Amazing news!! Artificial Intelligence or AI driven adaptive traffic system at 165 junctions across Chennai!!
Feeling upset regarding long waiting times at the traffic signals in Chennai!! Worry not!!
In the future, don`t be surprised if the waiting time at the traffic signals in Chennai gets reduced.
It is now said that at 165 junctions across arterial roads in Chennai, Artificial intelligence or AI driven adaptive traffic systems would be fitted. Truth is that these systems would automatically adjust the green light durations based on the real time road congestion levels. By this, waiting time would get reduced. In addition, lanes would become less crowded, green lights extending up to 120 seconds in the busy road stretches etc than the usual 60-90 seconds across all lanes irrespective of the traffic.
Information gathered is that the first phase of the upgrade would include important roads like Anna Salai, Jawaharlal Nehru Salai, Sardar Patel Road, Kamarajar Sai, Rajaji Salai etc in Chennai. The traffic system is being tested at 6 pilot junctions on EVR Salai including Vepery and Ega Theatre junctions.
According to joint commissioner of police traffic East , Mr. Bandi Gangadhar it was confirmed by the early results from these pilot locations that queue lengths have been reduced in the peak hours. Not only that, clearance time for vehicles has been improving steadily.
Working of these adaptive traffic systems:
It is worthy to note that three primary components would work together in tandem. Firstly, the sensors installed would track the vehicle speed and the time taken to cross the intersection. This would help in assessing the congestion levels in real time. In the second step, AI enabled cameras would count vehicles, detect the direction and distinguish between types of cars, buses, pedestrians etc. It must be noted that these data points would be fed into the control unit that recalibrates signal phases instantly. By this, busier lanes would get extended green signals whereas the less busy lanes would get shorter cycles.
To the central server located at GCTP headquarters in Vepery, each traffic junction would transmit live data. This would coordinate signal timings along the entire corridors.
