Bangalore gets AI-powered adaptive traffic control system

The AI-based system was developed by C-DAC and is being implemented the Arcadis IBI Group.

The Bengaluru Traffic Police has implemented a new AI-powered adaptive traffic control system in the city. The new Bengaluru Adaptive Traffic Control System (BATCS) is said to revolutionise traffic management and ease congestion.

As part of the BATCS project, the city is upgrading 136 junctions and installing 29 new ones, covering a total of 165 traffic signals. The system is based on an indigenously developed CoSiCoSt ATCS application developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and is being implemented with the Arcadis IBI Group.

According to M N Anucheth, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic), the old traffic management system lacked real-time adaptability and central monitoring. Thanks to AI technology, BATCS dynamically adjusts signal timings based on real-time traffic densities using inputs from camera sensors. 

Source: HT