Our government recognizes that road accidents have now become a major public health issue, and the victims are mainly the poor and vulnerable road users. Road safety needs to be addressed on a holistic basis regardless of jurisdictions, the Central and State Governments have. The Government of India, through the National Road Safety Policy, states its commitment to bring about ...
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ECVs: Growth and Challenges
The Electric Commercial Vehicle market in India is expected to grow by a CAGR of 70% over the next three years. As the industry shifts towards the newer technologies, the concerns that come with it also increase. Siddarth Jalan takes a look at how the industry is planning on getting there. India has set ambitious goals when it comes to ...
Interview “We are using multiple tools to enforce regulations for speeding”
Speeding is the biggest challenge when it comes to traffic management. How is the Jaipur Traffic Police able to handle this? In Jaipur city vehicle population is continuously increasing over a period of time. In proportion to that road infrastructure has not been improved yet. As a result, accidents are the outcome. One of the main reasons of accident is ...
Safe Speed Saves Lives
It is an established fact that speed thrills but also kills. Therefore, we need to adopt measures and strategies to reduce and manage speed to bring down the accident rates leading to deaths. Sustainable Safety Expert, Dr Kamal Soi elaborates on the need to find a balance between rules & regulations, road design and technologies for safety The Most important ...
The Influence of Covid-19 on Indian Aviation
Though the suspension of air traffic operations was effective in reducing global mobility during the global pandemic caused due to Covid, it had significant socio-economic consequences (both short and long term) for the various air transport companies. Overall, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) approximated that the aviation industry would have lost up to USD 371 billion in gross passenger ...
India’s Urban Mobility Conundrum in Post COVID World-Mitigation Strategies and Role of Technology
Combat tactics necessitated by COVID-19 including social distancing, lockdowns, travel restrictions, and the aftermath resulted in double whammy for the social and economic structure of society. These situations are forcing us towards a complete revamp on the way we conduct ourselves in our day to day socio-economic interactions and personal hygiene. Swift adaptation of work from home, on-line classrooms, e-commerce, ...
India: Guiding growth through Infrastructure development
Infrastructure has been one of the cornerstones in the development of the country with exponential growth over the past decade. India has an evolved outlook towards infrastructure development, writes Prerna Soni, Senior Vice President, Invest India. There has been a paradigm shift in the approach towards building infrastructure in India, from need based to an integrated long-term development strategy. All ...
National Highways for Electric Vehicles:
Strengthening e-Mobility Ecosystem
With 12 E-Highways announced, and a 500km E-Highway all set to begin its operation, the government is stepping into a right direction for creating a much-needed ecosystem for e-mobility in India NH for EV Ecosystem Agra-Delhi-Jaipur will be a 500 km e-mobility conversion program for National Highways and Express ways into E-Highways in just 90 days with charging stations and ...
TrafficInfraTech Expo, Smart Mobility Expo and Parking Infratech Expo: A highly focused and integrated show
“Highly focussed and concise show”; “The best platform for the Indian Traffic Industry”. “A wide spectrum of quality visitors and delegates”, “Comprehensive solutions for Traffic and Parking Management’, “Technology showcased very much as per the need”, “Very interesting and invigorating seminar sessions”. The ‘big’ inauguration by Traffic Industry leaders and the Government officials. The Show was supported by MoRTH, Niti ...
Connected Vehicles The Next Big Thing for Digital India…
The automobile industry is on the brink of a crucial transformation that is all set to disrupt the traditional cars. Internet and modern technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are going to makeover the cars. With consumers being able to visualise this next change, they are already impatiently waiting for cars that they always dreamt of. The Indian car ...