Month: May 2012
Traffic Island Gardens Providing visual relief and vital oxygen to drivers
The Green Thumb has been
studiously designing and maintaining traffic island gardens all over the city since over three decades. S Kumar Shah, its proprietor, leading designer and landscape artist, feels that such islands are a must in a concrete jungle where tired drivers need a breath of fresh of air to continue their journey among traffic jams.
Portable Variable Message Signs Why does India need them?
Mobility challenges all over the world can be addressed by strategies like managed lanes and active traffic management. These are cost-effective methods of prolonging the life and maximising the efficiency of the infrastructure which, in turn, can postpone the need for major expansion projects.
Ace Driving and Road Safety Education Training drivers for corporate houses
Ace Driving and Road Safety Pvt Ltd trains drivers from all walks of life and various sectors of the industry. The institute’s instructors have trained more than 1,20,000 drivers so far.
Interview With: Dalbir Saini, “Our core competence lies in custom moulding”
Dalbir Saini, Managing Director, BD Industries says that the speciality of his company lies in being able to deliver custom-moulded road safety products of any specification within a very short time
Adjusting acoustic signals and deciding: Whose road is it?
It is a challenge to plan urban traffic areas for pedestrians, cyclists and all others who share city space for them to feel more safe and secure than today. But acoustic pedestrian signals now offer the elderly and visually challenged pedestrians the chance to adjust the signals in order to claim the roads from vehicular traffic for the duration they need it to cross over to the other side – safely.
A series of bridges across Sweden
Stockholm based Erik Andersson Architects won the invited competition to design a new bridge over the river Motala Ström in the City of Norrköping, a […]
Coventry student’s design project tackles water transport in Africa
A final year Transport Design student from Coventry University has created an innovative final year degree project looking at how transport can play a key […]
Prefabricated Shelters and HDPE Pipes
Time Technoplast Ltd makes a wide range of Automotive Components and Infrastructure Products including Prefabricated Shelters, Road Barriers, High-Pressure HDPE pipes, 3S Rain Flaps, De-aeration […]