Till
now the brake control of the bus was with the driver. Henceforth,
this control would be with the Control Room. During any fire accident
the driver by using Vehicle Mounted Unit (VMU) operating on SOS (Save
our Soul), has to push the red button, and immediately the signal
reaches the control room.
In
case the driver is speeding, he will be getting directions from the
directive for slowing down from the Control Room. In emergency period
the engine will be stopped directly by control room and even speed of
the vehicle will be reduced. This latest technology which is said to
be ahead of Intelligent Transport System (ITS) will be adopted in
country soon.
This
was disclosed by Association of State Road Transport Undertakings
(ASRTU) Executive Director PS Ananda Rao at the one-day conference on
Intelligent Transport Enterprise innovation in planning and
scheduling held in Mysore on Monday.
Stating
VMU is a part of GPS and it gives the exact location, real time and
speed of the vehicle, he said in case the driver is caught in the
middle of traffic, by using the signal button the other vehicles
route can be changed, avoiding traffic jams.
Innovative
Strides in the Transport Sector
ASRTU
is working on some programs to bring in innovation in transport
sector. Specification for LED based
Electronic destination board and Electronic bus ticketing machine has
been formulated and ASRTU has finalised the contracts with
manufacturers. A Tool-Kit for online Ticket Reservation System (OTRS)
and Intelligent Transport System (ITS) has been formulated and sent
to the Ministry for approval.
The
other innovations include Alternate fuel program, Electric and hybrid
vehicles, Fuel cell vehicles, ITS and ITeS for intelligent transport
planning, Uniform platform for all transport operations in the
country, such as taxation, policy, toll, excise, interstate
arrangements, Vehicle Tracking System,
Automatic Fare Collection System and
much more.
Anand
Rao that in a day, about 70 million people
avail bus transport service of the SRTUs
and per day 1538 million passenger kilometers are covered.
The
total consumption of diesel amongst the SRTUs is 3200 million litres
per annum. The oil import bill in India increases by 9.5 per cent to
Rs 347,432 crore from April to August 2013. The Petrol consumption is
nearly 16 million tonnes whereas diesel consumption is estimated at
69 million tonnes. Oil import burden on foreign exchange is $144
Billion, he added.
Human
Error
When
questioned about bus accidents, he said it might be caused because of
human error, accident, or some sort of incident and not a technical
fault.
Studying
whether fuel tank is touched in low ground clearance, measures will
be taken to shift the fuel tank or change the in design of Volvo
buses, he added.
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City
buses to go hi-tech in city from June, 2014
Gone
are the days to wait for buses. Karnataka State Road Transport
Corporation has adopted Auto Scheduling (AS) from the manual
scheduling. Due to this the buses will be on
time and passengers need not wait for long time. The AS will come to
force from June 2014 in city and Mysore is the first city to get this
facility. Intelligent Transport System (ITS) was also introduced for
first of its kind in Mysore.
Under
the pilot project, KRS and Chaumndi Hill were selected. As per the
study its learnt that per day seven buses, 28 crew members and Rs
60,000 was saved on the route. The same staff and buses were
scheduled in other route, by which Rs 80,000 benefit has obtained for
KSRTC.
Lumiplan
India Operation (LIO), a france based company has did a survey in
city and has calculated the actual travel time data from ITS, and set
the frequency based operation such as normal, non-peak and peak
hours.
LIO
CEO David Moswzkowicz said that AS focuses on optimising and
rationalising public transport operation and the project is being
funded by French Government. Earlier scheduling was done manually and
was unscientific. Now, the data collected through AS is very
accurate, with timing and gives exact scientific data of bus trips,
he added.
As
many as 440 bus route will be auto scheduled in Mysore. At present
more than 3.2 lakh commuters are commuting daily in Mysore, with
65000 trips, covering 128.4 sq km. The facilities will be extended
soon to Bangalore, and all other division of KSRTC in phase manner.
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Commuters
to be educated on safety measures
Government
of Karnataka Principal Secretary Ravi Kumar
said that volvo will come with new design in three months, as
government has instructed all buses should compulsory have doors. As
there is no doors in new buses and people could not locate emergency
doors, the decision has been taken by the government, he observed.
Stickers,
reflectors will be placed in buses to instruct people about safety
measures. Video will be screened on buses and handbill will be
distributed to commuters on safety measures to be followed in case of
emergency.
“GPS
helps to keep track of the vehicles and GPS will be made mandatory
for every bus. Instructions have been given to private buses not to
carry more luggage and strict action will be taken against those who
violate the law. Apart this, every individual passenger details has
to be collected before they are given tickets,” he added.
'For
long distances two drivers are must. As per the Motor Transport
Workers Act, a transporter should not work more than eight hours in a
day. Several of the unqualified drivers are driving the vehicles.
Thus, measures will be taken to collect the details of the drivers,'
he added.
Stating
Public information system will be enhanced, he said there is shortage
of Motor Vehicle Inspector at present.
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