Syllabus Section: Science and Technology

Why in News?

• To improve road safety, all new national highways will have an Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS).

Advanced Traffic Management System

• The Advanced Traffic Management System will include:

• immediate location identification of areas where traffic bottlenecks occur due to accidents or other reasons,
• provision of information to motorists on that stretch immediately,
• meteorological systems,
• speed detection systems,
• mobile radio communication systems including base and repeater stations,
• vehicle-mounted and hand-held units and
• transmission towers in addition to CCTV units at strategic locations to ensure immediate access to information in emergencies,"

• Advance Traffic Management System (ATMS) has the following objectives: