Bangalore agencies need more coordination

Bangalore agencies need more coordination


Express News Service
12 Sep 2008 04:26:00 AM IST

BANGALORE: Integrated transport policy, focus on travellers’ experience and public accountability were highlighted as the areas that need to be worked on during the Bangalore Transportation Summit, organised by the Bangalore Metropolitan Land Transport Authority (BMLTA) and Transinnova.

The summit focused on institutional framework and policy, integrated transit planning, traffic and transportation management operations, demand management and measures for reducing traffic congestion in the City.

Experts from India and the US participated in the two-day summit, that concluded on Thursday, to share ideas and experiences in the field of transportation.

Chief of System Operations, Virginia Department of Transportation, Constance S Sorrell, who participated in the Summit said: ‘’We are impressed with the technical capacity of Bangalore in the area of transportation.

However, the City needs coordination amongst the various agencies concerned with transportation.

An integrated transport policy would help the public have a vision of the goal set to be achieved with completion of various projects. Civic agencies should involve the public in the process of development and be accountable to them.’’

‘’Development should be systematic; a policy should be structured and plans and strategies based on the policy should be developed and the focus should be on traveller’s experience,’’ said David Faria, CEO, Technology Solution Providers.

Additional Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Praveen Sood, spoke about the application of technology for traffic management while Ashwin Mahesh, Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, explained how the Integrated Information System would help the citizens to be more participatory and responsible towards traffic problems.

He presented a real-time methodology project which could be implemented to enhance mobility and address traffic problems.