Category: Best Stories
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Kochi Metro: Going Green
An advanced Metro system will always give a revitalising facelift to the city. The same will revolutionise the lifestyle of the residents. A Metro should be developed in such a way that it should bring the city up to the global levels and create a unique service that has a lot of innovations. And, that’s…
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Maha Metro: The Digital Twins
Since Metro project operations span for 30 to 35 years, Maha Metro has taken a proactive step well in advance during the construction stage, and defined a comprehensive solution to extend the information gathered during the construction phase A recent survey reported that infrastructure projects in India face nearly 20% cost overrun and 50-60% time…
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Chennai Metro: Being Digital
With BIM-based digital platform, Chennai Metro Rail will achieve enhanced construction quality, reduction in expenditures, provide a comprehensive understanding of the project design and optimised operational efficiencies Project Management has always been a challenge in India which is evident with the visible delay in the completion of numerous mega projects. Quality and safety have also…
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Making Metro Sustainable
[box type=”shadow” ] Over the period of time, Metro projects in India have developed a better integrated intermodal system that offers the possibility of simultaneously reducing costs, increasing operator revenues and most importantly, passenger comfort [/box] With a modest beginning of 8 km in 2002, Metro rail has shown phenomenal growth in India. In the financial…
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Australia Future Mobility Technological advancements, Policy leadership, Investment opportunities
The future transport and mobility sector in Australia is characterised by shifts from ownership to ‘user ship’, transportation to mobility, and internal combustion engines to electric power trains. There are over 15 connected and automated vehicle trials underway in Australia, supported by a robust research and development (R&D) infrastructure. This includes the iMove Cooperative Research…
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Lucknow Metro: Nawab of All
This is one of the most ambitious Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) projects of the Uttar Pradesh government which has been executed and operated well within the sanctioned budget and within an extremely compressed deadline. It has achieved the distinction of being the fastest Metro project construction which has ever happened in this country and…
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New Motor Vehicle Laws
India’s parliament approved the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill on July 31, 2019, the result of a five-year effort to improve national legislation on road safety. After the president’s approval, India’s streets may finally become safer places for both pedestrians and drivers. Road traffic deaths have reached alarming levels across the world, with 1.35 million people…
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Road Safety Today: The dynamic epoch
[box type=”shadow” ] Transportation sector needs solutions that reduce time, can respond to the changing environment quickly, and add to the safety of the road user. The recent TrafficInfratech Expo in Mumbai brought together such solutions that are agile, smart, fast and safe. There was an amalgamation of technology, speed, safety, and sustainability exhibited by…
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ARS T&TT: Intelligent Mobility Systems
[box type=”shadow” ] ARS Traffic &Transport Technology (ARS T&TT) India, the subsidiary of ARS T&TT Netherlands, provides consultancy, design, development, operation and services to its clients. [/box] Traffic Management: The System integrates multiple technologies to ensure smooth flow of traffic. The Traffic Management System, with the help of a Centralized Control Centre and complementary technologies,…
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Mega Highway Plan
[box type=”shadow” ] Opening the Seminar session at Smart Mobility 2018 on Capacity Building and New Mobility Plans for India, Yudhvir Singh Malik, Secretary, MoRTH presented the government’s plan for enhanced capacity building and its Vision 2022 [/box] As far as the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is concerned the sweep of it’s mandate…