Cities across India, like other Asian cities, are facing traffic congestion, especially during peak hours.
In Mumbai, the country's financial capital, jams are taking a turn for the worse as thousands of new vehicles are being added to the city's roads every day.
Already, Mumbai and Delhi are recording top speeds of 15 to 16 kmph during peak hours, and the situation worsens when traffic lights fail to manage the flow of traffic.
However, Japan's Kyosan Electric Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has a solution to India's growing traffic chaos with its invention of Profile Signal Control System called ARTEMIS.
"Delays naturally occur whenever there are unexpected occurrences. In order to tackle this, we have developed a profile signal system called ARTEMIS," said Dr. Kazutoshi Fukuda, the manufacturer of Artemis.
In Japan's Iwata city,the technology has already been implemented successfully.
Here, ultrasonic vehicle detectors have been installed at every 200 meters and at every intersection which sense the number and distance between vehicles.
A vehicle's detectors send a signal back to the traffic management system, which estimates traffic demands and calculates the timing of the signal.
Each individual traffic light is networked together through this traffic signal control board.
Wired together through an IP network, traffic signals are able to adjust to the demand of traffic in real time. It is called the Intelligent Traffic Light System.
The system is able to minimize waiting time due to its ability to estimate traffic conditions. As a result, this intersection has reduced traffic congestion by 35 per cent.
Other big cities can take advantage of this technology to reduce traffic congestion.
"Along with systems like this, big metropolitan cities can reduce their congestion by increasing the number of roadways and by servicing and maintaining their existing roadways," said Dr. Fukuda.
In Hanoi, Vietnam, the program is already under consideration, under Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Official Development Assistant Program, for city's traffic management.
"Data can be collected automatically. We introduce the latest technology - the sensor and camera - which collects that data efficiently and safely. Now, we are involved in ODA project involving data collection survey," said Dr. Kazuya Aoki, an official with PASCO/JICA project for Pavement Data Collection Survey.
Cities across India are growing rapidly and thousands of new vehicles are being added to the roads every day and the need of an hour is for a technology like ARTEMIS that can help manage traffic better. (ANI)
In Mumbai, the country's financial capital, jams are taking a turn for the worse as thousands of new vehicles are being added to the city's roads every day.
Already, Mumbai and Delhi are recording top speeds of 15 to 16 kmph during peak hours, and the situation worsens when traffic lights fail to manage the flow of traffic.
However, Japan's Kyosan Electric Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has a solution to India's growing traffic chaos with its invention of Profile Signal Control System called ARTEMIS.
"Delays naturally occur whenever there are unexpected occurrences. In order to tackle this, we have developed a profile signal system called ARTEMIS," said Dr. Kazutoshi Fukuda, the manufacturer of Artemis.
In Japan's Iwata city,the technology has already been implemented successfully.
Here, ultrasonic vehicle detectors have been installed at every 200 meters and at every intersection which sense the number and distance between vehicles.
A vehicle's detectors send a signal back to the traffic management system, which estimates traffic demands and calculates the timing of the signal.
Each individual traffic light is networked together through this traffic signal control board.
Wired together through an IP network, traffic signals are able to adjust to the demand of traffic in real time. It is called the Intelligent Traffic Light System.
The system is able to minimize waiting time due to its ability to estimate traffic conditions. As a result, this intersection has reduced traffic congestion by 35 per cent.
Other big cities can take advantage of this technology to reduce traffic congestion.
"Along with systems like this, big metropolitan cities can reduce their congestion by increasing the number of roadways and by servicing and maintaining their existing roadways," said Dr. Fukuda.
In Hanoi, Vietnam, the program is already under consideration, under Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Official Development Assistant Program, for city's traffic management.
"Data can be collected automatically. We introduce the latest technology - the sensor and camera - which collects that data efficiently and safely. Now, we are involved in ODA project involving data collection survey," said Dr. Kazuya Aoki, an official with PASCO/JICA project for Pavement Data Collection Survey.
Cities across India are growing rapidly and thousands of new vehicles are being added to the roads every day and the need of an hour is for a technology like ARTEMIS that can help manage traffic better. (ANI)
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