BENGALURU TRAFFIC POLICE B-TRAC – Technology Driven

BENGALURU TRAFFIC POLICE

B-TRAC – Technology Driven Traffic

Management

BENGALURU TRAFFIC POLICE

The Vision:

“To uphold the rule of law, ensure smooth

flow of traffic, prevent and investigate road

accidents, maintain highest standard of road safety,

uphold citizen’s rights, enlist widest possible

community co-operation, absorb leading edge

technologies for creating and sustaining an ideal

environment for growth and development of

Bengaluru City as a developed city on par with

International Standards”.

SOME FACTS ABOUT BENGALURU CITY TRAFFIC

11,000 Kms of road.

44,000 intersections.

More than 353 signalized intersections.

500 manned intersections.

193 One-way roads.

Police Personnel deployed based on need in more than

1000 intersections.

58.26 lakh vehicles.

Everyday 800-1000 new vehicles being registered.

No. of BMTC Buses 6,200.

BTP has strength of 2560 Officers/Men

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Vehicle Population: 55.6 lakh vehicles;

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Roughly 70% are two-wheelers.

Vehicle to persons ratio: 1:2 (Delhi: 1:4)

Projected number of cars in 2020 : 1.8

million in 2030: 4.7 million.

No. of two wheelers in 2020: 6.2 million ;

In 2030: 16.2 million.

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Between 1995 to 2010, population growth: 4.8 % per Year; motor vehicles growth: 10% per year i.e. 5 times higher.

Bengaluru city in a nutshell

Growth of Vehicles in Bengaluru City

From 2001 to 2015

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NoYear No. of Vehicles

1 2001 1566.1

2 2004 2157.5

3 2007 3106.6

4 2010 3686.3

5 2011 4060.0

6 2012 4476.0

7 2013 4920.0

8 2014 5392.9

9 2015(30-09-2015)

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Road Accidents in Bengaluru CitySl

NoYear

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No. of Persons killed

Persons Injured

1 2002 9856 820 7577

2 2003 10505 883 7980

3 2004 9101 903 6921

4 2005 7578 836 5899

5 2006 7561 915 6048

6 2007 8426 981 6591

7 2008 7772 892 6150

8 2009 6875 761 5668

9 2010 6483 858 5343

10 2011 6024 762 4976

11 2012 5502 760 4471

12 2013 5230 771 4289

13 2014 5004 729 4098

14 2015(31/10/2015) 4073 616 3398

Road Accidents in Bengaluru City

1. Population boom due to economic growth

2. Phenomenal growth in vehicular traffic

3. Slow growth in transport infrastructure

4. Poor Urban Traffic Planning

5. Zero parking infrastructure and unregulated parking

6. Indiscipline among road users

leading to – a) Traffic congestion and bottlenecks

b) Road accidents leading to deaths and

traumatic injuries

c) Air and noise pollution

BANGALORE CITY IS EXPERIENCING:

Traffic Scenario in Bangalore City

Affordability to Own Private Vehicles

Rapid Population growth

Traffic Scenario in Bangalore City

Higher emission levels

Traffic Scenario in Bangalore City

Unscientific Traffic Planning

Traffic Scenario in Bangalore City

Indiscipline among road users

Traffic Scenario in Bangalore City

Zero parking infrastructure

Traffic Scenario in Bangalore City

Urban Transport Policy Vs Problems

Traffic Scenario in Bangalore City

Lack of adequate public transport facilities

Traffic Scenario in Bangalore City

TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN TRAFFIC

MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE

B-TRAC Concept

B-TRAC is the ‘first of its kind’ project in the country to

address the issues of traffic congestion, safety etc by

utilizing the latest traffic management technologies and

techniques, which are appropriate to our context. This will

give the much-needed scope for larger infrastructure

projects to be planned and implemented for improving the

transportation system in Bengaluru city.

B-TRAC

• In order to address the perennial traffic problems the city police have envisaged the Bengaluru Traffic Improvement

Project B-TRAC• The objectives of BTRAC would be two fold:

Operational Objectives•Reduce traffic congestion by 30% in

central area

•Reduction in Pollution

•Reduction in accidents by 30%

• Improved parking management

•Achieve substantial compliance of

traffic laws and rules

• Set up accident reduction and

trauma care system

Institutional Objectives•Coordinated and planned

traffic management

•Robust revenue model based

on traffic fines

• Legal and institutional reforms

•Capacity Building-modern

Traffic Training Institute

• Strengthening of traffic police

by augmenting infrastructure

B-TRAC PROJECT

(2006-07 to 2010-11)

Project cost for 5 year plan : Rs. 350 Crores

Contribution of state Govt. : Rs. 175 Crores

No. and date of Government : HD 73 POP 2006

Order to entrust work to KRDCL Dated 22-5-2006

Date of M.O.U between : 09-08-2006

Commissioner of Police & KRDCL

Components of B-TRAC

Intelligent Transportation Systems

Surveillance/ Enforcement cameras

Junction Improvement

Street furniture

Education/ Awareness and capacity building

• Automation Enforcement is a user-friendly and

transparent mode of enforcement

• Constabulary taking photoes of vehicles violating

traffic rules

• Information passed to the Automation Enforcement

Center

• Computerized challans are generated and sent tothe offender

• Payments can be made at any police station orBengaluru–One centers or on website

Automation Enforcement

System Flow

• Identify Offence

• Stop and Verify the Offender

• Check for previous offences

• Collection fine or Issue Notice

Automation Enforcement

Search & Pay Violation

Advantages:

• Transparency and objectivity

• Cases booked are stored in the server and repeat

offenders can be identified

• For those who can not pay spot fines notices are issued

and the details are put up on the servers

• Registration database from transport department linked

up to Automated Enforcement Centre

Blackberry

746 Blackberrys and wireless printers to

traffic sub-inspectors and inspectors

Traffic Surveillance Camera – 179 Nos

Surveillance Camera collects

real time video from thespecified locations by usingPan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) domecamera system and transmitsthe image to the TrafficControl Center through an IPnetwork.

