JOIN USCitizens' group decodes traffic on most congested road in IT hub
Residents of Whitefield have devised a way of calculating how much time is wasted in traffic jams, which are the most congested segments, which day of the week a particular route is most congested and what are the peak hours.
The ‘Traffic Congestion Analysis’ project by the Whitefield Rising (WR) group using the MapsHalli web application aims to analyse the traffic problems and identify solutions.
Using the Google Maps Distance Matrix API, which helps measure the distance between source and destination, WR volunteers have analysed one of the densest traffic routes — Mahadevapura to RMZ Ecospace in Bellandur and vice versa.
Shiv Shankar, who developed MapsHalli, said, “On this route, we have identified the top three congested segments — Venkateshwara Layout to EMC Corporation, Ferns City Road to Rainbow Children’s Hospital, and EMC Corporation to Ferns City Road. We also collected details such as expected time required to cover the segment, actual time that takes to cover it, approximate congestion time, among others.”
The volunteers studied the Mahadevapura-Bellandur route from 7 am to 11 am and 4.30 pm to 8.30 pm between November 7 and 11. They are now working on the Hope Farm junction-Marathahalli bridge route.
Clement Jayakumar, who initiated the concept and is one of its main contributors, said, “Our analysis shows that the travel time can be reduced by posting traffic police at the highly congested areas.” He added that the WR would share the findings with the traffic police and suggest solutions.
Eventually, the WR aims to analyse the traffic at 100 congested roads across Bengaluru. It is looking to raise up to Rs 4 lakh to pay the fees for the Google Maps Distance Matrix API.
Traffic analysis
Most congested segments between Mahadevapura and RMZ Ecospace (Bellandur):
1) Venkateshwara Layout to EMC Corporation (most congested on Tuesday)
Expected time to pass through the route: 01.02 min Actual time: 18.07 minutes
2) Ferns City Road to Rainbow Children’s Hospital (Most congested on Monday) Expected time: 57 sec Actual time: 12.37 min
3) EMC Corporation to Ferns City Road. (Most congested on Friday)
Expected time: 50 sec Actual time: 10.50 min