian company at a cost of more than Rs 26 crore, and is expected to bring down the accident rate on the road by about 25%. The work is going on at a hectic pace to launch it in the next five months.