A new Institute of Driving Training and Research (IDTR) was recently inaugurated at Pune by Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways. The institute has been set up on PPP basis with Tata Motors Limited acting as a private partner. The state-of-the art facilities include spacious classrooms equipped with audio-visual facilities, a driving range for imparting driving practice ...

The Rajasthan government recently approved a र1,115 crore major road construction project ‘GraminGaurav Path (GGP)’, under which about 2,048km of roads would be built in 33 districts of the state. The project involves connecting building cement concrete roads which would connect 2105 villages to main mega highways. The state government also approved a project on OPRC (Output and Performance Road ...

Alstom has won a र671.5-crore contract from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for design, manufacturing, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of 25 metro sets to Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL). The first train sets are expected to be delivered in early 2016. The metro cars will run at a maximum speed of 80kmph and will be fitted with air conditioning ...

An airport as busy as the GVK Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) generates a lot of traffic to and from the city. An insufficiently sized Car Park could cause congestion at kerbsides and finding a parking spot could become an hour long hunt. This creates an unfavourable first impression about the airport and the city that are synonymous with each ...

Cities are growing rapidly due to urbanization and there is more and more pressure on road based traffic. Rail based Mass Rapid Transit System, like Metro, is the answer to these problems, primarily due to the fact that it requires very less space (either elevated or underground), reduces noise pollution, no air pollution, is reliable & safe, saves transit time ...

The use of Hot In-Place Recycling (HIR) in road construction is quite widespread in the United States. This article is a discussion about some experiences with this process over the last two decades and how this process and the associated equipment and work methods have evolved. Past Experience The idea of using HIR was originally known as Heater Scarification in ...

As is known, Hyderabd Metro once completed will be one of the best mass rapid transport projects in the world, especially built on the PPP model. There are two hundred mass transit systems in the world and out of these, less than half a dozen are built on this model. Mostly, these are government funded and managed projects for the ...

The energy consumed by trains is often neglected while arriving at cost of a mass transit project. The authors outline factors to be considered while arriving at estimates of energy consumption by rolling stock and during evaluation of bids for transit projects. Energy consumption by trains is a growing concern for operators and infrastructure administrators. Energy cost is 30-50% of ...

Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has set up the IGBC Green MRTS Steering Committee for developing a rating programme to address environmental performance of new Rail-based Mass Rapid Transit Systems To increase the share of public transport, many Indian cities are developing world-class Rail based Mass Rapid Transit Systems (MRTS). Currently metro rail system is operational in six Indian cities. ...

With the exhibition space for both Trafficinfratech Expo and Parking Infratech Expo getting filled up fast, the stage is all set for the 4th International TrafficInfratech Expo being held from January 7-9, 2015 in New Delhi. Enquiries and pre-registrations from around the country and abroad indicate that the event is going to be fruitful to the traffic industry and the ...