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NEWS

Urban Mobility Automated tests track in Delhi
plan for India iming for better Motor Vehicle Inspectors The driving test is

he Government will be road safety in the (MVI) to ensure better recorded on sensor-based
taking a unified approach Acapital, the transport managed and stringent tests. CCTV cameras placed along
Ttowards executing a department plans to Unlike conventional driving the track. The video is live
urban mobility plan for India introduce more stringent tests where applicants streamed in a control room
by bringing all the transport driving tests to ensure that have to drive on a straight and marking and evaluation
and infrastructure related only trained people can road amidst traffic and are is done automatically by
ministries to come together and get a permanent driving marked by a MVI, these a software. The result is
collaborate both at the Central licence. The first automated automated test tracks are generated after analysing
and State levels. The group at test track in Delhi has been the number of times kerbs
the Centre will be headed by operational at Sarai Kale able to simulate tougher are hit, unscheduled stops,
Road Transport & Highway Khan since February 2018. driving conditions where the total time taken, etc, and the
Minister Nitin Gadkari and will The transport department entire range of an applicant’s final marks are given by the
facilitate faster clearance of will be also recruiting more driving skills are tested. MVI based on the result.
projects.
The group will soon identify
key projects related to urban
transport at various stages
of development to push for
completion at the earliest.
The focus of the group will
be to integrate all public
mass passenger transport
modes by means of various
measures, including routing
and scheduling, operating
feeder services and combined or
common ticketing to facilitate
seamless commuting options.
This would be followed by
constant monitoring of various
transport modes in the urban
area to track development. Signalling System on Mathura-Vadodara route
he Railways plans to automatic train protection same track and updates loco
push for an 850km (ATP) system -- the state- pilots on the condition of
Tsection between of-the-art European Train signals ahead even when the
Mathura and Vadodara to Controlling System (ETCS)
be equipped with a modern Level-II -- prevents the visibility is poor due to fog or
signalling system. An collision of two trains on the other reasons.

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