Traffic Signals

Over 100 pedestrians die on busy city roads every year due to the absence of pedestrian signals and indisciplined traffic movement. The Save Pune Traffic Movement (SPTM) has undertaken great efforts to get many pedestrian signals repaired by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). The SPTM, an NGO working for improvement in transportation, got pedestrian signals repaired […]

The city traffic police have increased the timings of functioning of the 97 traffic signals on 21 prominent roads of the city. These traffic signals will function from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm, instead of 9:00 pm on all days. The move is part of the city traffic police’s efforts to de-congest the roads and

In order to regulate vehicular traffic more efficiently, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to make eight closed signals functional and set up six cantilever traffic poles at various chowks in the city. The PMC’s move comes in the wake of a request by city traffic police on the issue. The eight spots where the

डेक्कन जिमखाना स्थानकाकडून  भिडे पुलाकडे  वळताना नेहमीच जे . एम. रोड वरून येणाऱ्या  वाहनांची व बस गाड्यांची कोंडी होत असते. ह्या रहदारीच्या रस्त्यावर ट्राफिक पोलीस पण नसतात. ४-४ बस एका मागे एक लागल्या  असतात आणि  जे. एम . रोड वरून येणाऱ्या गाड्या भिडे पुला कडे जाण्यासाठी खोळंबतात  ज्यामुळे संपूर्ण  रस्त्यावर रहदारी अडकून राहते. अशा  चौकांत  सिग्नल असणे अत्यंत

With rise in deaths due to Dengue in recent months PMC has taken an initiative of fumigation and fogging to control mosquitoes. These drives have been carried out frequently in many places but  some places like Kothrud stand area are still waiting for fumigation. PMC workers were fumigating the vicinity with anti-mosquito spray near Nilayam

The autorickshaw unions in the city have demanded sanctions for new autorickshaw stands in the newly developing residential area which would help daily commuters and also help prevent action taken by the traffic police department against autorickshaw drivers for unauthorized parking of vehicles on the road-side. The representatives of the Pune City Auto Rickshaw Federation and the Maharashtra Rickshaw

Most of us have experienced that when we start from one traffic signal and reach the next, it turns red as we reach it. And then we have to wait for atleast a minute at every traffic signal. Thus to get continuous green signals on a single stretch and to deal with heavy traffic during

Fast moving traffic is a common sight and people have to cross road dangerously at the Keshavrao Jedhe chowk Swargate as there are no signals for pedestrians at this busy junction. Over 3 lakh commuters cross the roads everyday at the junction where two main bus terminals of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC)

Lack of traffic signals in the city is becoming a major challenge for the traffic police department; accidents, too, are rapidly increasing. Insufficient number of traffic signals in the city is the main reason why there are so many road mishaps and accidents that are taking place quite frequently. Every year, the number of people