Izmir Metropolitan Municipality is preparing to implement the Electronic Supervision System by joining forces with the Izmir Provincial Police Department in order to keep the city traffic safer and faster. Within the scope of the project to be started in order to prevent driver-induced traffic congestion, violations at parking, speed corridor and red light points will be monitored using the system.
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerWith the aim of producing rational solutions in traffic, the button was pressed for the Electronic Supervision System (EDS), which will make city traffic safer and more fluid. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor for EDS, which will be established to prevent accidents and traffic congestion by solving user-related problems in Izmir traffic. Tunç Soyer and Izmir Provincial Police Chief Mehmet Şahne signed a preliminary protocol.
As part of the ongoing project, İzmir Transportation Center (İZUM), which manages İzmir traffic with more than 10 thousand smart devices, will now act together with İzmir Provincial Police Department. The points where the violation system will be established were examined on-site by the Provincial EDS Commission, which was established with the coordination of the two institutions. 177 red light violation points, 15 speed corridors and 128 faulty parking points were determined in order to solve driver-related problems in İzmir traffic and prevent accidents and traffic congestion. With the project, which is planned to be completed in 2023, security officials will instantly monitor vehicles that cause congestion in urban traffic and threaten traffic safety by using the EDS system.
“Waiting time in traffic increases due to user-induced errors”
Giving information about the process, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Transportation Department Head Sibel Özgür said, “As İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, our president Tunç SoyerWe are working to bring rational solutions to the problems experienced in urban traffic in line with the target of . In our investigations, we observed that waiting times in urban traffic increased significantly due to driver-related problems such as faulty parking, speed limit and red light violations. With the center to be established, we will prevent these problems. We will ensure that the EDS is put into use within one year with the installation of the system. Our preliminary protocol process has now been completed,” he said.
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