High-tech smart traffic signals will be set up at eight different points along the Metro Bus Service route which is scheduled to start on January 27, 2013.
Sensors will monitor traffic density are being fitted at Gulab Devi, Qainchi, Ghazi Road, Kamahan, Masjid Ibrahim, Chungi Amr Sindhu, Kalma Chowk and Azadi junctions.
The signals will be monitored and controlled from a command center at Arfa Karim IT Tower.
The sensors will turn the light green only when there is a vehicle approaching from the direction. Heavy traffic in one direction will be allowed more time than lighter traffic which will save time and fuel for the commuters.
The current traffic signals installed in the city are first generation signals and an installation of fifth generation Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS) signals will be done on the Metro Bus Service route and will eventually be installed on rest of the roads in the city if they are successful.
These fifth generation signals have the capacity to build a database over time of the traffic density in different directions.
Fifth-generation traffic signals being installed on MBS route
