Archive · 26 Sep 2025
Vizag to Pilot AI Traffic Management System
Visakhapatnam is getting smarter traffic control!
MP M. Bharat announced a plan to use Artificial Intelligence to help manage traffic.
This new system will use smart signals, detect traffic violations automatically, and manage parking, all with the goal of making it easier to get around the city and make the roads safer.
Several private tech companies are involved, and the first tests of the system will be done at five busy spots.
The city government is preparing to get things rolling.
MP M. Bharat announced AI-assisted traffic control systems for Visakhapatnam.
The systems aim to ease congestion and improve road safety.
The announcement was made at a review meeting in the Collectorate.
Five locations have been shortlisted for pilot implementation.
GVMC will prepare RFPs with tenders expected by the end of October.
- Who
- MP M. Bharat, GVMC officials, Private tech firms, District Collector M.N. Harendhira Prasad, Police Commissioner Shankhabrata Bagchi
- What
- Implementation of AI-assisted traffic control systems
- When
- Thursday (announcement), RFPs in first week of October, tenders expected by month-end.
- Where
- Visakhapatnam
- Why
- To ease congestion, improve road safety, and improve the city's growth as a tourism and economic hub.
- Project
- AI-Assisted Traffic Control Systems
- Location
- Visakhapatnam
- Objective
- Ease Congestion and Improve Road Safety
- Key Features
- Smart Signalling, Automated Rule Violation Detection, Speed Control, Parking Management, Dashboard-Based Monitoring
- Pilot Locations
- Airport Road, RK Beach, Birla Junction, Punjabi Hotel Junction, R&B Junction
- Next Steps
- GVMC to prepare RFPs in first week of October, tenders expected by month-end