Archive · 1 Oct 2026
Delhi's AI Traffic System Targets Congestion Across 42 Corridors
Delhi plans to build a large computer-based traffic system.
It will cover 42 busy traffic corridors.
Special signals will change their timing when roads become crowded.
The system will also help ambulances get through intersections faster.
Cameras and other tools will detect several traffic violations automatically.
Police will receive live information about traffic jams and road incidents.
Drivers may get updates about congestion, diversions and parking.
The project is meant to help Delhi use its existing roads more efficiently, but the articles do not establish whether it will fully solve the city's traffic problem.
The Cabinet approved a Rs 1,789.52 crore Intelligent Traffic Management System for 42 Delhi traffic corridors.
Delhi Police will implement the project in three phases over 24 months, followed by five years of operation and maintenance.
Adaptive signals will adjust timings using live traffic data and coordinate corridors to reduce stops and delays.
The system will prioritize ambulances, provide congestion alerts and support diversions through command centres and digital signs.
Automated enforcement will detect violations including speeding, red-light jumping, wrong-way driving, illegal parking and mobile-phone use.
- Who
- The Delhi Police will implement the system, with technical support from the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing.
- What
- A Rs 1,789.52 crore Intelligent Traffic Management System using adaptive signals, live traffic data and automated enforcement.
- When
- The project will be implemented in three phases over 24 months, followed by five years of operation and maintenance.
- Where
- Across 42 traffic corridors in Delhi, including 1,092 adaptive traffic-control locations and 1,029 enforcement locations.
- Why
- To manage Delhi's existing road network more efficiently, respond faster to congestion and incidents, improve traffic enforcement and make travel more predictable.
- Project cost
- Rs 1,789.52 crore
- Coverage
- 42 traffic corridors across Delhi
- Implementation
- Three phases over 24 months
- Maintenance
- Five years of operation and maintenance after implementation
- Traffic-control locations
- 1,092 adaptive traffic-control locations
- Enforcement locations
- 1,029 enforcement locations
- Registered vehicles
- Around 71 lakh active registered vehicles in Delhi