Govt seeks to roll out Advanced Traffic Management System on National Highways, says Nitin Gadkari | India News

Transformation of National Highways into Intelligent Mobility Corridors

Responding to a question raised on December 3 by Lok Sabha MP Manoj Kumar regarding whether the Government has begun transforming national highways into intelligent mobility corridors through real-time monitoring, smart tolling, Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) systems, and data-driven road asset management, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that the Government seeks to roll out the Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) across all National Highways with four lanes and above.

“Yes Sir, the Government seeks to roll out Advanced Traffic Management System, based on an array of towrer- and gantry mounted incident-detecting and speed-monitoring cameras with central monitoring locations, across all National Highways of 4-lane configuration and above,” Gadkari said.

Barrier-less tolling on National Highways

The Union Minister also stated that the government is also initiating barrier-less tolling based on Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) Electronic Toll Collection system utilizing integrated technologies, notably Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) with AI analytics, combined with the existing RFID-based Electronic Toll Collection (FASTag).

“Request for Proposal (RFP) to implement FASTag+ANPR/AI barrier-free user fee collection system on the selected fee plazas has been invited/finalized, with the possibility of implementing it on other fee plazas in a phased manner depending upon the outcomes and efficacy of the implementation on these projects,” he said.