Title: e-Safety Programme in India Partners: AITS, India
1e-Safety Programme in IndiaPartners AITS,
India ERTICO
- Presented by
- Amitabh Bajpai
- President, AITS India
- International Cooperation Working Group Session
2The urgency to plan and manage transportation
more coherently, with more defined goals and
common objectives is being understood by the
government now.
3- All govt. departments related to transportation
in India are presently finalizing plans, policies
and strategies to ensure safety, efficiency and
sustainability of moving people and goods,
optimize asset management and harmonise cohere
technology developments.
4And this couldnt be happening at a more
opportune time.
5 Urbanization is happening at a very fast rate,
posing immense challenges to urban authorities to
plan and manage transportation with great
flexibility and scalability.The percentage
decadal growth of population in urban areas
during the decade is 31.2 percent respectively.
6The Govt. has pledged connectivity to all rural
and remote areas in India within the next five
years, through the Prime Ministers Gram Sadak
Yojana (Prime Ministers Rural Roads Programme)
7National Highways Development Programme is in
full swing.
- With a total length of 33 lakh km, the road
network of India was one of the largest in the
world, second only to the United States.
8The Govt. has identified transport and
infrastructure as first priority, with rail,
ports, aviation and river interlinking allocated
handsome budgets to move India forward fast
with telecom IT as the backbone.
9Yet this rapid development has also given rise to
the worst problems related to traffic accidents,
congestion and environmental pollution.
10- Ø About 80,000 people die on Indian roads
each year one of the highest in the world. -
- Ø Delhi, Kanpur, Agra are among some of the
most polluted cities in the world, giving
dramatic rise to asthma and bronchial diseases
among the citizens, particularly infants and
children -
- Ø At the present rate of growth, it is
estimated that speeds on Delhi roads of motorized
traffic will fall to 5 km/hour!
11But with integrated, coherent planning, a
powerful pool of trained professionals in IT,
engineers and telecom, India has the potential to
align its development to the 21st century to
address these problems.
12Therefore, the e-Safety programme signed between
AITS, India and Ertico couldnt have come at a
better time.
- It was signed in the presence of the Indian
Minister for Science Technology, Shri Kapil
Sibal during the 7th Asia-Pacific Conference
Exhibition in August this year -
13The following areas are proposed to be taken up
under the e-Safety programme
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- 1. Accident causation data collection, management
and analysis -
- Agencies involved Delhi Traffic Police,
Ministry for Road Transport Highways, Dept. for
Heavy Industry, Ministry for Science
Technology, Institute for Urban Transport, IRTE -
14 2. Vehicle Safety vehicle-infrastructure
cooperation, autonomous safety systems,
human-machine interface, probe vehicles
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- Agencies involved Dept. for Heavy Industry
(NATRIP), ARAI, MoRTH, Ministry of Telecom,
Ministry of Science Technology, AIMTC, SIAM,
ACMA, AA
15 3. Highway Safety Emergency Operations, road
traffic information, rail crossings, speed
monitoring Agencies involved MoRTH, NHAI, RTO
16 4. Urban transport mixed traffic management,
support systems for pedestrian, cyclists,
non-motorised vehicles and motorized
two-wheelers, traveler information systems
parking VIP movement, handicap and vulnerable
user (children, aged, women, sick) support and
access, emergency operations strengthening
multi-modal connections, public transport bus
priority
- Agencies involved Ministry for Urban
Development, State Govts on specific programmes
Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, etc.
17 5. Rural transport hill driving safety
handicap and vulnerable user support and access,
Agencies involved Ministry for Rural
Development, NRRDA, state bus authorities on
specific programmes
18 6. Commercial Vehicle Operations driver
support systems, road traffic information
systems, Agencies involved MoRTH, DHI,
AIMTC
19 7. Environmental Monitoring realtime
monitoring of vehicular pollution, Agencies
involved Ministry of Environment, Ministry of
Health
20 8. Harmonising Policies to realize maximum
safety initiating policy and policy instrument
analysis international case studies
dissemination what has worked and what hasnt
and why, best possibilities for
India Agencies involved Planning Commission,
CRRI
219. Commonwealth Games Using CWG for
demonstration projects and pilot programmes
Agencies involved Delhi Govt, Delhi
Transport Dept, other Delhi development agencies,
like PWD, MCD, DDA, etc. Ministry for Urban
Development, Olympic Games Organsiation
22 10. Public Awareness AITS, India publishes a
bi-monthly magazine, ITS India News, which goes
out primarily to government depts. and
decision-makers in India.
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24- We will promote greater awareness of safety
issues through ITS India News, as well through
other mainstream newspapers and magazines to
involve more public opinion for safety in India.