International

Three organisations – Transport for London (TfL), the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) and Cubic Transportation Systems – have received the top award for achievement in seamless transport at the recently concluded 2012 International Transport Forum held in Leipzig, Germany. The award was for the introduction of the Oyster smart ticketing solution on the National Rail network in London. ...

A consortium consisting of Auckland Transport, Telecom New Zealand, financial services provider Westpac, ticketing specialist Thales and Paymark, NZ’s ATM and debit card services provider, are set to test a NFC (near field communication) mobile ticketing service in Auckland. The NFC service will allow users with NFC-enabled mobile phones to pay for tickets on the city’s buses, trains and ferries, ...

IBM and American Honda Motor Company have teamed up with US energy provider Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on a new pilot project that would enable communication between electric vehicles (EVs) and the power grid for better charging based on the load on the power grid and the vehicle’s battery state. The project would enable energy providers to see ...

With an increasing number of auto makers incorporating automatic pedestrian recognition and detection systems in their vehicles to avoid accidents involving pedestrians there has been a need for testing and certifying such systems. The first kind of such a system – a pedestrian detection target – has been developed jointly by two UK based companies innovITS Advance and Transport Research ...

US technology major Saab Sensis will help adapt NASA’s NextGen surface traffic management tools to improve capacities at overburdened US airports. The initiative is a part of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s NextGen effort to minimise current and future capacity constraints at airports in the country. As a part of the NextGen initiative, NASA is conducting research, and developing ...

The Panvel flyover that is expected to solve the problems of traffic jams, road rages and inconvenience of Panvel residents is expected to be ready by June 2012. The flyover will also ease commuters’ journey to Pune by the old Mumbai-Pune road which passes through Panvel. The 17-metre wide flyover will offer two lanes each for up and down traffic. ...

Challenges in public bus operations The highlight of the second day of TrafficInfraTech Expo 2012, being held at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregoan, Mumbai, from May 17-19, 2012, was a seminar on “Challenges in making the operations of State Road Transport Undertakings efficient: Policy, Management & Technologies”. Chairing the seminar was O P Gupta, General Manager, Brihan Mumbai Electric Supply & ...

Challenges facing ITS “Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) applications are supposed to reduce congestion and help in inter-modal integration across concerned agencies & institutions. But despite all the technology available, the traffic industry is not experiencing the advantages of ITS. The problem is there are no common guidelines for ITS in the country and no national ITS architecture. These need to ...

Seminar on Traffic Management and Safety during Highway Construction A seminar on Traffic Management and Safety during Highway Construction saw a galaxy of luminaries as panelists and delegates. The seminar was inaugurated by Dr Sudhir Krishna, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Krishna said that traffic management is crucial for planned urbanisation which is a pressing need of ...

TrafficInfraTech Expo 2012 got off to a brilliant start on May 17 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, NSE Complex, Goregaon. It was inaugurated by Dr Sudhir Krishna, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. This is the second edition of TrafficInfraTech Expo in which 75 exhibitors from all over India and many countries are participating. The first Expo was held ...