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Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) – A new form of Urban Transport

November 18, 2013

Personal Rapid Transit is a new light urban transport system based on small, automated, electric, driverless vehicles travelling on segregated guide ways. PRT is now becoming an accepted form of public transport to complement other modes in cities across Asia ? providing stand-alone systems and first mile, last mile connectivity. The world?s first operational system, at London Heathrow has proved a major success. The system is in operation in USA, UAE and South Korea as well.

Germany makes its public transportation a success story

June 3, 2013

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| Public Transport

By providing many incentives and adopting a few strict regulations, Germany has succeeded in shifting its travelling population towards public transport. Its ongoing efforts towards […]

Sydney Ferries: Overcoming challenges of water-based Urban Public Transport

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| Public Transport, Water transport

The operation of the iconic Sydney Ferries was privatised last year by the Australian Government. A look at the history, operations, significance and privatisation of […]

Walking through Austria

February 12, 2013

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| Infrastructure, Public Transport, Road construction technology, Safety & Security, Traffic Management

Vienna: A traveller?s delight Vienna is an ideal city to be emulated for multimodal transport, says Bina C Balakrishnan. Here, she writes an experiential piece […]

Improving the Efficiency of Bus Transport in India

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| BRTS, Public Transport

As safe and improved public transport debate gains momentum, there is a growing need to improve the efficiency of bus transport in India. U Sudhakar Rao, Executive Director, Association of State Road Transport Undertakings addresses the issue.

TrafficInfraTech Expo: Seminar: May 18, 2012

September 5, 2012

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| Public Transport, State Road Transport

The Day 2 seminar of TrafficInfraTech Expo 2012 was on ‘Challenges in making the operations of State Road Transport Undertakings efficient: Policy, Management & Technologies’. A report.

Promoting Cycling in Cities

August 8, 2012

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| Public Transport, State Road Transport

Transport planners around the world have now more or less come to the conclusion that in order to address the issues that plague cities – […]

Thiruvananthapuram Gets Monorail Corridor

May 24, 2012

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| Mono rail, Public Transport

Monorail, mooted for Kerala’s capital city, is expected to reduce dependence on personalised modes of transport and to take 40% of the present vehicular traffic off the road

Preparing for World Cup and Olympic Games: Rio de Janeiro Explores American Hovercraft Technology to Solve Transportation Woes!

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| Public Transport, Water transport

While Brazil’s earlier efforts at providing hovercrafts to its travelling populace have always stopped at some point or the other, this time round the water transportation option seems to be bearing fruit in its second largest city – Rio de Janeiro. The fact that over 5,00,000 temporary visitors are expected to visit the city for the 2014 football World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games could be one of the reasons for the step.

AWATAR: Booking Tickets online and through mobiles

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| Public Transport, Railways

Travelling hassle-free in a public transport bus after reserving tickets online or through a mobile phone may seem a luxury in many parts of India but it has been a pleasant reality in Bangalore since the last six years. The reason is: AWATAR introduced by KSRTC.