In order to encourage people to move towards the use of public transport, Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority is planning and implementing many projects.

Germany has a vision for 2020 – it wishes to bring one million electric vehicles on its roads. Electromobility seems to be its mantra. And it is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to attract automobile manufacturers to move to its side of the fence.

Todd Litman, Founder and Executive Director, Victoria Transport Policy Institute critically evaluates the traffic congestion methodologies in this article specially written for TrafficInfraTech. The current evaluation practices are biased in various ways that encourage decision makers to over-invest in roadway expansion and under-support other congestion reduction strategies, he says. While developing a more comprehensive congestion costing framework, this study indicates that improved congestion costing methods can lead to more efficient and equitable traffic congestion solutions, and that these planning reforms are important in both developing and developed countries.

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has announced that it will soon improve 145km of roads in the MMR in a bid to make travelling on them comfortable and speedy. The road network will include seven important roads in the areas of Kalyan, Badlapur and Karjat which will be expanded and upgraded. The project will also undertake quadrupling of Arnala-Virar-Kaner-Shirsad-Ambadi ...

One of the three metro lines in Hyderabad will be designed by RMJM. The 14km long line will have 13 elevated stations and two interchange stations. The latter too will be designed by the company on the basis of Islamic designs. These interchange stations will have an area of 4000 and 5000sqm. The line is expected to be ready by ...

In order to utilise state-of-the-art equipment, three airports of the United Kingdom have decided to opt for Frequentis’ air traffic control communication systems. Frequentis of Austria is a leading supplier of communication and information solutions for safety-critical applications all over the world. Indian Eastern railways and Indian Coast Guards are among its clients too. The company will be replacing the ...

The Kerala Police and the State Bank of Travancore have joined hands to launch an electronic traffic challan system to enable motorists to pay fines for traffic violations through banks. The new system, inaugurated by Kerala’s Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, avoids the need for motorists to pay fines on the spot, and saves them the trouble of visiting police stations ...

The Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit recently flagged off 50 buses as a part of a new cluster launched by the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) Ltd. The cluster, similar to such services in London and Paris, will contain a total of 119 buses, with the remaining buses scheduled to be introduced into service shortly. This cluster is the ...

New Jersey Transit has introduced a new contactless payment option for its commuters – they can just tap or wave their debit or credit cards on the buses. This applies to buses travelling to different zones in the system too. The system, available on six bus routes including travel into NewYork, is based on distance or zones travelled. It allows ...

The 18th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems organised by ITS America at Orlando, Florida was a successful event. Inaugurated by Alan Taub, the Vice President of Global R &D at General Motors, Florida Governor Rick Scott and the U.S Department of Transportation’s (U.S. DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Acting Administrator Greg Winfree, the five day Congress agreed on one ...