Most of the design and development in Variable Message Signs have happened abroad specially in Europe and to a small extent in the US as they have a tremendous market potential and look at VMS as a lifesaving element of Roadside ITS. Secondly, they consider VMS as one of the most critical elements of Traffic Management with its ability to ...
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VMS, an important ATMS tool
variable Message Signs have been used to influence driver behaviour, create safer road spaces and also to manage traffic flows through cities for over three decades globally. As LEDs were very expensive years ago, early VMS had small text panels and were deployed in larger pitch sizes and in one colour only (Amber). Messaging needed to be from a fixed ...
Vehicle Detection Sensor for Truck Loading Dock at Warehouse
At warehouse, loading dock is the place where inventory is brought in and products are shipped out. There is continuous arrival and departure of trucks/ containers at each loading dock at warehouse. This traffic at each loading dock needs to be operated safely and efficiently by warehouse operation teams. There had been multiple cases at warehouse where trucks collided with ...
Intertraffic Amsterdam celebrates 50th brand anniversary
Amsterdam, 19 January 2022 Intertraffic Amsterdam celebrates 50th brand anniversary First staged in 1972, Intertraffic Amsterdam is undisputedly considered the leading global trade event on smart mobility, infrastructure, traffic management, road safety and parking. Over the years Intertraffic has been responsible for identifying trends, launching new products, giving the world its first view of technological innovations and announcing a plethora ...
MoRTH and DRDO to manage geo-hazard
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and Defence Research and Development Organisation have signed a framework Memorandum of Understanding for technical exchange and co-operation on sustainable geo-hazard management. The MoU was signed by Secretary MoRTH Giridhar Aramane and Secretary DRDO Dr. Satieesh Reddy. The MoRTH and DRDO will co-operate in the areas of conceptual planning of integrated avalanche/landslide protection schemes for ...
Bhubaneswar to Implement Smart Parking Policy
To tackle the ever-growing parking menace in Bhubaneswar, the Commissionerate Police, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation and Bhubaneswar Development Authority are jointly formulating on a Smart parking policy for the city. According to Seshadeb Panda, General Manager, Smart City (Technology), Bhubaneswar Smart City Ltd, the policy will take shape in the next three-four months and dissuade commuters from demanding more parking space ...
Road Safety Awareness Competition
Finding solutions to a complex problem
Get My Parking is a Delhi based funded venture started in July 2015 with the aim to transform the parking industry. It is digitizing the parking industry through mobile solutions & empowering motorists to search, book and navigate to relevant parking in real-time. “We are organizing the industry by serving the parking contractors (enterprise solutions), government (smart city), infrastructure partners ...
Need for technologies that work
TrafficInfraTech/Parking InfraTech Expo 2016 saw an impressive number of senior officials from the Center and State governments. Vipul Mitra, Principal Secretary, Government of Gujarat spoke to TrafficInfraTech What is your impression about the latest technology displayed at the Expo? It was a good learning experience. Traffic management technology is more important than manpower because you cannot deploy manpower in every ...
How transport data can fuel the future of mobility
A recent ITF report (Data-Driven Transport Policy – Corporate Partnership Board Report, 2016), drawing on a workshop with industry leaders, policy makers and academics, examines how the abundant data available can help policy makers to set frameworks that deliver better transport services summarizes Sharon Masterson, Manager of the Corporate Partnership Board of the International Transport Forum at the OECD Mobility ...