May 2012 – TrafficInfraTech Magazine

Mumbai on the move

May 24, 2012

| Infrastructure, Railway/Metro/Stations

While the various nodal agencies – MMRDA, MSRDC and MCGM – responsible to keep the metropolis on the move have tried their best (in varying and debatable proficiencies) to do exactly that – keep Mumbai moving – by undertaking and commissioning various new projects, the city’s travel woes haven’t eased much. But then, its commuting habits seem set to change now. In fact, they have changed to quite an extent. Only, the city bursting at its seams does not appear to be displaying these changes with the needed fervor. A look by Vidyottama Sharma at some of the projects that changed our daily travelling habits and those that are set to do so in the near future.

Area traffic control system Improving Traffic in the island city

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| ITS, Traffic Management

Fully commissioned in August 2011, the Mumbai ATC project has transformed the conventional signaling system on the City roads into a real-time computer controlled one. The project won the award for the Best ITS system implemented in 2011 from the Government of India. TrafficInfraTech gives the details.

Interview with: O P Gupta, This year I will give BEST its first break-even in 15 years

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| Interviews

He wants to bring BEST’s glorious years back – despite the odds. Despite the accumulated losses of र3000 crore over the last eight years. Despite […]

Thiruvananthapuram Gets Monorail Corridor

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| Mono rail, Public Transport

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!

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| Public Transport, Water transport

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.

Public, Private Transport in South China’s Cities vs Mumbai

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| Infrastructure, Traffic Management

Ashok Datar, Chairman, Mumbai Environmental Social Network was in China recently to study its traffic rules and travel behaviour. Here, he compares Hong Kong, Guangzhou […]

MediaTunnel A real-time Traffic Incident Detection System

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| ITS, Traffic Management

MediaTunnel, a real-time traffic incident detection system introduced a few months ago, was recently installed for the first time outside Europe – in the Reboucas tunnel of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A real-time traffic detection system enables efficient dispatching of emergency services and rescue teams, and facilitates in reducing the response time to traffic incidents and accidents. Results of MediaTunnel’s functioning in the city’s longest tunnel have been impressive.

LIVE – Plug-In Barcelona: Plugging in vehicles to reduce pollution

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| Environment

Under its Live Barcelona Project, the government of Catalonia provides over 240 charging stations for electric vehicles all over Barcelona city in order to promote electric mobility. The Spanish city is fast becoming the hub of electric mobility innovation.

AWATAR: Booking Tickets online and through mobiles

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| Public Transport, Railways

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.

TrafficInfraTech Expo 2012 – DD News Metro

May 17, 2012

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