CDA chairman holds meeting regarding intelligent traffic system.

ISLAMABAD -- Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) Captain (R) Muhammad Usman Younis on Monday held a meeting regarding the introduction of an intelligent traffic system in Islamabad to reduce traffic issues.

The meeting was attended by Member Engineering, Member Planning, Deputy Commissioner Islamabad, SSP Traffic and other officers of CDA.

In the meeting, a presentation was given on the intelligent transportation system by the students of NUST University.

It is pertinent to mention here that the video of NUST students regarding shifting traffic signals to automatic traffic system in Islamabad went viral on social media.

Owing to the viral video, Chairman CDA called these students to CDA headquarters and asked them to present their idea so that the results can be reviewed and improved in real time.

In this regard, Capt (R) Younis was briefed that this system would be camera-based and cameras would be installed at each signal which will automatically turn green or red by monitoring the traffic volume with the help of these cameras.

Similarly, when the traffic pressure is high, this system will automatically shift to green color so that more...

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