Germany makes its public transportation a success story
By providing many incentives and adopting a few strict regulations, Germany has succeeded in shifting its travelling population towards public transport. Its... Read More
Sydney Ferries: Overcoming challenges of water-based Urban Public Transport
The operation of the iconic Sydney Ferries was privatised last year by the Australian Government. A look at the history, operations, significance... Read More
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.
TrafficInfraTech Expo: Seminar: May 18, 2012
The Day 2 seminar of TrafficInfraTech Expo 2012 was on ‘Challenges in making the operations of State Road Transport Undertakings efficient: Policy, Management & Technologies’. A report.
Promoting Cycling in Cities
Transport planners around the world have now more or less come to the conclusion that in order to address the issues that... Read More
Thiruvananthapuram Gets Monorail Corridor
Monorail, mooted for Kerala’s capital city, is expected to reduce dependence on personalised modes of transport and to take 40% of the present vehicular traffic off the road
Preparing for World Cup and Olympic Games: Rio de Janeiro Explores American Hovercraft Technology to Solve Transportation Woes!
While Brazil’s earlier efforts at providing hovercrafts to its travelling populace have always stopped at some point or the other, this time round the water transportation option seems to be bearing fruit in its second largest city – Rio de Janeiro. The fact that over 5,00,000 temporary visitors are expected to visit the city for the 2014 football World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games could be one of the reasons for the step.
AWATAR: Booking Tickets online and through mobiles
Travelling hassle-free in a public transport bus after reserving tickets online or through a mobile phone may seem a luxury in many parts of India but it has been a pleasant reality in Bangalore since the last six years. The reason is: AWATAR introduced by KSRTC.
