The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) will conduct a seven-day trial of AI-based adaptive traffic signals at two congested junctions in Moshi, using real-time traffic data to adjust signal timings and manage vehicle movement on the Pune-Nashik highway.
The trial will be held at Moshi Gaothan and Bharatmata junctions. Unlike fixed-cycle signals, the proposed Adaptive Traffic Control System (ATCS) will alter the duration of signal phases according to traffic volume recorded at the junctions. The system is intended to reduce unnecessary waiting and ease congestion during changing traffic conditions.
A senior PCMC official said the civic body would implement the trial in coordination with the traffic police. “The implementation will be carried out in coordination with the traffic police. We will soon conduct a trial at the two locations to assess the feasibility of the system,” the official said, according to the Times of India.
PCMC plans to use existing CCTV cameras to collect and assess traffic information during the trial. The cameras will help the civic body monitor vehicle volumes and evaluate whether adaptive signal timings improve traffic movement at the two locations. The trial will determine whether the technology is feasible for wider deployment.
PCMC commissioner Vijay Suryawanshi had directed the electrical department to examine the use of the system at busy junctions across the city. Mahesh Kawale, joint city engineer in the electrical department, said the system was already operational in cities such as Nagpur and could allocate signal time according to traffic demand.
If the trial is successful, PCMC plans to introduce the technology at other congested junctions in phases. The civic body has not specified a wider rollout schedule or the performance benchmarks that will be used to assess the initial trial.
The proposed intervention comes as Pimpri Chinchwad manages a large and growing road-traffic network. According to the civic body’s 2025-26 Environment Status Report, the city has more than 30 lakh registered vehicles, around 2,073 kilometres of roads and traffic signal systems at 154 junctions.
Despite this network, congestion continues on major roads and internal streets. Nashik Phata, Bhumkar Chowk, Dange Chowk, Chikhali Chowk and the Phoenix Mall area are among the junctions identified as major congestion hotspots. The Moshi trial will therefore also serve as an early test of whether technology deployed through existing CCTV infrastructure can improve traffic operations without changes to road capacity.
PCMC and the traffic police will assess the system during the seven-day trial before deciding whether to extend adaptive traffic signals to additional junctions in the city.
