ITMS Expert Sanjeev Kumar BH from SLS Transport Training Institute and Consultancy Private Limited Bangalore Conferred With Honorary PhD in Traffic and Road Safety Management

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ITMS Expert Sanjeev Kumar BH from SLS Transport Training Institute and Consultancy Private Limited Bangalore Conferred With Honorary PhD in Traffic and Road Safety Management

Exclusive Interview with Managing Director Sanjeev Kumar BH PhD (Honoris Causa)

1) Question: What inspired you to enter into Road Safety and Accidents?

Answer:

I started working in WS Atkins, a Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Consultancy in 1998 and was exposed to the various types of Road Safety Management Projects. In the year 2001, I was lucky enough to be placed in a Task Force and was responsible for delivering Traffic and Road Safety Management programmes. In the year 2004, I got an opportunity to start being a part of Global Road Safety Partnership which was an offshoot for International Red Cross Federation. It is here that I got exposed to the various projects across the world in the sphere of Traffic and Road Safety Management. In the year 2004, I was trained in Malaysia, under the Global Road Safety Programme for a period of one month on how to manage Road Safety. All this inspired me to work in the field of Traffic and Road Safety Management.

2) Question: Since how long, you have been into Road Safety and Accidents and in which cities you have been associated for administration, business, entrepreneurship, teaching, research, commercial and training programs?

Answer:

I have been working in the field of Traffic and Road Safety Management for the past 24 years. The cities that I have been associated are : In India :

1. Bangalore 2. Mysore 3. Gulbarga 4. Shivamogga 5. Mumbai 6. Delhi 7. Hyderabad 8. Lucknow 9. Kanpur 10. Allahabad 11. Varanasi 12. Agra 13. Ghaziabad 14. Gautambuddha Nagar 15. Meerut 16. Moradabad 17. Bareilly 18. Aligarh 19. Gorakhpur

Outside the Country:

1. Malacca – Malaysia 2. Singapore 3. Colombo – Sri Lanka 4. Tanzania I have attended Training Programmes across the world

3) Question: What are your future plans for administration, entrepreneurship, teaching, research and training programs in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning?

Answer:

My future plans will be to scale up the operations across the globe and deliver best practices in the field of Traffic and Road Safety Management. In the near future, I am planning to start a Social Media Platform through which, I propose to reach a wider target audience across the globe. In the field Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, I am planning to integrate Road Safety Management with the latest innovations/techniques in Artificial Intelligence to ensure there are zero deaths on the road.

4)Question: Please introduce yourself and How do you want to be remembered / known in world?

Answer:

I would like to introduce myself as an Intelligent Traffic Management System and Road Safety domain expert with an exposure in the developing and under developed regions. I like to be remembered as a pioneer in this field as I have delivered a number of Traffic Management and Road Safety initiatives in my city and my country.

5)Question: What kind of businesses can be started in Skywalk? What minimum infrastructure would it need? Answer:

A Skywalk is primarily a foot over bridge which is used by pedestrians to cross the large intersections. Hence, small vendors selling clothes, food, drinks etc. can be placed along the Skywalk. The minimum infrastructure needed to build Skywalks are as follows : Foundation Steel Structures Escalators Staircases Adequate Lighting Security Advertisements These are the types of Infrastructure that would be needed.

6)Question: What are your recommendations to improve the standards of traffic forecast, parking demand, traffic accessibility?

Answer:

The recommendation to improve the standards of : A ) Traffic Forecast would be : Scientific collection of data Adequate sources of past/historical data Proper agreed to forecast manuals similar to what is available in the developed nations B) Parking Demand would be : Scientific collection of data Proper Policies to be etched by the Urban Development Departments Improving the efficiency of Public Transport C) Traffic Accessibility : In urban areas the accessibility to be looked into 2 types of categories that is mainly Vehicular and Pedestrians. The Vehicular accessibility is a factor of land use types and the hierarchy of the roadway. For Pedestrians, the accessibility in urban areas is to provide adequate sidewalks and proper cross over facilities.

7)Question: What are your recommendations to improve U Turns at Critical Mid Junction Blocks for avoiding congestion at junctions?

