Airports Authority of India (AAI) is planning to develop a multilevel car parking facility at Chennai airport on design, build, operate and manage basis. Currently, the airport handles 40,000 to 50,000 domestic and international passengers daily. A 4.32-acre plot near the Chennai Metro station in front of the airport will accommodate nearly 2,000 cars. The car park will also have commercial establishments. ...

The West Bengal state government has rolled out an intensive campaign to prevent road accidents that includes offering tea, water to drivers at night. Recently, drivers on highways passing through Bengal are having a pleasant experience at night. Bengal police have started stopping vehicles on highways and offer drivers water to splash on their face and hot tea to sip ...

The National Highways Authority of India has created a National Highways Investment Promotion Cell for attracting domestic and foreign investment for highways projects. The cell will focus on engaging with global institution investors, construction companies, developers and fund managers for building investor participation in road infrastructure projects. The government has set an ambitious target of construction of 35,000 km of ...

Reclaiming the Streets with Traffic Cones and Paint Over the last year, WRI India has been working with local authorities and stakeholders in cities in order to improve the experience for pedestrians at busy intersections as well as to improve traffic flow. Using temporal urban design strategies, street geometry, and a whole lot of paint, busy intersections have been transformed overnight. ...

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has signed agreement with contractors for Packages 1 and 3 for the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) project.  The Package-1 – from Sewri up to 10.38-km (10.38km) of the MTHL will be constructed by the consortium of M/s L&T and IHI, Japan (M/s IHI Infrastructure Systems Co Ltd. for an accepted contract cost of ...

Recently, the pollution levels in Delhi crossed severe level and people saw a thick blanket of haze and reduced visibility due to heavy smog. Nearly 24 million people live in the Delhi-NCR region and as per reports, breathing Delhi air is worse than inhaling two packs of cigarettes a day. A lot has been said about the recent parking price ...

Power Electronics, which is pioneer in introducing LED Destination Display Signs in India with implementation in over 18,000 buses (incorporating ITS and AVLS), believes that an integrated common framework uniting some of the key transport subsystems will offer transport authorities the ability to better manage their network and provide integrated services to customers. Having bagged the contract for supply of ...

Will Metro Plan really address the Mobility issues of Mumbai even after huge investment in Mumbai Metro? What about the hardship citizens will have to undergo during long construction phase? Will commuting in Mumbai ever be safe and comfortable leave aside pleasurable? Sudhir Badami questions Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) is about 460 square kilometer in size while the ...

With the launch of Smart Cities initiative, projects of varied nature leveraging technology have been conceptualized and planned for implementation across the country. Smart streets is one such measure which is common amongst the projects underway. There are several measures planned for implementation. Praful Gharpure ,Architect – Urban Planner, Infrastructure Planning & Development Division, Tata Consultancy Services, Nagpur looks at ...

During a session on Multimodal transport at TrafficInfraTech Expo, the panelists M Ramsekhar, Managing Director and CEO, Delhi Integrated Multimodal Transit System, NVS Reddy, Managing Director, Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd., Pravin Goyal, Director-Systems, Kochi Metro Rail Ltd, Pawan Mulukutla, Head – Integrated Transport at WRI India Sustainable Cities and R Venkatesh, Director, Maganetic Autocontrol discussed how different components of multimodality ...