Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd has introduced a new pick-up Genio as a next generation commercial vehicle which it hope will redefine the pick-up industry in India. Targeted at the small and medium business transportation industry, it is being produced at the company’s modern plant at Chakan near Pune and is the plant’s second product. The plant will produce a total ...

Delhi’s Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Satyendra Garg has roped in the 1983 cricket World Cup heroes to spread awareness on road safety in Delhi. Kapil Dev, Bishen Singh Bedi, Kirti Azad and Maninder Singh will now stand at traffic intersections along with traffic policemen and encourage people to adopt safer practices while driving or walking on roads. They will ...

Pune traffic police have started a new traffic alert service for Pune’s residents. People can now get information on traffic jams, accidents or vehicle break-downs in the city via sms. For that they need to subscribe to the special service by typing JOIN (space) PTP and sending it on 921952195. The citizens can opt out of the service just by ...

A 22-year-old entrepreneur, Rajkumar Janagam, in a bid to popularise bicycling as a dependable mode of transport, has established Cycle Chalao, an environment-friendly project in Mumbai. The project seeks to create a bicycle-renting network throughout Mumbai. His aim is to help create dedicated lanes and special parking stands for bicycles. The project will be self sustaining as it is expected ...

Coal India Ltd (CIL), the biggest producer of coal in the world and producer of 80% of India’s coal, is planning on investing in building railway lines and freight wagons. The company had to decrease its production of coal to 440 million tonnes in 2010 due to shortage of railway wagons and environmental reasons. Moreover, it has been receiving complaints ...

AutoPass India Ltd has introduced an exclusive ultrasonic state-of-the-art Parking Guidance System which helps motorists find the closest available parking from almost any location in a parking lot. Ajay Khanna, its Director for Sales & Marketing, speaks with TrafficInfraTech. How do your products improve parking management? There are a few things which a driver looks for in a parking lot: ...

While exhibitors were busy handling the rush of visitors at their stalls, subjects of highway and urban traffic management and safety were being discussed in detail at seminars held side by side on the second and third days of TrafficInfraTech Expo. Experts discussed various related issues in depth and also took serious questions from the audience.

In a message issued on November 21, 2010 to commemorate the World Day of Remembrance of Road Traffic Victims, the UN Secretary General called on all countries, international government & non-government organisations, private sector and community leaders to ensure that the Decade of Action for Road Safety leads to “real improvements” to save lives.

The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) in Mumbai is all set to introduce e-tickets on all its routes. The undertaking has already implemented e-tickets on two buses on the Wadala-Borivali route. The e-ticket devices will be lighter than the currently used metal boxes with the paper tickets. They will be three-in-one hand held devices which will also validate ...

With the increasing focus on reducing carbon emissions and the greenhouse effect, the Indian Road Congress (IRC), in combination with the World Road Association (PIARC), IRF and AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) organised a three-day seminar in February in New Delhi on “Reducing Carbon Footprint in Road Construction” Techniques to reduce carbon emission in road construction ...