Caption: The Transport Minister R. Ashok is seen switching on the Intelligent Transport System (ITS) in a KSRTC bus in front of Senate Bhavan, Manasagangotri in city this morning.

Mysore, Nov. 17

The Intelligent Transport System (ITS), a first of its kind in the country, was launched by Deputy Chief Minister and Transport Minister R. Ashok here this noon.

Speaking after launching the ITS system at a function held at Sri Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar auditorium, Senate Bhavan in Manasagangotri, Ashok said that the system is provided at a cost of Rs. 30 crore.

“It will facilitate passengers to get information such as arrival of buses to the stops and details of bus movement from select bus stops by sending SMSes,” he said and added that the ITS system would be extended to other cities in future.

“The State Government is working towards extending transport facilities to every village,” Ashok said and added that plans are on the anvil to introduce intra-city buses in Tumkur, Gulbarga and Mangalore also, in order to prevent people from spending more on private or personal transport.

“The ITS is a game-changer,” said the Minister and added that it will make public transport more efficient and transparent.

Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) information has been provided to track all city buses in real-time, Passenger Information System (PIS) have been installed at 193 locations, in-bus Display and Automated Voice Announcement System have been provided in all city buses, Central Control Station with Video Wall, Servers, Workstations and Software and MIS reports on fleet management providing performance of the bus system and drivers.

Informaiton can be obtained from the 167 LED display boards and 26 LFD boards at terminals, stops and others strategic locations.

For Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) — dial 1800 4255220.

SMS 98700-11012 to get bus arrivals and departures in real-time at all bus stops in the city.

Log in to http://mitra.ksrtc.in for real-time bus location map.

Chamaraja MLA H.S. Shankaralingegowda presided over the function.

MLC Siddaraju, Karnataka Zoo Authority Chairman M. Nanjundaswamy, MUDA Chairman L. Nagendra, Karnataka Exhibition Authority Chairman B.P. Manjunath, KSRTC MD Manjunath and others were present on the occasion.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> General News / November 17th, 2012