Human waste powers car in UK
A modified Volkswagen Beetle car, called the Bio-Bug, runs on methane gas extracted from human waste in the UK. The breakthrough is achieved by GENeco, a subsidiary of Wessex Water, a water supply and sewerage utility company in Somerset, UK, writes Rajmohan Kurup.
Interview with: Kevin Kelly, ITS In Parking, India is going in the wrong direction
India, with over 65 cities that boast a population of over a million, faces a huge challenge in managing its traffic. Parking plays a major role here and many European companies have been conducting reconnaissance in India to explore the growing opportunities for providing their parking solutions. Vidyottama Sharma met with Kevin Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, GlobeTech Parking Solutions, Ireland who had many an observation to make on the parking scene in India.
A significant growth in road traffic in India presents a good opportunity for the ITS business
Ramakrishna Sachdev, Director?Marketing and Finance, Steria India describes the opportunities for ITS service providers in India and the company?s solutions for the... Read More
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS, ITS will remove a lot of problems from the cities: R K Singh
Raj Kumar Singh, Director,(Urban Transport), Ministry of Urban Development is on a five-year deputation to MoUD from IIT Roorkee. He talks on... Read More
Fifth Urban Mobility Conference and Expo held
Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Government of India organised the fifth edition of Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference and Expo in Delhi... Read More
French Pavilion at Urban Mobility 2012
That France is keen to make its presence felt in the Urban Mobility sector in India was evident from the large French... Read More
ACC introduces new topping for concrete roads
ACC Concrete, a division of ACC Limited has introduced two new solutions, UTWT24 and Speedcrete, for instant road surface overlay and repair... Read More
Delhi roads to get emergency lanes
About 160 roads in Delhi are set to get emergency disaster management lanes. To be painted in blue, the lanes will be... Read More
Soon, new toilets for railways
Trains in India are all set to get vacuum toilets based on the technology used in the airplane toilets. These toilets are... Read More
Sustainable Development for Roads with Thin and Ultra Thin White Topping Overlays
In heavily populated metropolitan cities like Mumbai, keeping traffic on hold for a few days while repairing pavements with bitumen can be extremely frustrating for the enforcement agencies and the road users. Thin and ultra thin white topping can be suitable alternatives to bitumen to keep the traffic moving as they allow opening of the traffic lanes within 24 hours. A detailed look into the technology.
