Public Transport Projects How to build the infrastructure facilities
Safety of construction crew and general public is important at the work sites of public transport projects. Since these are often mega projects, detailed planning […]
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Information Systems in the UK – a success story
Public Transport Information Systems in the UK are successful especially because of the use of digital medium and Intelligent Transportation Systems. Not only have these […]
Panvel will soon boast of a Drivers’ Training Institute
Gurinder Singh Arora of Autocreates will start a Drivers’ Training Institute in Panvel, Maharashtra soon. Apart from the training they receive, the drivers will also […]
Assessing risks of PPP projects
Many factors come into play while assessing the risks at various stages of a Transport Project under PPP. The credit rating agencies assess these risks […]
On the Road to Recovery !
Road infrastructure is not a very positive terminology in India. Basically, because good roads can be counted on fingers, sick roads rarely get treated and new roads take a long time to conceive. How dismal is the picture? And what is the possibility of recovery? Vidyottama Sharma tries to find the answers.
Sustainability Issues in Pavement Engineering
Three experts from the Indian Institute of Science write in detail on the technologies, innovations, studies and the practices that need to be followed in the field of pavement engineering in India. They opine that sustainability is the way to achieve environment-friendly results.
Asia’s biggest geogrid reinforced retaining wall coming up at Sikkim’s Greenfield Airport
By April 2013, Sikkim will have its first airport in the mountainous town of Pakyong. A Greenfield project, the airport will be situated at 5577 feet and at 80.38 metres, will be home to one of the tallest reinforced walls of the world. Vidyottama Sharma reports.
Efficient ways of providing Safe road infrastructure
Can we contribute towards road safety while being efficient? Can technology provide a measurable means to road safety evaluation? Where should we start?
A non-motorised network for Bangalore Cyclists and Pedestrians get their due
Bangalore takes the lead in the country in developing a Non Motorised Transport Network. The network will be used as an inter-modal transportation systems connectivity demonstrator. Also, cyclists will now be able to cycle to their nearest railway stations and bus stops, leave the cycle at those places, travel by train or bus to their destinations, return and cycle back home.
Reshaping the roofs to provide More free space at Railway Stations
If the Union Ministry of railways accepts a proposal by Rajya Sabha MP Javed Akhtar and noted architect and civic activist P K Das, the sloping roofs of railway stations could give way to modern and user-friendly lounges, better planned access & exit points and a well laid out conveniences area