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Raipur gets multi-level parking

The recently opened multi-level parking in Raipur, Chhattisgarh has been built on land of 5,200sqft for vehicle owners coming for shopping and business purpose. The space can accommodate about 200 four-wheelers and 400 two-wheelers. The parking lot has lower and upper basement, ground floor and first floor, built during first phase and third floor is proposed for second phase.

Sensors to create clean energy from moving vehicles

Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the US has awarded a $1.32m contract to researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) to design and develop sensors that can harvest and convert energy created by moving vehicles on roadways into renewable electricity. TxDOT has awarded the contract as part of the ...

Stricter norms for overloading

In a major move to deter plying of overloaded vehicles on highways, the National Highways Authority of India has decided to force them off the roads till the extra load is removed at the cost and risk of the transporters. There would also be levying penal charges of ten times the applicable fee at the toll plazas that is presently ...

Highways Advisory Radio System

Highway Advisory System (HAS) is a free-to-air information distribution system providing real-time highway traffic and information bulletin to make the travelling experience on our National Highways safer, faster and enjoyable. To begin with, HAS is going to be implemented on a pilot basis on the Delhi-Jaipur Highway. The salient features are real-time traffic information including any congestion & slowdown on ...

BRTS INDIA EXPERIENCE

Transportation is an essential prerequisite to any city’s socio-economic growth. Safety, accessibility, reliability, time saving and comfort, govern mode choices. In Indian cities, bus transport system has been a primary public transport mode over the past many decades. Though various ULBs have made efforts to provide affordable public transportation through bus systems, not many cities are successful in increasing public ...

Intelligent parking search solutions from BMW

Intelligent solutions from BMW have repeatedly demonstrated the benefits of connected vehicles. One major sub-cluster of connected vehicle technology for BMW is Connected Navigation, where the RTTI Real-Time Traffic Information system is already helping drivers cope more effectively, more safely and more conveniently with today’s driving challenges by providing them with accurate early warning of congestion and hold-ups and informing ...

AGILITY TO SUPPORT Intelligent Transport Systems

The range of opportunities to expand and enhance the user experience from ITS related products will expand in future. However, to support this developers and suppliers of ITS systems will need to ensure they operate with agility to keep pace with technological enhancements to provide solutions that deliver real value when they are needed by moving at pace towards intelligent ...

Road Barriers from Sintex Industries Ltd

Sintex Industries Ltd has launched a range of Road Barriers. 1MTR ‘L’ type road barriers: One piece moulded L type road barrier made from superior grades of UV stabilized polyethylene materials with two way entry type base compatible with forklift and provided with corrugated ribs at bottom. The body provided with oval shaped openings (5nos) and suitable provision for filling ...

SMART CITY MOBILITY MANAGEMENT: PPT – People, Process and Technology

It is often said that “two (heads) are better than one”. It is also said that “less is more”. So, which of these is more applicable when it comes to the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in our cities to aid SMARTER mobility? These decisions have an impact on how transport authorities around the world deliver the right solutions ...

Phoenix Contact India’s Traffic Tunnel Safety Systems

Traffic tunnels must be safe and remain open 24 hours a day. The failure of a rescue system or the automatic closing of the tunnel due to surge voltage not only may cause economic damage, it may also endanger human lives. An effective surge voltage protection design minimizes such risks significantly. In order to plan a tunnel correctly, it is ...