Answer:

I would not recommend, U Turns at junctions. I would rather propose, the U Turns to be positioned and planned in such a manner, that they are located at mid sections of the roadway, where in the road way width permits for the turning radius of the proposed vehicles to be taking U turns. In the year 2017, at a busy junction, I had planned to remove the right turn movement and ensure, this right turning traffic moves ahead and then does a U turn and join the traffic flow. This resulted in a saving of over 40% in delay and hence resulting in lesser pollution and also making the junction safer.

8) Question: What are Junction Improvement and other traffic management solutions related solutions like One way loops? What are the major branches in Traffic Management?

Answer:

I was responsible for planning and delivering of major one way systems in Bangalore City. This project called “BCATMP” I was able to deliver 108 roads into one way systems in the year 2003-2004. Hence resulting in lesser delays at the intersections. This systems is still effective after 18 to 19 years. Under Traffic Management : Demand Management Parking Management Road Safety Management Intelligent Transport Management System Local Area Traffic Management Schemes These are few of the Traffic Management Schemes that are available to be practised.

9) Question: What are your recommendations to frame guidelines on funding of research projects on Road Safety, Traffic and Accidents?

Answer:

The guidelines on funding of research projects in Traffic Road Safety Management are as follows : 1. A policy to define what are the acceptable and unacceptable results 2. The areas of concern are to be taken up as priorities, since the country is vast and resources being limited 3. Once priorities are identified then there are various sources for raising of funds : Government funded Private sector funded Crowd sourcing Community Based Sourcing CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility Hence, it is essential that areas of concern are identified and then based on priority, research is initiated.

10) Question: How can universities produce revolutionary PhD and Post Doc thesis and dissertations on Non-Motorized Transit Infrastructure? What are your recommendations to improve the Road Safety, Traffic and Accidents?

Answer:

The Universities can produce revolutionary thesis in Ph.D and Post Ph.D only if the faculty members have adequate exposure to the happenings of the practical world. The faculty members are very knowledgeable from the perspective of academics, but lack in the field exposure. The Universities/Colleges have to change the curriculum and scope for the faculty members and ensure that they get refresher courses by attending industrial training once in 2 years, so that they are exposed to the field requirements.

11) Question: What are your views on traffic management solutions?

Answer:

In Infrastructure Management, we have short term, medium term and long term solutions. Traffic Management Solutions are primarily short, medium term solutions which can bring about immediate tangible benefits. Traffic Management Solutions are low hanging fruits and the Governmental Departments can undertake these solutions and can be seen as result oriented programmes.

12) Question: How can students seek job and career opportunities in traffic signals, surveillance system, enforcement system, Variable message sign system, Traffic Management?

Answer:

The students who are seeking jobs and career opportunities in the field of Intelligent Transport Management Systems need to be primarily trained either during their final year in college or join a coaching centre which can provide exposure to the job seekers. The job seekers need to be ready with the skills, knowledge and attitude to deliver on the job.

13) Question: What are Pedestrian Safety Works such as High Raised Pedestrian Crossings, Scientific Road Humps, Pelican Signals, Footpath Barrication, Cycle Lanes?

Answer:

High Raised Pedestrian Crossings, Scientific Road Humps, Pelican Signals, Footpath Barrication, Cycle Lanes, all these are categorised as Non-Motorised Transportation.

14) Question: What is importance of “U” Turns at Critical Mid Junction Blocks for avoiding Congestion at Junctions?

Answer :

I would not recommend, U Turns at junctions. I would rather propose, the U Turns to be positioned and planned in such a manner, that they are located at mid sections of the roadway, where in the road way width permits for the turning radius of the proposed vehicles to be taking U turns. In the year 2017, at a busy junction, I had planned to remove the right turn movement and ensure, this right turning traffic moves ahead and then does a U turn and join the traffic flow. This resulted in a saving of over 40% in delay and hence resulting in lesser pollution and also making the junction safer.

15) Question: What are your views on Widening of Critical Junctions for Providing Free Left Turns including Land Acquisition Cost / Utility Shifting Cost, Removal of Obstructions from the Footpath?

Answer:

The widening of Critical Junctions must be under taken only if the costs involved in land acquisition are minimalistic in nature. A proper economic evaluation must be carried out to establish a positive EIRR – (Economic Internal Rate of Return) is showcased.

16) Question: What are your recommendations to improve public transport facility in densely populated cities- Tokyo, Mumbai, Shanghai? Because mass population is not satisfied with current public transport facility and future is horrible!

