Decade of Action for Road Safety-Saving millions of lives across the decade
The Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011?2020), launched in 2011 by the United Nations, is an opportunity for countries to stop... Read More
Case Study: New Delhi, Parking:Policies, problems and potential solutions
Delhi faces a chronic shortage of residential parking space as noticed in a survey conducted by the authors. After a detailed study,... Read More
Case Study:Abu Dhabi, Bringing order to Abu Dhabi?s Parking System
This study describes the work undertaken to introduce a comprehensive system of parking management to the City of Abu Dhabi. At the... Read More
ITS for Inter-Urban Highways: The Indian Perspective
ITS has the potential to be a game changer for the Indian highway infrastructure industry. Prof. P K Sikdar and Punnet S... Read More
Mysore becomes the first official Indian city to implement ITS
While optimum use of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) for improvement of traffic conditions and safety of road, rail, air and water commuters is much debated in the country, the state of Karnataka has taken the lead in trying to make one of its cities an ITS city. Under the aegis of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), and as part of the GEF-SUTP Programme, Mysore City has been chosen to be India?s first major ITS city, with the backing of the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. S Mallikarjuna, Chief Mechanical Engineer (P) who has put in 32 years at KSRTC and is the Head of its Project Implementation Unit, writes exclusively for TrafficInfraTech on the process of making Mysore an ITS City.
Walking through Austria
Vienna: A traveller?s delight Vienna is an ideal city to be emulated for multimodal transport, says Bina C Balakrishnan. Here, she writes... Read More
Improving the Efficiency of Bus Transport in India
As safe and improved public transport debate gains momentum, there is a growing need to improve the efficiency of bus transport in India. U Sudhakar Rao, Executive Director, Association of State Road Transport Undertakings addresses the issue.
Centre approves Viability Gap Funding for MTHL
The Union Finance Ministry has approved Viability Gap Funding of about ? 1930 crore for the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) project.... Read More
Evolution of Connected Vehicle Technology-From Smart Drivers to Smart Cars to..Self Driving Cars
Vehicle to Vehicle and Vehicle to Infrastructure Technology promise to change the way we move on our roads. Siva R K Narla,... Read More
French solution for Mitigating environmental impact of aviation infrastructure
Among the European companies bringing in solutions to ease traffic, improve efficiency, manage traffic and protect environment, is ENVISA. The French company is introducing in India a unique tool for better understanding the environmental and operational risks resulting from current transportation modes and other industries : Envisa?s web-platform.
