The International Road Federation – India Chapter (IRF-IC) recently hosted its 5th lecture as part of the ongoing Lecture Series 2.0. The focus was on "Adoption of Technologies for Better Traffic Management and Road Safety – How and What?". The Chief Guest at the evening was Mr. Ajay Chaudhry, IPS, Special Commissioner (Traffic), Delhi Police – Traffic and the guest speakers were Dr. S. Velmurugan, Chief Scientist, CRRI, and Mr. Ravikumar D., D&E Head Smart City, Bharat Electronics Ltd. Special CP, Traffic, highlighted that Lok Adalats are becoming major hindrance for disciplining traffic violators as huge fines get reduced or totally waived off and the violators get away with small fines, which not only results in loss of revenue but also becomes major cause for further traffic violations. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Kapila emphasized that promoting a safe transportation system requires a holistic approach including Engineering of roads, Engineering of vehicles, Enforcement, Education and Emergency care. These 5Es have been realized world over as pillars of success to promote road safety. The successful implementation of the 5E’s in road safety results in increased awareness, safer road infrastructure, better compliance with traffic laws, encouragement of responsible behavior, and continuous refinement of safety measures. Dr. S. Velmurugan, Chief Scientist, CRRI gave a presentation on Integration of Technology and Road Engineering and dwelt on Artificial Intelligence powered ADAS to tackle aspects like road safety, Vehicle Safety Vector and Driver Safety Performance, Mobility Safety Vector, Infrastructure Safety Vector, Education, Awareness Campaign and Emergency Care, Project iRASTE. A detailed presentation is available as part of the Lecture material in this section. Mr. Ravikumar D, D&E Head, Smart City, Bharat Electronics Ltd., gave his presentation on Sundargarh Smart City and shared the issues on highways, proposed solution for Sundargarh, technologies like Incident response and situation awareness, ANPR and Speed Detection Sensors, Road Ways Sensors, Traffic congestion detection, Over Speed Detection System, Inductive Loop Detection, etc. A detailed presentation is available as part of the lecture material in this section.ProgrammePhotogallery Audio Recording

The International Road Federation – India Chapter (IRF-IC) recently hosted its 6th lecture as part of the ongoing Lecture Series 2.0. The focus was on "Evaluation of Safety Performance of Road Infrastructure by Surrogate Measures". The Guest Speakers at the evening were Dr. P. Vedagiri, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, Dr. S.S. Puwar, Director-Technical, Gawar Construction Limited (GCL) and Prof. Indrajit Ghosh, Professor, Civil Engineering Department, IIT Roorkee. Dr. P. Vedagiri, described the main objectives of Road Infrastructure, Haddon Matrix for Road Crash. He further highlighted the Risk factors for road traffic injury and road user diversity behavior. He explained the concept of Post Encroachment time representing the difference in time between the passages of the “offended” and “conflicted” road users over a common conflict zone (i.e. area of potential collision). Dr. S.S. Puwar, explained surrogate safety measures and pyramids of traffic events. He also highlighted his study identifying the surrogate safety measures and their use to evaluate how they affect the crash and intensity of the crash. Microsimulation is applied to extract surrogate safety measures and also develop surrogate safety assessment models (SSAM). Prof. Indrajit Ghosh, emphasized the analysis of Pedestrian Conflict with Right-Turning Vehicles at Signalized Intersections. He further described the Post Encroachment time, Time to vehicles, time to accidents, Deceleration to safety time, etc. He also pointed out the yielding Behavior of Pedestrians and Vehicles and explained the Modal Dominance Index.ProgrammePresentations by : Dr. P. VedagiriDr. S.S. PuwarProf. Indrajit GhoshPhotogallery Audio Recording