Section 10 — Functions of the Authority.

(1) The Authority shall oversee, coordinate, promote and monitor the implementation of various traffic and transportation measures including promoting the cause of public mass passenger transport systems and regulating their operations, besides implementation of certain traffic and transportation infrastructure of special nature in the Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area. (2) The Authority shall act as a coordinating authority in the areas of transport. (3) The Authority shall take decisions on matters that would impinge on transport in the Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area and oversee that no steps are initiated by any agencies or local bodies that detract from the overall efficiency of the Comprehensive Transportation Plan. (4) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Authority shall— (1) prepare a Comprehensive Transportation Plan addressing the planning and development of all the public mass passenger transport modes and related infrastructure within the Master Plan in consultation with the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and recommend for implementation of the same through the respective transport agencies. (2) update the Comprehensive Transportation Plan periodically in tune with the changes in the traffic and transportation situation in the Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area; (3) monitor, co-ordinate and evaluate the implementation of the Comprehensive Transportation Plan; (4) plan and implement traffic and transportation infrastructure of special nature; (5) regulate measures for integration of all public mass passenger transport modes by means of various measures including routing and scheduling, operating feeder services and combined or common ticketing to facilitate seamless commuting options to the public; (6) regulate measures aimed at enhancing the equity and efficiency of each of the mass passenger transport modes and para-transit modes to serve the commuting needs of the Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area; (7) regulate route plan for the mass passenger transport modes and paratransit modes based on periodical review of routes; (8) determine fares for mass passenger transport modes and para-transit modes with the approval of the Government; (9) facilitate, debate and discuss on the innovative methods and practices and recommend measures for implementation of such methods and practices; (10) commission studies and research needed to improve the performance or efficiency of the mass passenger transport modes and para-transit modes and maintain a data base; (11) make recommendations to the Central Government in regard to the Railways and National Highways, wherever necessary, for improving transport system; (12) regulate the measures that would help to reduce the incidence of accidents and other matters relating to safety, including the standards for construction, maintenance and subsequent road safety audit by various civic agencies; (13) manage a road safety cell; (14) secure compliance of inter-agency requests and resolve differences that come up between such agencies; (15) regulate measures to integrate and consolidate any other action plan of the line agencies which fall outside the Comprehensive Transportation Plan but relating to mass passenger transport modes and related infrastructure in the Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area and facilitate implementation of the same; (16) prepare annual budgets and recommend the same to the Government to apportion funds accordingly to the line-agencies for implementation of Comprehensive Transportation Plan; (17) perform such other functions as may be entrusted to it by the Government in regard to the planning of the mass passenger transport system.