The Railways has recently decided to go ahead with manufacturing on its own trainsets that can run at a maximum speed of 160kmph. Named ‘Train-2018’, the first trainset – a rake without a separate locomotive – is expected to be ready by March next year and likely to be pressed into service in Delhi-Lucknow or Delhi- Chandigarh sector. The trainset ...

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in collaboration with US Green Building Council and the Green Business Certification Inc has announced the launch of a survey that would rate the energy efficiency and commuter-friendliness of the Corporation. The Delhi Metro has now become the first metro transit system in the world to pursue the criteria laid down under LEED. It would ...

The Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) had recently floated tender for implementation of Common Payment Card System (CPCS), which would enable citizens with payment options for services offered by multiple agencies – Public Health Engineering Organsation (PHEO), Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU) and parking charges besides public transport. The proposed CPCS can be used to travel by the city-based transport ...

Switzerland based Kistler Group’s WIM Data Logger is a processing unit specifically designed to interface with Kistler’s Lineas WIM sensors. It allow customers to monitor traffic real-time and to gather key vehicle data, such as vehicle weight & imbalance, axle loads & distances, vehicle speed & driving behavior and much more. The key is enhanced conditioning and processing of the ...

Beijing has banned high-emission vehicles in a bid to control recurring airpollution enveloping the city with a population of 21.7 million people. Light-duty gasolinepowered cars that fail to meet the National Emission Standard III will be banned from entering Beijing’s fifth ring on weekdays. Substandard cars will also be taken off the road through annual inspections or spot checks. The ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted highpitched eight national highways, six of them in Saurashtra region to Gujarat. While inaugurating the new cable-stayed bridge over Narmada River near Bharuch, Modi announced converting eight state highways into national highways to boost transport and tourism.

Roborace, the motorsport championship series of the future, has finally lifted the veil off of its electric driverless racing car – Robocar. With this model, the series is one step closer to its goal of holding the first global championship for driverless cars, on the same tracks as the FIA Formula E Championship. The car weighs 975 Kgs, is five ...

Tata Motors and Microsoft India today announced a strategic agreement to redefine connected and personalized driving experiences for Indian customers. Tata Motors will leverage Microsoft’s connected vehicle technologies that bring together artificial intelligence (AI), advanced machine learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities on the global hyper-scale Azure cloud, to traverse the digital and physical worlds and create a ...

In the next two years, MoRTH will be spending over Rs 13,000Cr to upgrade these highways/stateways in Maharashtra. Under the highway upgradation project, two-lane highways will be widened to four lanes. Out of the overall 38 packages or projects, some of the highways that would be upgraded in the next couple of years include Jalna-Parbhani, Aurangabad-Shirdi, Wakan-Pali-Khopoli, Satara-Pandharpur, Pune-Mulshi-Mangaon-Dighi Port, ...

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India proposes to spend Rs 50,000Cr to increase road connectivity and highways in Jharkhand in the next two and a half years. There is also a proposal to construct a bridge across the Ganga river at Sahibganj to link Manihari. The Centre will help to complete the Ranchi-Jamshedpur four lane road by ...