Answer :

The public transport facility in densely populated cities need to have a multipronged approach that includes the right mix of MRTS – Mass Rapid Transit Systems, LRTS – Light Mass Transit Systems, buses along with last mile connectivity is the solution. Hence, a right mix of Metro Rail, Mono Rail, Bus Service with PBS – Public Bicycle Sharing System are key to solving the issue.

17) Question: What are your recommendations on vehicles parking, turn, flyover, underpass and bridge? What essential components and factors must be considered there?

Answer : The vehicles that are intending to be parked below flyovers, should be planned effectively so that they cause minimal obstructions to the traffic movement. Vehicles turning into and out of the flyover have to be provided with proper merging and diverging lengths. Also for the underpass the points mentioned above are to be taken into consideration. For Flyovers and Bridges, it is very important that no stopping or parking of vehicles must be allowed as the Flyovers and Bridges are built primarily for morning loads.

18) Question: What are your recommendations on Adaptive Traffic Signals, Traffic Surveillance Cameras, Variable Message Signboards, Red Light Violation Detection Cameras, Backend Connectivity with the latest technology, Pelican signals, Feasibility of Area Traffic Control System?

Answer : 1. Adaptive Traffic Signals : Adaptive Traffic Signals are very essential in isolated points in cities where in the density of traffic needs to get priority. 2. Traffic Surveillance Cameras : The Traffic Surveillance Cameras are very essential as they provide the Authorities with the incident records and traffic flow details. 3. Variable Message Signboards : Variable Message Signboards are primarily used to communicate with the road user as to what the status of the route ahead. It is one to many communication device. 4. Red Light Violation Detection Cameras : This device is primarily used to detect the vehicles that have violated or jumped the signal lights. 5. Backend Connectivity : It is a tool through which the data transfer happens from the point of detection to the Control Centre. The method is primarily through optical fibre cable. 6. Pelican Signals : Pelican Signals are primarily used at Midblock sections so as to facilitate the crossing over for pedestrians. 7. Area Traffic Control Systems : Primarily means all the intersections in the network are connected to each other and then finally to the control centre. Based on the need of the traffic, they would deliver the required output.

19) Question: What are your recommendations on Bullet Train / High-Speed Rail Corridor? What essential components and factors must be there?

Answer :

High Speed Rail Corridor are solutions where in the Rail/Train are travelling in excess of 250kms per hour. The essential components required would be : Rail/Train Alignment Alighting Boarding Economic Feasibility Financial Viability Government will power

20) Question: What are your recommendations to establish a world class research institute for Traffic Training? Answer :

The recommendations to establish a world class research institute for Traffic Training would be as follows : 1. Physical Infrastructure Institutional Buildings Administration Buildings Dormitories Canteen Traffic Training Park 2. Soft Infrastructure Proper Training Material/Manual Resources- Human Teaching Aids Interactive Training Medium

21) Question: What are your recommendations on guidelines for improving safety on the corridor by rumble strips, blinkers, Chevrons, edge line with studs, strip plans and junction designs?

Answer:

The guidelines for improving safety on the corridor by rumble strips, blinkers, Chevrons, edge line with studs are as follows : 1. Identify the Black Spots, Corridors, where in accidents are continuously being witnessed. 2. For these points develop strip plans 3. On the strip plans list and identify the required treatment 4. Along these points wherever there is a deficiency of light or change in alignment, it is essential to use rumble strips, blinkers, chevrons and studs. These guidelines have to be filled along stretches where ever there is an issue related to over speeding.

22) Question: How would you start a campaign to request government to design strategies for the Bicycle Plan in smart cities?

Answer:

In order to start a campaign to request government to design strategies for the Bicycle Plan in smart cities : 1. Identify the need for segregated bicycle lanes, for green field and brown field areas 2. Collect data along the proposed corridors to establish a need for a cycle lane 3. Build a scientific approach to arrive at the requirement 4. Chalk out alternative plans 5. Evaluate these plans and submit to the Government, the most suited alternative

23) Question: What are your recommendations to civil engineers, who are working on multilevel car parking for more creativity?

