Transportation and Environment

1. Submitted by:
Jaspreet Kaur
SID-13212005
ME(IS)
Unified Traffic and Transport
Authority

2. What does it mean by Unified Traffic?
Unified means united, integrated or
a whole.
Unified traffic management
scheme will be implemented in
all major thoroughfares of metro
cities in anticipation of worsened
traffic.

3.  National Urban Transport Policy(NUTP),
2006 envisages setting up of Unified
Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA)
in all million plus cities,
 To facilitate coordinated planning and
implementation of urban transport
programs , projects and integrated
management of urban transport
systems.

4. Unified transport authority was meant
to plan, construct, operate and maintain
its rail and road networks.
The Government passed an order to
set up a committee that figures out the
modalities of a Unified Metropolitan
Transport Authority (UMTA).
Unified Traffic & Transport authority
Tamil Nadu Chennai

5. “The UMTA was initially an advisory
committee, coordinating between the Mass
Rapid Transit System, Metro Rail and the
MTC.”

6. The city was all set to have a unified transport
authority that had planned, construct, operate
and maintain its rail and road networks.
The Government passed an order on to set up
a committee that will figure out the modalities
of a Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority
(UMTA). The committee, was headed by vice-
chairperson, Chennai Metropolitan
Development Authority, consist of officials
from the Highways Department, Railways,
CMDA and Metropolitan Transport
Corporation.

7. UMTS Hyderabad
Unified Metropolitan Transport authority
constituted ensures effective implementation and
coordination of various traffic and transportation
measures undertaken by functional departments
and Public agencies in Hyderabad.
It may co-opt experts or subgroups for specific
traffic and transportation issues undertaken by
various Departments.

8. Functions of Unified Metropolitan
Transport authority
To overseas implementation of various traffic and
transportation measures undertaken by various
agencies in the region.
To ensure efficient public transport system are in
place in metropolitan region.
To ensure coordination and implementation of
various effective transportation measures
undertaken by various departments.

9.  To promote and monitor key/major traffic and
transportation projects
 To deliberate and recommend effective transport
strategies for Metropolitan region.
 To integrate and consolidate all the action plans of
various departments and agencies & implement
them.
 To give directions to agencies involved in the
implementation of traffic and transportation policies
and measures i.e shifting of utilities and services.

10. Processing of funds for implementation of proposals.
Integrating various routes of public transport and
issues of combining ticketing , feeder services.
Approval of all traffic and transportation
proposals/projects from any agency in the
metropolitan region.
To direct the subvention of funds from various
departments and agencies of the State Govt. for
implementation traffic plans.

11. The Technical support staff and secretarial
assistance to the Unified Metropolitan Transport
Authority shall be provided by the Hyderabad
Metropolitan Development Authority.
It should build a detailed database necessary
traffic & transportation surveys to update its
database and also make it available for various
studies and to public.

12. This database would help in monitoring and
understanding the various traffic and transportation
needs in Hyderabad Metropolitan region.
It should act as center for technology transfer and
also guide the local authorities for all technical
inputs/plans in the field of traffic and transportation.

13. An escrow account shall be maintained in
Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority in
which 0.25% of estimated cost of all projects of
Traffic and transportation costs undertaken by
various Departments/ functional agencies shall
be deposited in this account and 0.25% of
development authority and greater Hyderabad
Municipal corporation and other urban local
bodies shall be annually credited to this account.