B-TRAC
I know that London is one of the most hi-tech traffic regulated cities in the world – it has the most number of cameras monitoring public that are used to regulate traffic and apparently help defend against crime.
Bangalore will soon be up there in that hi-tech list.
B-TRAC project aims to do phenomenal improvements to our current traffic system.
London also has implemented “congestion charges” to enter certain roads/areas of city during certain time windows. We may also get that here in Bangalore, as per the suggestions in the article.
This seems to be a nice idea…
What say you?
Kanth,
Great post! Yes, I do remember reading that bit about London and its camera:person ratio!
In Singapore (I forget the name of the system) but essentially, overhead scanners interact with onboard car chips & deduct toll charges for entry into specific roads! The idea behind that scheme is similar to B-TRAC’s : deter traffic pileups & reduce congestion !
Cheers,
Ravi
Lot of gimmicry and buffoonery.
These folks dont *know* how to handle basic traffic situations adequately – or to enforce the basic tenets of road safety.
I think an appropriate example of what these guys are doing is the space one – NASA going for a pen that can write against/without gravity, and the Russians going for a pencil.
There is an urgent and crying need for the basics to be set right – if that’s not done, nothing else will help. btw, I think there are cameras now, at select locations – one of the Infantry Road junctions for instance.
I’d love to see how they plan to collect charges for entering the central areas without causing a traffic pileup in the process. Do they plan to install electronic systems? How are they going to convince the populace to pay for those on-car electronics and waive their privacy? If they try, you can bet people will be up in arms demanding better public transport first.
@Jace:
Very valid questions!
I think the project folks will take lessons from here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Congestion_Charge