Unified traffic and transport authority

Transportation and Environment

1. Submitted by: Jaspreet Kaur SID-13212005 ME(IS) Unified Traffic and Transport Authority

2. What does it mean by Unified Traffic? Unified means united, integrated or a whole. Unified traffic management scheme will be implemented in all major thoroughfares of metro cities in anticipation of worsened traffic.

3. National Urban Transport Policy(NUTP), 2006 envisages setting up of Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA) in all million plus cities, T o facilitate coordinated planning and implementation of urban transport programs , projects and integrated management of urban transport systems.

4. Unified transport authority was meant to plan , construct, operate and maintain its rail and road networks. The Government passed an order to set up a committee that figures out the modalities of a Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA ). Unified Traffic & Transport authority Tamil Nadu Chennai

5. “The UMTA was initially an advisory committee, coordinating between the Mass Rapid Transit System, Metro Rail and the MTC .”

6. The city was all set to have a unified transport authority that had planned, construct, operate and maintain its rail and road networks. The Government passed an order on to set up a committee that will figure out the modalities of a Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA). The committee , was headed by vice-chairperson , Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority , consist of officials from the Highways Department, Railways, CMDA and Metropolitan Transport Corporation.

7. UMTS Hyderabad Unified Metropolitan Transport authority constituted ensures effective implementation and coordination of various traffic and transportation measures undertaken by functional departments and Public agencies in Hyderabad. It may co-opt experts or subgroups for specific traffic and transportation issues undertaken by various Departments.

8. Functions of Unified Metropolitan Transport authority To overseas implementation of various traffic and transportation measures undertaken by various agencies in the region. To ensure efficient public transport system are in place in metropolitan region. To ensure coordination and implementation of various effective transportation measures undertaken by various departments.

9. To promote and monitor key/major traffic and transportation projects To deliberate and recommend effective transport strategies for Metropolitan region. To integrate and consolidate all the action plans of various departments and agencies & implement them. To give directions to agencies involved in the implementation of traffic and transportation policies and measures i.e shifting of utilities and services.

10. Processing of funds for implementation of proposals. Integrating various routes of public transport and issues of combining ticketing , feeder services. Approval of all traffic and transportation proposals/projects from any agency in the metropolitan region. To direct the subvention of funds from various departments and agencies of the State Govt. for implementation traffic plans.

11. The Technical support staff and secretarial assistance to the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority shall be provided by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority. It should build a detailed database necessary traffic & transportation surveys to update its database and also make it available for various studies and to public.

12. This database would help in monitoring and understanding the various traffic and transportation needs in H yderabad Metropolitan region. It should act as center for technology transfer and also guide the local authorities for all technical inputs/plans in the field of traffic and transportation.

13. An escrow account shall be maintained in Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority in which 0.25% of estimated cost of all projects of Traffic and transportation costs undertaken by various Departments/ functional agencies shall be deposited in this account and 0.25% of development authority and greater Hyderabad Municipal corporation and other urban local bodies shall be annually credited to this account.