TeCDAC07 Area Traffic Control System Implementation at Pune Case Study

Area Traffic Control System Implementation at Pune Case Study

V. Muralidharan, Additional Director, C-DAC P. Ravikumar, Deputy Director, CIG, C-DAC

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Area Traffic Control System in India

ATCS is a fairly a new concept in India After Delhi, Pune is the second city in India to have an ATCS; and the first city to have an indigenous ATCS

63 junctions in Delhi is under SCOOT (imported from UK) and 38 junctions in Pune is under CoSiCoSt (developed by C-DAC) CoSiCoSt is being implemented in Jaipur on a pilot scale

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What is ATCS?
Area traffic control systems are traffic responsive systems that use data from vehicle detectors and optimize traffic signal settings to reduce vehicle delays and stops The system operates in a closed loop, evaluating the real time demand and properly updating network signal timings
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C-DAC ATCS Model

Stop line / exit loop Detector

Sensor utilization factor

Traffic Signal Controller

Signal Control

Signal Lights

Signal Timings (Prediction)

Feedback (Signal Timings executed against the prediction)

Central Control Station (CCS)

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Major building blocks of ATCS

Traffic Signal Controller Vehicle Detectors Communication Network Application Software Central Control Station

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Traffic Signal Controller

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Vehicle Detection
Exit Loop for Right turning traffic

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Stop line Loop for Straight going traffic

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Central Control Station (CCS)

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Challenges in implementing ATCS on Indian roads

Traffic is not lane following A vehicle entering the approach (upstream) on a particular lane need not maintain the same at the intersection Uncontrolled side roads and on-street parking High mix of traffic Obtaining a correct measure of traffic count is highly complex Data loss due to power failure Network failure Availability of funds
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Homogeneous, lane following traffic

Typical flow on Indian Roads (A scene from Pune)

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Typical Indian Road Condition

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On-street Parking

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A typical parking pattern seen on Laxmi Road

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Typical Corridors

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Addressing the Challenges

C-DAC developed a Composite Signal Control Strategy (CoSiCoSt) for distributed network model that address all typical Indian road conditions Strategies are built into the system to guard against network failure, power failure etc. Distributed control give high scalability. Phased implementation of the system is possible based on funds availability

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CoSiCoSt Network Model

Intersection Controller Demand Detector Split Optimizer New Timings & Preferences Translation Plan

Stage Timing, Stage Saturation, Speed info

Split time modifier

Performance Index / Offset

Route Selection & Offset Optimizer Area Optimizer

Current Timings

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Preferences & Observations

Weights & Bias

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Central Control Room

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CCS
Variable Message Sign
GSM GSM NETWORK NETWORK

Variable Message Sign

Leased line Network

SCMS SCMS

(Data, Control & Video)

ArTIC #1 ArTIC #2 ArTIC #3

SCMS - Service Crew Monitoring System

ArTIC 38

Camera

Camera

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Detector

Detector

Detector

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Photographs from Surveillance Camera Alka Talkies Junction, Pune

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Variable Message Sign

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Service Crew Monitoring System

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Controller supply and installation

M/s Webel Mediatronics Ltd., Kolkata 38 controllers and 136 vehicle sensor loops

Impact Analysis of ATCS in Pune

M/s. Consulting Engineering Services (India) Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai Pre and Post implementation study
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Measure of Effectives (MoEs) considered for evaluation of impact of ATCS

Average Travel Speed Average Delay Average Saving in Fuel Average Saving in Time

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Summary of these MoEs

Average travel speed increase in the range of 2% to 12% Reduction in average delay in the range of 11% to 30% Estimated annual fuel savings in the year 2006 due to implementation of ATCS is about Rs. 4.77 Crores Estimated annual time saving benefits in the year 2006 due to implementation of ATCS is about Rs. 0.83 Crores Total annual saving in the year 2006 due to implementation of ATCS on the 6 project corridors is about Rs. 5.60 Crores Over all Increase in the Traffic Volume is 9.06%
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Funding and Duration

Project Jointly funded by DIT and Pune Municipal Corporation Duration - 30 Months (January 2004 to June 2006) Project Cost - Rs.597.68L
Percentage Share

35% DIT PMC 65%

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Agencies come forward for ATCS Technology

M/s. Webel Mediatronics Ltd., Kolkata M/s. KELTRON, Thiruvananthapuram M/s. Bharat Electronics Ltd., Bangalore

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Patents
A method for synchronizing Heterogeneous Road Traffic and System thereof

#1087/CHE/2005 dated 08/08/05 #1201/CHE/2005 dated 29/08/05

System and Method for Vehicle Identification

Distributed Time Synchronization of Road Traffic Signal Controllers using GPS

IP 2069/AFS/pgv (K&S Partners ref.)

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Paper Publishing
A Composite Signal Control Strategy for Indian Roads, Indian Highways, August 2006 issue of The Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi

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Paper Presentation
Real-time Adaptive Traffic Control Systems for Indian Cities Challenges and Solutions
Presented in

7th International Workshop on Transportation Planning & Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries
at

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

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3rd December 2006

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Thank You