With over 60% of the exhibition space already booked by companies – both national and international – expectations and excitement have already set in. The exhibiting companies represent a wide spectrum of segments covering traffic management, safety systems and products, barriers, ITS, signage, infrastructure, toll collection and management, vehicle tracking systems, data collection, traffic sensors, speed enforcement systems, multilevel ...

The Urban Development Ministry is considering a proposal to relax the population criterion for Metro rail projects, given the increasing demand for Metro projects in the country. Currently, Metro projects are approved for cities with population of 20 lakh or more, the new proposal would reduce this to 10 lakh.

The Union government recently approved 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in railways for building railway infrastructure. The move will allow the Railways, currently facing an acute shortage of funds, to implement crucial projects related to electrification, high-speed tracks and suburban corridors. Another area that would benefit is last-mile connectivity projects meant to boost business activity in and around ports and ...

Sonja Heikkila, a 24-year old transportation engineer from Helsinki has developed an app and a plan that would help residents of Finland’s capital plan on-demand commutes from their cell phones. The plan uses minibus shuttle service combined with city bicycles and ride-sharing to achieve its aim. There would be real-time marketplace in which commuters could mix and match various available ...

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has given EFKON India an order for the supply of more than 6000 vehicle tracking devices for its fleet. EFKON had submitted bids for seven IOCL tenders for the supply, installation, testing, commissioning, operation and maintenance of vehicle tracking systems, and was able to win tenders to supply VTS devices for four states: Uttar Pradesh: ...

An increasing number of vehicle manufacturers are looking at increasing their presence in the Indian truck and commercial vehicle market, the second largest in Asia. Truck major BeiBen is planning to introduce Its vast range of heavy duty trucks, developed in technical collaboration with Mercedes Benz. The company would organise customer surveys in major Indian cities in which details of ...

The 115km joint BRTS network, planned for Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune, will be the largest BRTS network in Asia, when it becomes operational. Pune has been selected as one of the cities in the country for the Union Government’s 100-city Smart Cities project. The Pimpri-Chinchwad component of the project will have 45km of the BRTS, which would include four routes, and ...

The Thiruvananthapuram City Road Improvement Project (TCRIP), the maiden venture of Kerala Road Fund Board involving a 42km stretch, is nearing completion. The Project has given the Kerala capital city a world-class ambience. The directive by the Ministry of Urban Development to emulate the Thiruvananthapuram Model is a recognition that the Government of Kerala and the Concessionaire – Thiruvananthapuram Road ...

L&T Metro Rail, the concessionaire for the 72km elevated Hyderabad Metro Rail project recently began the first test run for the project. The test run is being conducted on a train with three coaches. Several tests will be conducted on the rolling stock, both in static and running conditions in the depot and viaduct. After completion of these tests, there ...

N. Satyanarayana, Managing Director, Central Parking Services (CPS) Pvt Ltd looks at the design challenges of multi-level parking systems in India: Parking adequacy, giving space to two wheelers, external traffic management, defining traffic control points, flexibility to shift parking between levels and geometrics of parking. The results of a market study, conducted by CPS, on the needs and problems of ...