B-TRAC 2010 to put city traffic on track

B-TRAC 2010 to put city traffic on track
Deccan Herald

With the launch of B-TRAC 2010 and a 10-point programme for traffic improvement in the City, H D Kumaaraswamy has extended the administrative arm to aid the Bangalore Traffic Task Force (BTTF) in battling the bludgeoning traffic in the City.

Cruise down Bangalore’s most space-jammed roads. All in six months. If that sounds too fancy, trust the chief minister to disagree.

With the launch of B-TRAC 2010 and a 10-point programme for traffic improvement in the City, H D Kumaaraswamy has extended the administrative arm to aid the Bangalore Traffic Task Force (BTTF) in battling the bludgeoning traffic in the City. And he insists that the solutions offered are neither quick-fix, nor stale.

“These are new projects. The budget had only allocated the funds for them. About the implementation, please wait for six months,” he told reporters after launching the projects.

The six-month rapid action plan placed forward by the Chief Minister is pegged to 10 core areas, including road engineering, public parking management, pedestrian facilities, traffic control and regulation and road safety.

“The project is an attempt to help Bangalore shrug off the bad infrastructure tag and keep pace with the growth in vehicular population in the City,” Kumaaraswamy said.

B-TRAC 2010, a Rs 350-crore project initiated by Bangalore City Police, is designed to reduce traffic congestion by 30 per cent in the central area of the City and accidents by 30 per cent.

The State government has allocated Rs 44 crore for the project in the financial year 2006-07.

Making a presentation on the project, Additional Commissioner (Traffic and security) M N Reddi said the solutions envisaged under the project would be based on traffic management and not traffic policing.

He added that the project would spur a change in traffic route choices — from radial to circular. The project is expected to bring about a substantial change in the traffic patterns on the central area of the City and its radial corridors, apart from Intermediate Ring Road, Outer Ring Road and Peripheral Ring Road.

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FOR CM’s CLUTTER-FEE B’LORE

Road engineering, public transport infrastructure, parking management, pedestrian facilities, traffic control and regulation, traffic management, traffic enforcement, traffic education/publicity, public interface and road safety are the 10 core areas which the CM’s programme pegs itself to. The ten points will cover an array of activities, from road asphalting to traffic help desks.

Drain improvement on 30 locations

Redesign of 50 junction

50 bus bays

Restriction of on-street parking on 50 locations

500 new Home Guards

Ban on right and U-turns on 30 locations

Dedicated auto lanes on 20 roads

MORE VOLVOS

Chief Minister H D Kumaaraswamy said the government was planning to introduce 1,000 Volvo buses in the City in the next six months.

“The work-to-home travel at present takes an average of 30 minutes to an hour. With more Volvos on the road, we expect to lure more youngsters,” he said.