Shaping the Future of Transportation
Monitoring and reporting of a vehicle’s carbon footprint in real-time can revolutionise the way we drive, manage our vehicles and affect the environment
Month: January 2011
Railways to build more foot overbridges
In order to provide better infrastructure and arrest the problem of increasing accidents on the railway tracks, both the Western Railway (WR) and Central Railway […]
Surat Bus Terminal to have plazas, gardens
Surat might soon have a bus terminal that will have plazas, terraces, courtyards, gardens and public facilities. The proposal of such a mixed design has […]
ITS paves the way in Canada
The pace of ITS technology deployment in Canada is increasing steadily. The Canadian Government, under the $2.1 billion Gateways and Border Crossings Fund (GBCF) programme, has allocated $400 million for the construction of new access roads, equipped with state-of-the-art ITS technologies for surveillance, real-time traveller information, fully-automated border clearance and commercial vehicle operation system technologies.
Licences of drunk drivers to be revoked
Maharashtra government is planning to cancel the licences of drivers who drink and drive. Alarmed by the rising number of road accidents due to drunk […]
Tata Steel Highways launched
Tata Steel Construction Products has announced the launch of Tata Steel Highways to address the requirements of the highways industry. It has been created by […]
Beijing will issue fewer licences
Beijing Municipal government has decided to limit the number of new licence plates to be issued per year to 240,000. This has been done with […]
Vehicle Safety: It’s time for a revolution!
A revolution is taking place in Pedestrian Protection. While immense research is on in passive and active safety, it is important to accomplish new tests scenario where preventive safety systems are allowed to be kept in active crash tests
Badarpur Elevated Highway inaugurated
The recently inaugrated Delhi-Faridabad Elevated Highway, popularly known as the Badarpur Elevated Highway, will connect Delhi and Haryana. The project was commissioned by the National […]
Airplanes may look like birds in future
If a South Carolina engineer and a South Africa researcher have their way, airplanes may soon look like birds. Geoffrey Spedding (University of South Carolina) […]