BTRAC & Signals

BTRAC is putting signals in almost every intersections and replacing manual signals with lights.

One thing I observed in most of the replacement was that there is more congestion and waiting now. Traffic cops were manually observing the density of vehicles and releasing it accordingly. Waiting times used to be less.

Long wait signal lights are causing delays, frustation builds up and racing starts once the signal turns green.

I have observed that the signal lights on the JC Road, K G Road side is well planned. With so much density of vehicles, still there is very less waiting and vehicles keep moving. A 13 KM travel from my home at BSK to Vidhana Soudha is just 25-30 minutes whereas a 8 KM travel from my home to my office on the Bannerghatta Road if ORR is used is minimum 45 minutes and through internal roads a minimum of 30 minutes. Even all the internal roads are now getting long waiting signals under BTRAC and increasing the delay.

Someone from South Bangalore travelling from BSK 2nd Stage BDA Complex towards Jayanagar could have observed the delays due to the introduction of BTRAC signals at the KR Road and Kanakapura Road junctions which was earlier managed by manual signalling.

What I mean to say is the signalling on the ORR and the BTRAC signalling are poorer and resulting in long waits and delays compared to the age old signalling on the JC Road at the town hall, LIC building etc. Even the signals on the JC Roads are synced, most of the time we get continuous green.