In a significant move towards AI-driven urban mobility management, the Pune City Traffic Police has introduced a new traffic management software, ‘Trafficure’, aimed at easing the city’s growing congestion challenges. The platform has been developed through a collaboration between the Pune City Traffic Department, Google India and Lepton Software. With this rollout, Pune becomes the first city in India to implement an online traffic management system in partnership with Google India.

Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said the Maharashtra government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Google India last year, which led to the development of the Trafficure application. Integrated with Google Maps and powered by AI-based analytics, the system identifies real-time traffic congestion, slow-moving vehicles, and road-related disruptions across Pune, providing immediate updates to traffic authorities.

The software delivers live information on traffic conditions at major junctions and internal roads. A key feature is its independent alert system, which instantly notifies traffic personnel when congestion starts building up. This enables officers to respond quickly, reach precise locations, and clear bottlenecks before the situation escalates. The platform also monitors average vehicular speeds citywide and records the specific causes behind traffic slowdowns.

Additional Commissioner of Police Manoj Patil said Pune has been divided into 550 zones based on road networks and traffic flow patterns to enhance monitoring efficiency. Over the past two months of using the application, the city has recorded an improvement in average vehicular speed from 20 kmph to 26.8 kmph.

Data collected through the system has helped identify recurring congestion hotspots such as Hadapsar, Kalepadal, Navale Bridge and the Katraj-Kondhwa Road stretch. Authorities are now prioritising interventions in these areas to improve traffic flow.

By leveraging AI-powered data analytics, Pune Police aims to proactively detect congestion patterns, optimise traffic deployment, and build a smarter, more responsive traffic management ecosystem.