Answer:

The recommendations to civil engineers, who are working on multilevel car parking are as follows : 1. The need to be trained with respect to IRC codes pertaining to parking 2. The engineers must take into consideration, the turning movement of the cars at the planning and design stage. The engineers must give proper consideration for the sight distances, stopping sight distances etc 3. They must also take into consideration the design speed with in the driveways 4. The ramp slope must be properly designed

24) Question: What according to you are the Top 5 major challenges which need to be resolved urgently by world’s scientists in the area of Traffic Management?

Answer:

The Top 5 major challenges which need to be resolved urgently by world’s scientists in the area of Traffic Management are : 1. Lack of proper data pertaining to road users : Origin and Destination Traffic Volume Data 2. Lack of Scientific Tools 3. Lack of Co-ordination between road user and authorities 4. Lack of Co-ordination among Authorities 5. Lack of adaptability for the Engineering Faculty/Practitioners

25) Question: What are your forecasts & recommendations on Drone Traffic Management?

Answer:

Drone Traffic Management is primarily a tool to capture visual feeds of the Roadway, Traffic and all the existing features that are visible. This tool has been introduced in the field of Traffic Management very recently. The tool has limitations in terms of the battery life and number of hours it can capture the data and once this limitation is overcome we can look at this intervention and arrive at forecasts and recommendations. There are legal issues pertaining to drones being used which is a policy level intervention.

26) Question: Which major challenges do you see to establish India as world leader in Civil Engineering?

Answer: The major challenges are : 1. Adaptability – Education translating into implementation 2. Knowledge in the hands of few people in the universities and lack of sharing of knowledge 3. Lack of Professional Training in Technical Universities 4. Cost of knowledge is very high 5. Journey of prototype to actual implementation is a big problem 6. Research funding 7. Start up industry in Civil Engineering

27) Question: Any other thing, you would like to share with World?

Answer:

I like to thank International Agency for Standards and Ratings for giving me this opportunity to dwell into my 24 years of work experience and cull out the best practices over the years. I like to once again thank International Agency for Standards and Ratings and requesting you to award me with the honorary doctorate in Traffic and Road Safety Management. Here is looking forward to a fruitful and long standing relationship with IASR.

B.H Sanjeev Kumar

Name of Staff : B.H Sanjeev Kumar

Name of the Firm : SLS Transport Training Institute and Consultancy Private Limited

Profession : ITMS Expert

Date of Birth : 24th April 1974

Experience : 24 Years

Nationality: Indian

Membership in Professional Societies:

Member, Institute of Urban Transport

Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers

Member, Indian Roads Congress

Member, Bangalore Management Association

Member, Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), United Kingdom

Education:

o B.E. (Civil Engineering) - B. M. S. College of Engineering – Bangalore

o Masters in Management specializing in Human Resource Management - Christ College, Bangalore

o Diploma in Financial Management – Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

o Doctorate of Philosophy – Pursuing the course with thesis on Road Safety and Accidents as focus area of research

o Masters in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning from University of Arizona completed

o Program Diploma in Project Management – Basics of Project Management, Leadership and Team Development, Change Management, Risk Management and Marketing & Communications from International Business Management Institute- Berlin, Germany

Key Qualifications:

Sanjeev Kumar B.H has over 23 years of experience in the field of ITMS, Traffic and Transportation Engineering. Team leader for ITMS projects for BTRAC, MTRAC, UPITMS and MTRAC-2, all these projects being ITMS Projects at city level for the Traffic Police in the respective cities. UPITMS being an ITMS project for 12 cities in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Involved in numerous traffic studies and transportation modelling tasks. Planned, implemented Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) projects at city level in about 15+ cities in India. Instrumental in garnering Government of India award to Bangalore Traffic Police as the best urban safety project in the country for the year 2014. Previously Country Coordinator, Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), a World Bank organization and in charge for India region. Planned, implemented and evaluated – Local Area Traffic Management Schemes (about 4 area wide schemes) in Bangalore city.

