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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to conduct its first ever audit of roads with potholes which had been repaired by contractors, checking on materials used by contractors and the quality of the repairs. The audit will be carried out in conjunction with Swiss based firm GSS Consultants, with the project expected to cost ? 5 lakh. During the ...

Finnish telecommunications major Nokia has released Here, a new mapping and navigation application, for Apple iOS devices. It is available for free on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Here has location and navigation data from around 200 countries. It is based on HTML5 and offers voice-guided step-by-step walk navigation and public transport directions through pedestrian routes and parks. Users also ...

IBM has developed a new traffic management technology called Decision Support System Optimiser that it is testing in Lyon, France. The technology reduces traffic congestion and ensures quicker incident response. It combines incident detection, incident impact prediction and propagation, traffic prediction and control plan optimisation. The technology is powered by IBM?s Data Expansion Algorithm. The algorithm uses descriptive flow models ...

The Florida Department of Transportation (DOT) in the US has approved the use of a Virtual (Dynamic) Message Sign Retrofit Solution developed by SES America. SES has been retrofitting VMSes in the US since 2008, mostly from other manufacturers. SES uses M6000 technology for the retrofitting and does it onsite in a minimum time. The parts are tested and assembled ...

The Haryana government has unveiled the Final Development Plan for the Gurgaon-Manesar Complex. The area measuring 32,088 hectares is expected to cater to about 42.5 lakh people by 2031. Out of this area about 4,428 hectares have been reserved for transport and communication purposes. Apart from this a total of 16,021 hectares has been reserved for residential areas, 1,616 hectares ...

The Railways is considering introducing a new entry point called Premier Access at the New Delhi railway station to ease overcrowding and also provide a value added service. The separate entrance will lead to a 300sqm executive lounge, the first one in India. The lounge will have facilities such as seating, wash room, food, beverages, a book stall and wheel ...

The United Nations will showcase the BRTS (Bus Rapid Transport System) in Ahmedabad as a lighthouse project. It will be a part of the United Nations Secretary General?s Momentum for Change Initiative at the climate change talks to be held in December at Doha, Qatar. The BRTS is being cited as an example of a project which has improved lives ...

Boomerang Systems, the US based manufacturer of automated parking systems will provide a Robotic Valet Parking System for BrickelHouse, a high-end residential complex in Miami, Florida in the United States. The system uses robots to move vehicles in and out of parking spaces. The robots drive on concrete floors without using rails or tracks. The technology eliminates the need to ...

The German embassy has lent support to a project by a Sri Lankan company Alliance Finance Company PLC to run auto rickshaws or tuk-tuks powered by eco-friendly natural gas in Colombo. Gas conversion units for auto rickshaws were introduced by Alliance Finance in 2010. Now it has collaborated with Eco-Tuk, a Dutch company, to improve the efficiency of the gas ...

The recently introduced Bus Rapid Transit Service (BRTS) in Rajkot has received a good response from commuters with an average of 2800 commuters using the service every day. The service is being offered for free for the first three months by the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC). At present the BRT buses are being run on a 10.7km pilot stretch. The ...