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MYSORE

Intelligent Transport System

Mysore is the cultural capital of Karnataka, Traditionally, Mysore has been home to industries such as weaving, sandalwood carving, bronze work and production of lime and salt. Since 2003, information technology companies have been creating bases in Mysore.

Mysore City road traffic is heterogeneous in character. Significant modal shift is needed to deliver national and international sustainable development aims for a strong economy, an inclusive society and a clean environment. KSRTC aims to bring about this modal shift in the city of Mysore by improving the perceived image of KSRTC services. The current project aims to improve the reliability of KSRTC city services through effective Travel Demand Management measures and Emergency Management System and reduction in the waiting time of its passengers.

GEF-SUTP demonstration project supports the CDP in promoting a sustainable urban transport in Mysore. Subprojects include an Intelligent Transport System (ITS) to improve bus operations.

Intelligent Transport System (ITS) - ITS subproject is designed to improve operational and managerial efficiency in the bus transport system. Activities in this Sub-Component include:

• Establishing a centralized traffic control centre to handle the operational requirements of traffic management;
  
• Introducing GPS services in city bus fleet (500 buses) to monitor the bus movement;
  
• Introducing LED display boards at all the bus-stops (80 stops) of the city to provide real time information about bus operations;
  
• Introducing public information system (announcement system) inside 500 buses; 5) installing plasma display screens for checking the arrival and departure of buses at two main bus stations;
  
• Introducing commuting buses and smart cards to reduce the ticket transaction time;
  
• Introducing information services to travelling passengers through SMS, PDA devices.

Project Management Consultants - KSRTC plans to outsource the supervision of ITS installation and charge the costs (estimated at 9.4 million Rupees) to the project.

Implementation of Intelligent Transport Systems is a pioneering effort by KSRTC to contribute to the first step in providing dynamic information of bus routes. On completion of this project, it is bound to encourage use of public transport by reducing the use of personal vehicles significantly, contribute to saving the environment from heavy vehicle pollution and ease congestion on city roads.

The Intelligent Transport System Project to be implemented at Mysore addresses the critical issue of road congestion by offering state-of-art technologies and attractive, convenient, comfortable, value added services to encourage the usage of bus services against individual personal vehicles.

ITS solution overview

The current project aims to improve the reliability of KSRTC city services through effective Travel Demand Management measures and Emergency Management System and reduction in the waiting time of its passengers.

The core objectives of deploying Intelligent Transport System in the city of Mysore include:

• Providing effective, safe, environmental and commuter friendly solutions to the travelling public who use KSRTC buses.
• Track and monitor the movement of buses on real time basis to enable communication of the arrival timings of buses at the bus stops through state of the art GPS/GPRS technologies
• Inform commuters about the bus routes and arrival timings of buses at the bus stops/terminals through LED Display systems. 
• Effective management through a Decision Support system by collecting, collating and storing information on real time basis about the transport system and its effectiveness using communication technology.
• Instant access to information related to bus schedules, ETA, ETD, annunciating bus stop names, fare details, etc at bus stops, bus terminals and within the buses and through SMS, Internet and IVRS.
• Issuing of Passes Daily, Weekly, Monthly for commuters and e-purse facilities through Smart Cards.
• Facilitate timely management of Incidents/Accidents
• Establish meaningful instant two-way interaction facility between Driver and Central Control Station.
• Obtaining on-line real time information on bus operations and management.
• Effective monitoring of breakdowns and the related information.
• Effective diversion of traffic in case of emergency.
• Monitoring accidents and the related aspects.

 

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