Bengaluru Police partners with Google for road safety and reduce traffic congestion
New Delhi, July 28
The Bengaluru Police have sought help of Google to get aide in clearing traffic jams and other traffic issues in the IT city which has been facing increasing traffic issues.
Google has partnered with the Bengaluru traffic police to also help optimize traffic light timings at key intersections.
The Google announced partnerships with the Bengaluru traffic police to help improve road safety and reduce traffic congestion. Google has used the data that has been accessed on Google Maps and shared by Bengaluru traffic police.
Joint Commissioner of Police (traffic) B R Ravikanthe Gowda stated that the revised plan showed an average 20 per cent reduction for each motorist in waiting time at the intersection which was taken up during the pilot project.
This could save 400 hours per day and 73,000 hours annually across drivers at one intersection alone.
Jt CP Gowda said that Google used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to collect the driving trends in the city. While road safety and reduction of time will be a major concern, Google Maps will show live road closures and will also suggest alternative roads that can be navigated.
According to the Bengaluru traffic police, the city has 14,000 km of main roads and 44,000 junctions. There are about 1,000 important junctions and 398 are signalised and the rest are manned by traffic police.
