With the advent of Mobility as a Service across the world, fascinating models are cropping up that implement these concepts city-wide. With parking as a focus, Sid Jalan explors one such example with Bjørn Ove Berthelsen, Project Leader, Lighthouse City Trondheim. Trondheim is one of the largest cities in Norway, with a population of about 280,000 people. This city, along ...

Pugazhenthi R, General Manager (Home Land Security & Smart City SBU), Bharat Electronics Limited, shares his plans to leverage the most from the Company’s participation in TrafficInfraTech Expo in terms of meeting existing and potential customers We are showcasing our System Solutions and Products to potential customers with the new advanced features and updates related to our traffic products portfolio ...

In the past, Parking was a silo-business, limited to the purpose of temporary storage of a vehicle. Over the time, parking is developing to a part of the mobility-chain. Dierk Grunzig, Expert – Parking & Mobility, CAP Consulting, Berlin, writes about the goals and challenges in the management of parking. A businessman wants to travel from A to B but ...

In this second part of the essay on underground construction, Dr Anbazhakan, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and Geethanjali Monto look at the scientific way of deploying the tunnel boring machine (TBM) to reduce cracks, cavities and collapse of structures. Metro constructions are generally done below ground level. There are many underground structures such as ...

Aabmatica Technologies Pvt Ltd has partnered with smartmicro, Germany and has successfully implemented multiple projects in India using smartmicro sensors. With an objective to improve road safety and traffic management, these sensors have not only been used to capture Red Light Violations and Speed violations, but also as traffic detectors for applications like ATCS and traffic management. Arvind Tewari, Director, ...

Usage of inventive Traffic Video Analytics systems in countries like India can play a bigger game in analysing and optimizing the road traffic resulting in reduced congestion and controlled traffic movement in all types of roads writes Nagendra Reddy V, CEO & Founder, VTRAC Worldwide Currently India possesses close to 700 toll plazas on a stretch of around 30,000 kms ...

Resident volunteers in Panchkula in Haryana will be involved in road safety initiatives along with the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP), the Municipal Corporation, the Public Works Department (PWD) and the NHAI. The volunteers can register their names with the Regional Transport Authority of Panchkula. They can participate in meetings of the District Road Safety Committee and their suggestions will ...

A new system, to be launched by the Delhi Government– Google team, will provide real-time information on public transport, enabling commuters to accurately pre-plan their journeys. They would be able to use their smartphones and track bus locations, arrival and departure times, routes, travel durations and delays real-time. The status of ~3000 buses is already live and more Delhi Transport ...

The Indian Government has a target to expand electric vehicles (EV) to 30% of private vehicles, 70% of commercial cars, 40% of buses and 80% of two-wheelers and three-wheelers. With this goal in view, the National Highways Authority of India is planning to set up many EV charging stations along national highways. Many states are offering incentives on EV vehicle ...

Mobility as a Service has been trending towards a shared ecosystem, but the pandemic has thrown a spanner in the works and brought up various questions. To implement MaaS on a large scale, Parking cannot be ignored. Sid Jalan talks to Industry experts to find out how PaaS can help streamline Indian parking issues As we move towards a connected ...