Is traffic management in India not taken seriously yet?

I am in total agreement with you Natteraja. The traffic movement should be taken a hard look by both the central govt. and state govt. 

The things are happening but at slow speed. Need to be on top gear to de congest  the traffic.

very true and absolutely correctly identified the problem, nobody respects authority here as they are so corrupt, they need to clean up their image and be the enforcers

The weakest link in india is enforcement. If the rules are brutally enforced, even for a couple of months, the traffic scenario will drastically improve. The primary killers are the state owned bus services. They drive all over with impunity. If they get in to trouble, they park their bus, make a phone call and stand silently. They have no accountability. The share autos are equally bad. Their stops to drop and pick up passengers are only at turnings. This leads to most problems. Unfortunately police cannot enforce much because if they stop the bus for fining, the entire bus-load of passengers scream because they are getting delayed. Similalrly the bus and share auto drivers are unionized and so they are a powerful entity in our vote bank politics. Scared of the cosequences from the political mafias, the police simply refrain from doing anything.

So in a country where any one on wheels can do what they want, what is the meaning of traffic management?

A Lot of Infrastructure work is being carried out by the Government. However, traffic problems are not being addressed adequately. This problem is present in all the metros in India. This may however be alleviated in the future, if all the infrastructure works get completed and a new traffic management system could also be put in place taking into account the advances made in traffic management technologies.

Thanks for the referral, Natteraja....

hi, better management apart, how to instill the needy civic sense in the minds of user public including administration

yes i do agree with this that the traffic management is not taken seriously, bcoz everyone comes up only with the comments passing on it that govement should take actions, my question is why the hell u need to wait for the govt to take actions on it, why we the public are getting so irresponsible for this....

We proudly call ourselvs YOUNG GENERATION n v can change anything in the world... but bet on my words its the youth who is iresponsible for this and not the infrastructure made or whoever

Tell me Why young Boys wanted to go racing in heavy crowded areas jus to show off the mileage of there bikes ?

Youth should control their ATTITUDE on wheels by this v will not make some drastic change in the traffic however it will be the small contribution for sure..

First of all tell me Which Management in India is taken seriously is performing at its best, then let it be agriculture, finance, CWG (BIG JOKE), Social issues, security, and rest of all,

I'm not standing aside and only passing comments on all these but everybody surviving in India knows that if at all anybody from us ever tried to change this system what will be the consequences and mark my word everybody will stand apart and watch the TAMASHA,

everyone knows beyond our power of unity and government, there exists some hidden powers for which we are only responsible....

what is required is standing together, electing good educated, young government and we will see that this traffic issue will be solved just like that ,,,,

if we have that capability to build 7Km of road per day (National Highway project), then anything is possible,

we should not debate just to debate , think for the RoOT cause, do Why - Why analysis then come to the decision......

As you rightly said, provision of infrastructure facilities itself cant provide miraculous results.  The culture of road side shops and malls, without proper parking facilities are the cause of concern. Those shops and malls failing to provide parking facilities shall be stringently dealt. Parking lots on large scale have to be built.  The people shall have to behave in a civilized manner to answer this problem.

anjana  , our traffic system in india  is worst, it is because of the fact that no-body want's to change the system firstly govt. machinery, secondly the responsible agency ,even a separate deptt. is made as a traffic deptt. in almost all the ddeveloped countries , but we have given stick and a whistle  to some  under matric person, anjana this is a vast deptt, if a separate traffic deppt.in every state , big cities and towns, equipping them with latest technology , advantage of this is that many unemployed youth's  willl get better opportunities,  rapid reduction in  accidents , we indian's  have lot of potential and resource's but unfortunately politician's and coorupt system have made us handicaped , better for us to take it serious and hope for the best.

Yes Anjana,you are perfectly right.There is no Perspective Planning on the issue.

For all in the Government machineries, it is day in and day out.For politicians ,it is upto next election.For Government servants, upto the next transfer.This attitude is everywhere.Police waits for the victims to approach them, so that they can conveniently en cash the opportunity.I am not trying to blame any particular class or groups,it is experience.

In my long service life, I have seen this umpteen number of times, not only on traffic issue, but in every issue!

Have you faced such situations in a road crossing in Delhi, when signal is not working and there is no traffic police!In no time, the situation becomes explosive!

And I am witnessing this since last 25 years.

Local cultures also make the situation worse.Before putting their children in a good and expensive schools, Delhiites think swanky cars are higher in priority.Violating traffic lights are not at all an issue, whip out a grand buck and everything will be in order.Whenever there was a delay of fraction of a second, everybody starts honking!Everybody thinks Government has to do everything, he does not have any role.

So Anjana, what do you propose?

Traffic overcrowding is a serious problem in most Indian metros. Creating more infrastructures is not a solution by itself. The improvements in infrastructure will always lag behind the increase in traffic. Its benefits are only short-term; what's needed is a more ingenious, holistic and incorporated approach to the problem.

Proper vehicle parking contributes a lot in managing the traffic but illegal (parking at unauthorized place) and disordered parking cause lots of problem for moving traffic as well as for pedestrians. Although systematic parking system has been started in few cities but they still need some improvements. Unfortunately In many cities there is no parking habit at all.