File photo of Metro Bus. PHOTO: EXPRESS/ ZAHOORUL HAQ.
LAHORE: The Intelligence Transportation System (ITS) installed for the Metro Bus System (MBS) might take another 20 days to become functional, The Express Tribune has learnt.
Peter Jacob, an Australian SCAT (Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System) expert, supervised the installation of the modern fifth generation traffic signals for four days before returning to Australia on Sunday.
The signals have been installed at Gulab Devi Junction, Qainchi Junction, Gazi Road Junction, Kamahan Junction, Masjid Ibrahim Junction, Chungi Amar Sidhu Junction, Kalma Chowk and Azadi Chowk.
According to an MBS official, six of these signals are expected to become functional in 10 days but the signal at Kalma Chowk might take two more weeks. The Traffic Engineering Transport Planning Agency and the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited were carrying out civil works at Chungi Amar Sidhu, he said.
ITS Urban Unit Project Coordinator Muhammad Razzaq said, “We will complete work on seven traffic signals in a week.” The traffic signal at Kalma Chowk would take some time but would be put in an adaptive mode soon.
The wiring for ITS at Chungi Amar Sidhu had been damaged during civil works…Repairs to the signal would be made after the civil works were finished, he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 25th, 2013.
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@M Ali Khan: I think the more typical 3rd World mentality is to complain but then do nothing to improve things. We all know the Mewtro Bus Service is doing a phenomenal job - over 150 000 people are using it daily and it has improved the lives of these people in little time. Waiting a few weeks to work out some difficulties with the smart signals is nothing serious. I am sure that these small issues will be rectified shortly. The main thing is that people are pleased with this project and it is doing better than expected!
It is not Intelligence rather it is Intelligent Traffic Management System.
Typical Pakistani construction work. Make something, then forget that something else has to be made there as well, ruin all the first phase work and do it all over again.