GHMC set to overhaul traffic signals in Hyderabad with new tech
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), which had adopted Adaptive Traffic Signal Control (ATSC) and Pelican Signal System (PSS), to manage the existing traffic system, is set to overhaul its traffic signalling infrastructure in the city limits.
The corporation will focus on leveraging these advanced technologies to streamline the traffic management across the traffic signals in its territory. The ATSC and PSS are known for automatically and continuously adjusting the green-light time based on the changing arrival patterns of vehicles at an intersection.
The civic body manages nearly 400 traffic signals across the city and it has identified that the traffic management equipment has outlived their utility. The corporation has decided to go for a comprehensive upgrade.
Currently, there are around 404 traffic signals at various junctions across Hyderabad (226), Cyberabad (142), and Rachakonda Police Commissionerates (36).
Hyderabad has 133 Hyderabad Traffic Integrated Management System (HTRIMS) signals, 62 ATSC signals, and 31 PSS signals. Cyberabad has 60 HTRIMS, 38 ATSC, and 44 PSS signals, while Rachakonda has 20 HTRIMS, 13 ATSC, and 3 PSS signals.
The HTRIMS will enable traffic police to remotely control signals from the control room, the ATSC will use AI for automated signals and the Pelican signals with a push-button facility allow safe pedestrian crossing through the busy pedestrian stage.
As the contract with the previous agencies is set to expire this month, the civic body has issued a tender notification from agencies for the design, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of new traffic signals, upgradation of old signals, and the operation and maintenance of existing signals for the next three years.
