Urban Transport and Traffic Management - For Sustainable Transport Development in Mysore City

The study is of great importance at present due to the bad state of traffic management in Mysore. In the past decade, although there have been technological improvements in almost all fields, the state of traffic management technologies is still at a primitive level. A clear framework for traffic operations is necessary towards traffic delays, congestion, and parking and management functions. The unplanned urban growth has brought traffic problem in the urban area of Mysore. The technological revolution especially in transportation has brought changes in the life style on the urban area. Without the formulated goals and objectives especially in traffic management, may be counterproductive. This paper has provided the traffic management related to time delay, congestion, parking and framework of operations identifying the clear vision and mission statements for the future. The main focus of the framework is to identify traffic management viz. accessibility and mobility, safety and security, economy and environment. The planners have a greater challenging role to play in the present context where social planning and adopting new technology on traffic and transport is given utmost importance.