The Railways has launched Wi-fi facility on the Howrah Rajdhani Express as a pilot project. The facility is being offered free of cost currently. The technology uses a satellite communication link to provide internet access to the train and wi-if connectivity to different coaches. The satellite communication link has been arranged through a satellite hub facility set up by Indian ...
Toyota Motors North America has partnered with Teen Vogue to launch a safe driving campaign, ?Arrive in Style,? a campaign to promote safe driving teenage girls in the US. The programme educates teens about the dangers of distracted driving, persuading them to make a commitment with their mothers to drive safely. The campaign includes presentations in the print, digital and ...
The book, ?Planning, Design and Engineering of Sustainable Urban Transport and Systems? published by Khanna Publishers, Delhi, deals with various traffic and transport issues relating to sustainable urban transport planning, engineering and management in the Indian context The author, A K Jain, has impeccable credentials. He is an internationally recognised authority on his subject. He has also served as Commissioner ...
Dr. Sudhir Krishna, Secretary, Union Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) delivered the keynote address at the Metro Rail India-2013 conference organised by the ITP Publishing Group at Hotel ITC Chola, Chennai in February. He said that the choice of Metro Rail has to be based on a Comprehensive Mobility Plan and Alternatives Analysis with networked connectivity in the region as ...
Tulip Telecom Limited, a leading enterprise data services provider and MPLS VPN player has launched Asia?s largest and the world?s third largest data centre equipped by Delta with its state-of-the-art LED Based Video Wall Solutions. Video wall solutions help to monitor and manage the Network Operating Centre, BMS Zone and Customer Support Zone. Delta?s LED-Lit Video Wall solution is quite ...
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed the use of street space for parking cars in a bid to ease the chronic parking space shortage in the city. The city traffic police is preparing a list of roads where vehicles could be accommodated on one side. The spaces would be exclusively for residents of buildings who don?t have parking space ...
The design of Munich?s new C2 type underground train has won two awards: the Universal Design Award 2013 and the Universal Design Consumer Favorite 2013 award. The design is the work of internationally-renowned Munich vehicle designer Alexander Neumeister, the founder of N+P Industrial Design. As with the previous version it was developed in close conjunction with Munich Public Transportation Company ...
San Francisco will test energy-saving streetlights and wireless systems in three areas across the city in 2013, and, if successful, the technology will be used to control 18,500 lights and other equipment, such as traffic signals and surveillance cameras. Under the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission?s (SFPUC) pilot programme, eight companies have been chosen to showcase their wireless streetlight systems. ...
The University of Michigan just announced that its 2013 World Solar Challenge vehicle will look more like a regular car than any of its past ca Called ?Generation,? the new vehicle will buck the three-wheeled design of its predecessor and add a fourth wheel and an upright seat. Although it will still be a far cry from normal cars, the ...
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