Traffic and Road Safety Management in India

Efficient traffic and road safety management on the National Highways (NHs) is very essential in the country. The present NH system that evolved over the years has a number of deficiencies. The basic objective of the present study was to identify such management measures that will lead to better traffic performance. An attempt was made to understand the problems, reasons and possible solutions for better traffic management. Indian traffic being non-lane based and jumbled is largely different from the western traffic. The difference can be understood fully only through experience. Thus, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), used for efficient traffic management in developed countries, cannot be used as it is in India. ITS techniques have to undergo adaptation and innovation to suit the contrasting traffic characteristics of Indian roads.