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CCTV-SYSTEM

Traffic Enforcement Camera - 5 Nos

Enforcement Systems capturesover-speed and signal jumpingviolations and transmits to theTMC

INTERCEPTORS

BTIS Information

VMS-20 Nos

Advice Road Users about:

• Road Incidents

• Diversion

• Speed Restriction

• Safety Messages

• RF connectivity to TMC

1. Vehicle actuation

2. Linked to TMC

3. Minimum five Time cycles; separate for Saturday/ Sunday

4. LED Lamp heads

5. Direction Boards

6. Disable friendly- auditory signal during green-man time

7. Solar panels

8. Single agency for maintenance

9. ICMS-automatic lamp failure/ power failure detection

Up-gradation/ new Traffic Signal - 353 locations

Standardization of Sign boards – 30000

Road side traffic sign boards help in regulatingtraffic by imparting guidance to the road users

No advertisement/ sponsorship

Back End Connectivity– 330 locations

Back end connectivity transfers online fieldinformation to the automation centre(TMC) from Traffic Signals, SurveillanceCameras and Enforcement Cameraslocations

• The Traffic Management

Center (TMC) is the hub of a

transportation management

system, where information

about the transportation

network is collected and

combined with other

operational and control data

to manage the transportation

network and to produce

traveler information.

Traffic Management

Center

Traffic Management Center

Traffic Management Center currently is responsible for:

Gathering Statistics about Traffic Flow and related flow patterns

Planning movement of Traffic with the objective of avoiding bottlenecks

Executing the traffic plan; keeping in view the local situation so as to incur least

inconvenience to the commuter

In the entire sets of activities, the core objective of the department is to ensure

smooth flow of traffic with minimal intervention.

Traffic Management Center

Road Markings - 100,000Sq.mtrs

Reflective thermoplastic road markings areused as a means of controlling and guidingmechanism of traffic for smooth flow alongthe guided paths of travel.

Street Furniture

Flexible cones with reflective tapes are used as lane dividers and reflectivity ensures more visibility during night times.

Over head Signage – 20 locations

Highlights

Installation of over head sign boards for guidance of road users.

BTRAC 2010 – Ongoing initiative

Citizen’s Centric Initiatives

Citizen’s Traffic Forum meeting 3rd

Saturday of every month

Innovative Public Eye campaign

Free Traffic SMS Alerts

IVRS complaint system

Interactive Facebook.

Integrated complaint monitoring System

Citizen Participation in Enforcement

Public eye:

• Citizen capture violations on the field

• Upload pictures to BTP website atwww.Bengalurutrafficpolic.gov.in/publiceye

• Backend processing of the uploaded image

along with details of the locations

processed

• Notice for violations issuedCont’d

Public eye:

Traffic Training and Road Safety

Institute, Thanisandra, Bengaluru

Training and capacity building

• Stress Management Training for Traffic Police Officers

• Basic Traffic Management Training for all Traffic Police Officers and men

• Refresher Training for existing traffic Police Officers and Men

• Soft Skill training for Auto rickshaw drivers

• Road Safety training for professional drivers

• Road Safety Training for School bus / van drivers etc.

Transparency in enforcement of traffic rules

Substantial compliance of Traffic laws and

rules.

Reduction in road accidents.

Reduction in traffic congestion in central

areas.

Reduced Journey in Central areas.

Impact of B-TRAC

Transparency in enforcement of traffic rules

Impact of B-TRAC

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Total Fineamount

Rs. In Crores

1 2007 1444098 19.91

2 2008 2079071 29.51

3 2009 2640286 37.62

4 2010 3333112 47.56

5 2011 4790841 50.56

6 2012 5204800 53.85

7 2013 5432812 56.98

8 2014 7436284 65.92

9 2015(31/10/2015)

6194308 57.41

Impact of B-TRACTransparency in enforcement of traffic rules

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YEAR Total Accidents Killed Injured

2007 8426 981 6591

2008 7772 892 6150

2009 6875 761 5668

2010 6483 858 5343

2011 6024 762 4976

2012 5502 760 4471

2013 5230 771 4289

2014 5004 729 4098

2015(31/10/2015)

4073 616 3398

Impact of B-TRACReduction in Road Accidents

Impact of B-TRACReduction in Road Accidents

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Reduced travel time due to scientific fine tuning of

signal timings at junctions in Central areas

Impact of B-TRAC – travel time

Average savings in time of 15%achieved for 80% of the junctions

Awards for B-TRAC Project“Award for Excellence in Urban Transport”

Honoured by Ministry of Urban Development,

Government of India.

“Golden Peacock Award” for Innovative Product /

Service honoured by Institute of Directors (IOD) and

Golden Peacock Secretariat.

Awards for B-TRAC Project

Awards for B-TRAC Project“Golden Peacock HR excellence Award” honoured

by Institute of Directors (IOD) and Golden Peacock

Secretariat.

Awards for B-TRAC Project“Namma Bengaluru Award” honoured by Namma

Bengaluru Foundation, Bengaluru.

Awards for B-TRAC Project“Best Project Award-2014”

by Ministry of Urban Development.

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