The Indian Railways is set to launch a luxury train service called Tejas Express on the Mumbai-Goa route from June. Announced in the Rail Budget last year, the 20-coach train comprising of executive class and chair cars will come fitted with automatic doors, LCD screens, onboard wifi, coffee vending machines and magazines, among other features. “Luxury Mumbai -Goa train to ...
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Tamper-proof & high-security registration plates for vehicles in Maharashtra
The appointed contractor will fix the plates on the front, rear and a sticker on the windscreen in the presence of RTO officials. The 10-member Security committe will set the terms and conditions for the tenders. Made of aluminium, the plates will have retro-reflective film with verification inscription India, chromium-based Ashok Chakra hologram, hot-stamped letter IND in blue and a ...
EV Charging Station
Power Electronics (MassTrans) has entered into collaboration with EcCharging for providing EV charging solution for the Indian market. Ireland based EcCharging is the only electric vehicle (EV) charging station manufacturer specialising in the development of advanced EV charging solutions. They produce a complete range of electric car charging equipment which provide users with safe, reliable and convenient charging solutions that ...
Multi-Criteria Spatial Optimization
Omega Analytics is a new generation engineering and business analytics company specializing in solving multi-criteria spatial optimization problems for infrastructure projects, manufacturing and services sectors. The company uses high-resolution satellite images, terrain models, algorithms and software to generate verifiable optimized solutions in considerably shorter time frames. The benefits to clients include lower project execution cost through improved design and significant ...
AECOM wins the WAN Future Projects Transport Awards
Erik Behrens of AECOM and his Architectural Design Studio London have been selected as the winner of this year’s WAN Future Projects Transport Award 2016 for the spectacular Underwater Domes of Istanbul. The winning design was selected from a shortlist of six entries by an expert judging panel. The members of the panel were particularly impressed by AECOM’s approach to ...
BMW 5-series with remote parking
BMW is set to offer a plethora of tech on board its all-new 5-series when the model rolls into showrooms in India over the summer months. Based on the same platform as the 7-series, the new 5-series also shares the family looks with BMW’s range-topping sedan. It also features a host of tech from the said model as well. The ...
India’s first heliport
India’s first dedicated heliport built at a cost of Rs 100Cr for flying in and out of Delhi to nearby areas in choppers became operational in New Delhi. The heliport that is expected to reduce congestion at the IGI Airport in New Delhi would also provide air connectivity to nearby pilgrimage centres besides medical emergency evacuation services. The heliport is ...
Cutting urban carbon footprint
The central government is in the process of preparing a roadmap for building 8,000km of pavements and laying more cycle tracks in 106 cities in the next five years to promote walking and cycling and to reduce carbon footprint in urban areas. The Minister of Urban Development plans to lay 1,300km BRTS corridors, set up 500 new bus depots and ...
Looking for Innovation
Since 2002, Onyx have come a very long way… The technology offering from Onyx include Intelligent Transport Systems, Red Light Violation Detection Systems, ANPR and Wireless Traffic Control. The company has recently installed of ITMS in Kanpur city that includes 75 recollected traffic signals controlled by center control and command center along with 30 VMS for giving advance information to ...
Relating different types of (traffic) data
The initial procurement of traffic data by NDW in 2009 provided speed measurements, travel times and vehicle counts with vehicle categorization measured on approximately 24.000 locations throughout the country on the main road network and a number of provincial roads. The network of measurements has expanded over the years to include higher coverage on provincial roads and main urban roads, ...