Bhutan e-Government Master Plan
comprehensive
DoHS
human
has decided
settlement
plans.
Unlike
to adopt valley-based
in the
planning
past,
for which
in the
11"
digitized
Plan,
maps
of
areas will be essential to facilitate proper human settlement plans.
Intelligent Transport System (ITS)
Traffic congestion
increased
and
crashes
motorization,
have
been
urbanization,
population density. Congestion
increasing
population
worldwide
growth
as a result of
and
changes _
in
reduces efficiency of transportation infrastructure
and increases travel time, air pollution and fuel consumption.
Intelligent Transport
systems (ITS) is being used widely to address these emerging issues.
Intelligent
provide
transport
innovative
management
systems
services
system.
relating
to different
technology
modes
enables
users,
and
which
of transport
various
ITS deploy information and communication
and
coordinated,
applications
networks.
vehicles
more
advanced
to
transport,
safer,
are
informed
road
make
This
(ITS)
users
smarter
to
and
traffic
be
better
to
use
aim
of
transport
technologies in the field of
traffic management,
and
road
tolls.
ITS vary
in technologies applied, from basic management systems such as car navigation,
traffic
signal
control
recognition,
speeding,
applications
that
systems;
freight
security
integrate
live
movement;
CCTV
data
and
systems;
feedback
automatic
and
from
number
to
a
more
plate
advanced
number
of
other
sources, such as parking guidance; weather information and the like.
Proposal to introduce ITS as part of the RSTA’s
11th plan program, to be started
as a priority activity. This will assist transport authority (RSTA) and Traffic Police
in
traffic
management,
transport buses,
etc. Use
of CCTV
monitoring
speed,
tracking
the
locating accident spots for quick search
and
traffic control
rooms
is used
movement
of
and
operation
rescue
widely these days
public
and the
need has already been felt both from road safety as well as law and order point
of view.
RSTA
will be the lead agency with Traffic Division of the Royal
Bhutan
Police,
Department of Roads and the National Environment Commission as collaborating
agencies. Cost is estimated to be Nu 15 million.