Companies entering India – Modeling System to predict traffic
An Italian company, SISTeMA, is introducing OPTIMA ? a traffic predictive modelling system in India and hopes to make a difference in... Read More
Fighting for the Future of America?s Roadway Safety and Mobility
The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), along with major automakers, safety advocates and transportation officials from across the country, is... Read More
GPS based toll systems will be implemented in the near future
Mahesh Dandawate, Managing Director, Samarth Softech Solutions Pvt Ltd talks about the future directions in tolling and traffic studies in the... Read More
ITS:The way forward to a smart travel
Intelligent Transportation Systems are the need of the hour in today?s travel scenario. Vidyottama Sharma on why are they needed, why is India lagging behind in their use and what solutions can be adopted for their better use.
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
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
