Santiago Metro to get 11 new stations
Metro de Santiago in Chile has awarded a contract to UK based Arup to design 11 stations on two of its new lines which are […]
Category: Features
Mumbai pushes for e-meters in auto rickshaws
Mumbai commuters will see more auto rickshaws with electronic meters (e-meters) by the end of the year. E-meters have been preferred by commuters over the […]
Funds demanded to improve pedestrian amenities
Parisar, a Pune-based NGO, has approached the Urban Development Department of the Maharashtra government to issue guidelines to municipal bodies in the state to allocate […]
Mumbai faces huge gap in parking demand-supply
A survey conducted by the NGO, Mumbai Environmental Social Network has found a big gap between demand and supply of parking spaces in Mumbai. An […]
Traficon’s intelligent traffic control technology powers Mumbai ATC system
Mumbai’s recently implemented Adaptive Traffic Control (ATC) system, which won the award for the ‘Best ITS 2011 Project’ from the Union Ministry of Urban Development, […]
Oyster wins transport achievement award
Three organisations – Transport for London (TfL), the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) and Cubic Transportation Systems – have received the top award for […]
New Zealand to test NFC mobile ticketing service
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, […]
IBM and Honda to enable smart charging for electric vehicles
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 […]
New automatic pedestrian detection testing and certification system
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 […]
Saab Sensis to adapt NASA technology for US airports
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 […]