At the outset, pardon the misleading title !
Nothing short of an 11th Vishnu Avatar can resolve the problems of our IT capital.
On a daily basis, whenever I cross the myriad potholes, crevices, shortcuts and long cuts which collectively are addressed as "roads" in Bangalore, my problem solving mind keeps thinking of things like 'the helpless of man' against the Karnataka Govt. , Or the futility of resolving the corruption of road contractors etc. etc. etc. .
Apart from these philosophical, anthropological and other 'basic' thoughts, I sometimes also think of what can be done to work around these issues, or at least fore-warn my brethren of the impending jam around the corner !
One such attempt is as follows :
We have a robust SMS technology in place. We also have a robust GPS technology in place. And we definitely have a lot of people to experiment things on !
So, combining these three ingredients, a solution can be built to embed GSM tracking SIMs in a large enough no. of vehicles in the city to record the average travel speed, waiting time and similar parameters from individual vehicles and transmit this to a central server. coupled with the locations coordinates and an adequately large sample spread well across the city, a "traffic map" can be created that can be accessed via a smart phone by any traveler on the street who has dared to travel the roads of Bangalore.
Even a simple color coding ( like RED for high traffic and GREEN for regular speed) would be help enough !
This simple arrangement ( with adequate control to ensure anonymity of the volunteer traveler who has these chips installed) will be adequate to guide and shape the traffic by informing discerning travelers of the problem areas ahead and the easier paths available.
A healthy marriage of Google maps with this technique is all that we Bangaloreans need !
If someone has the technical knowledge, and the statistical wherewithal to define the minimum sample required, volunteers can be picked up to make a good, representative traffic map of the city ( or any other city for that matter !) which can give good coverage to the entire city.
Any takers ??
Nothing short of an 11th Vishnu Avatar can resolve the problems of our IT capital.
On a daily basis, whenever I cross the myriad potholes, crevices, shortcuts and long cuts which collectively are addressed as "roads" in Bangalore, my problem solving mind keeps thinking of things like 'the helpless of man' against the Karnataka Govt. , Or the futility of resolving the corruption of road contractors etc. etc. etc. .
Apart from these philosophical, anthropological and other 'basic' thoughts, I sometimes also think of what can be done to work around these issues, or at least fore-warn my brethren of the impending jam around the corner !
One such attempt is as follows :
We have a robust SMS technology in place. We also have a robust GPS technology in place. And we definitely have a lot of people to experiment things on !
So, combining these three ingredients, a solution can be built to embed GSM tracking SIMs in a large enough no. of vehicles in the city to record the average travel speed, waiting time and similar parameters from individual vehicles and transmit this to a central server. coupled with the locations coordinates and an adequately large sample spread well across the city, a "traffic map" can be created that can be accessed via a smart phone by any traveler on the street who has dared to travel the roads of Bangalore.
Even a simple color coding ( like RED for high traffic and GREEN for regular speed) would be help enough !
This simple arrangement ( with adequate control to ensure anonymity of the volunteer traveler who has these chips installed) will be adequate to guide and shape the traffic by informing discerning travelers of the problem areas ahead and the easier paths available.
A healthy marriage of Google maps with this technique is all that we Bangaloreans need !
If someone has the technical knowledge, and the statistical wherewithal to define the minimum sample required, volunteers can be picked up to make a good, representative traffic map of the city ( or any other city for that matter !) which can give good coverage to the entire city.
Any takers ??
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