Persuaded decision makers within the government and business sectors through proposals, reports, and correspondence. (Junction improvement scheme – private sector and government), Experienced in Traffic Modelling using “TRANSYT” (Traffic Analysis and Network System Tool). Versed in the latest version TRANSYT 12.0. Planning, evaluating through scientific methods, implementation, monitoring of Traffic Management Schemes at city level. Planned, designed and executed more than 500 intersections all over India and carried out several Road Safety Audit for National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Karnataka Road State Highways Improvement Project (World Bank Project). Exposure to Accident data analysis system – MAAP 5 (Micro Computer Accident Analysis Package version 5). Good knowledge in Traffic Assignment and setting up Traffic Networks using SATURN (Simulation and Assignment of Traffic on Urban Road Networks). In 2016, involved in design, planning and monitoring of new generation Adaptive Traffic signal installation work across Bangalore city at 35 locations under BTRAC and up-gradation of existing signals into Adaptive Traffic signals at 52 locations under MTRAC project. Adaptive traffic signal serves as an effective measure for relieving urban traffic congestion. The system is capable of adjusting the signal timing parameters in real time according to the traffic demand, resulting in improvement of the efficiency of traffic operation on urban road networks. Employment Record: From: From 2005 till date Employer: S L S Transport Training Institute & Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. Position Held: Managing Director From: January 2001 to 2005 Employer: Bangalore Agenda Task Force (BATF) Position Held: Project Coordinator – in charge of Traffic Engineering and Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) From: January 1998 to 2001 Employer: WS Atkins India Pvt. Ltd Position Held: Transportation Engineer

Publications: 1. Designing of Pedestrian Facilities for Urban Roads, International Association of Bridges and Structural Engineers, India (IABSE) 2. TRAFFICON 2004 in Bangalore – 4 Papers on Road Safety (Drive Against Drinking and Driving, Safe Routes to Schools, Bangalore Central Area Traffic Management Plan, Local Area Traffic Management Plan) 3. Four Continents Road Safety Workshop to be held in Warsaw, Poland October 5-7, 2005 – two papers titled “ Drive Against Drinking and Driving” and “Safe Routes Schools” have been selected for presentation and publication 4. Local Area Traffic Management Plan for Indiranagar and adjoining areas, Bangalore – A Case Study was presented in the International Traffic Engineering Conference organised by Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) at New Delhi 5. IRTE Conference in Delhi, January 2007 – paper on “Safe Routes to Schools – Micro Level Plans” was selected for publication. 6. Europe & Central Asia Congress of the International Road Federation (IRF), September 2015, Istanbul Turkey – 4 Papers were selected for publication (Bangalore Traffic Improvement Project-BTRAC, Road Accidents in Bangalore – A Report, Emergency Vehicle Prioritisation System for Bangalore-A Case Study, Freight Management System for Bangalore City) 7. Conference of Asean Road Safety 2 0 1 5, Kuala Lumpur – 3 papers for selected for publication - (Bangalore Traffic Improvement Project-BTRAC, Road Accidents in Bangalore – A Report, Freight Management System for Bangalore City) 8. 24th World ITMA Congress, Qatar, 2015 – 2 papers were selected for publication(Bangalore Traffic Improvement Project-BTRAC, Road Accidents in Bangalore – A Report) 9. 2nd IRF Asia Regional Congress & Exhibition October 16-20, 2016 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia– 5 papers were selected for publication(Mysore Traffic Improvement Project-MTRAC, Road Accidents in Mysore– A Report, Bangalore Traffic Improvement Project-BTRAC, Emergency Vehicle Prioritisation System for Bangalore-A Case Study, INTEGRATED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR UTTAR PRADESH” – A Case Study)

10. World Conference on Transport Research - WCTR 2016 Shanghai, 4 papers were selected for publication (Road Accidents in Bangalore– A Report, Bangalore Traffic Improvement Project-BTRAC, Emergency Vehicle Prioritisation System for Bangalore-A Case Study, Freight Management) 11. CARS-2015 - 3-6 November, Kuala Lumpur, 3 papers were selected for publication (Road Accidents in Bangalore– A Report, Bangalore Traffic Improvement Project-BTRAC, Freight Management) 12. Europe & Central Asia Congress of the International Road Federation (IRF), September 2015, Istanbul Turkey, 4 papers were selected for publication (Road Accidents in Bangalore– A Report, Bangalore Traffic Improvement Project-BTRAC, Emergency Vehicle Prioritisation System for Bangalore-A Case Study, Freight Management) 13. 24th World ITMA Congress, Qatar, 2015 3 papers were selected for publication (Road Accidents in Bangalore– A Report, Bangalore Traffic Improvement Project-BTRAC, Freight Management)