Road users can now check whether a toll plaza is operating legally and how much they should pay at each toll plaza. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has launched a portal and a mobile-based application that will help commuters locate all toll plazas on a stretch and the charges payable for each category of vehicle – car, jeep, ...

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has signed an agreement with General Electric (GE) Aviation to expedite the implementation of required navigation performance (RNP) flight paths and improve airspace efficiency across the country. The RNP flight paths procedures enable to shorten the distance an aircraft has to fly en-route, reduce fuel consumption, lower emissions and noise pollution in nearby airports ...

Considering the massive cost of running bullet trains, the Railways has decided to move step-by-step, by taking up the task of upgrading speeds of existing trains to 160-200kmph. The Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) is working on a project to raise the speed on Delhi-Agra section to 160kmph and bring down the journey time from 130 minutes to less than ...

These glow-in-the-dark road markings aren’t just pretty — they save money and energy, too. These luminescent strips replaced streetlights on a 0.3-mile stretch of highway in the Netherlands, part of an experiment that might change the way roads are illuminated across the globe. The roads markings, which went into effect Sunday night, might even one day be able to include ...

A new cell phone app which would allow Chicago drivers to pay for a parking meter — or add time to avoid a ticket — is undergone a test drive in a three week pilot programme in West Loop, west of the Loop, Chicago’s central business district. The app – ParkChicago – has been developed by the company Chicago Parking ...

The author takes a look at the issues involved in introducing the proposed High Speed Rail in the country. The Railways first proposed high speed rail routes during the 2007-08 Railway budget. One route each was proposed in the Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern regions of the country. The trains were proposed to run at speeds close to 300-350kmph and ...

Two researchers from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur have developed a new warning system for preventing accidents at unmanned level crossings in India. The Indian Railways has long required a light and sound based warning system for the more than 35,000 level crossing (LC) gates which includes nearly 23,000 unmanned LC gates. These are quite accident prone with many fatalities ...

Ashok B. Lall Architects is a Delhi based firm committed to sustainable practice and is uniquely qualified in the design of public realm through a consultative approach. The firm with a team of transport planners, landscape designers, urban designers and community workers is spearheading the project Aapki Sadak that involves developing viable solutions for improving neighbourhood streets and reclaiming the ...

Unmanned Plant Automation System from Tollman International Pvt. Ltd is a real-time solution for tracking clients’ project sites, in/out materials with configurable master screen, easy to use transaction forms with user friendly interface and useful reporting. This system provides fool-proof tracking with the help of cameras and RFID reader. Details of all the passing vehicles are tracked and stored in ...

On board system (CCTV and Mobile ANPR System) from Aabmatica Technologies Pvt. Ltd provides special tool to police patrol vehicles to record any event at any destination and to monitor number plates of moving and stopped vehicles. It has a user-friendly interface to choose the preset position for recognizing plates on the touch screen. It periodically transmits GPS coordinates to ...