Enormous vehicular increase has necessitated maintaining traffic flow on the network of roads more efficiently. So Traffic Wardens Force got shape primarily for this purpose of organizing and enforcing traffic safety compliance on the roads and a very enthusiastic, well trained, public-friendly, and service orienting service, committed to excellence in traffic management, standards of integrity and courtesy was launched in 2006. City Traffic Police Lahore with approximately 3000 Traffic wardens who accepted the responsibility for policing a 12-million-person’s city, by performing a wide variety of public safety, law enforcement, traffic management and emergency response roles.
According to the collected data, there are a total of about 6.2 million vehicles and 4.2 million motorcycles are present in Lahore only. You can gauge the huge number by comparing the number of vehicles in Lahore with that of the 19.6 million vehicles in the entire province of Punjab. This shows that Lahore has around 32% of the vehicles in Punjab. City Traffic Police Lahore with its 3000 traffic wardens and 215 Senior Traffic Wardens are covering the entire city. The department is catering nearly 10-million daily riders, 195 traffic junctions, 1,772 square kilometers of the city area, and 03 signal-free corridors. Additionally, Road Safety Officers serve on the city's busy streets and highways as school safety agents, and over-a-million students who attend them. The force with its outstanding decorum in terms of being well equipped performed its operations successfully, with a positive influence on the public perception, while on duty Traffic Wardens achieved the highest level of Public satisfaction through courteous attitude and helping them when they are on road.
In the past few years, the department has achieved spectacular declines in fatal accidents due to head injuries, ensuring that Lahore city has the lowest overall rate of fatal accidents due to head injuries, declined up to 41 %. The automation of various functions of City Traffic Police Lahore through technological solutions has become a success story bringing genuine reforms in the centuries-old system to facilitate the citizens. RASTA app has shown unprecedented acceptance by the citizens and so far 260,503 people have downloaded this Smartphone application.
Mission
Aimed to increase the public preference for adherence to the traffic laws and regulations.
Vision
City Traffic Police Lahore envisions enhancing the quality of life in the City by working in partnership with the community to enforce the law, preserve order and protect people.
Values
In partnership with the community, we pledge to Protect the lives and property of our fellow citizens and impartially enforce the law. charge lawbreaking, both by preventing it and efficiently pursuing violators of the law. Value human life, respect the dignity of each individual and render our services with courtesy and civility
Functions
- Enforcing traffic laws and regulations
- Casualty reduction in road accidents
- Reducing anti-social use of the roads
- Alternative traffic management during mega events, protests and blocks.
- Educating public through campaigns, advertisements and to encourage safe driving and usage of the roads
- Observing and reporting damage to the roadways, conducting hasty road surveys after disasters and helping planning in road engineering.