Video Management system from Trafitek Solutions Pvt Ltd is used in urban traffic situations for surveillance, incident detection, enforcement and detecting vehicle presence at intersections. The system, which includes fixed & PTZ (Pan, Tilt and Zoom) cameras and web-based incident management software, enables the automatic, smart detection of certain changes in the traffic behaviour and classifies these changes as traffic ...
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Access Control Solutions
SmartXS from Systems Pvt Ltd is an IP based Multi-Door Access Control System which provides different access control & identification systems to meet modern security needs. It is compatible with any Wiegand Reader and has a 32-bit RISC Processor and comes in two versions ? 2-door and 4-door controllers. It can store information of up to 10,000 users and 30,000 ...
Second UN Global Road Safety Week
The United Nations observed the Second UN Global Safety Week from May 6-12, 2013. The Safety Week was focussed on the urgent need to protect pedestrians worldwide in a better manner and contribute to achieving the goal of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 ? saving five million lives. Dr. Etienne Krug, Director, Department of Violence and Injury ...
BRTS Display
BRTS (Bus Rapid Transport System) Display System from Pvt Ltd gives complete information about bus arrival and departure enabling them to choose with ease the appropriate bus and the right bus stop to board and de-board. The solution consists of six destination display boards ? front, rear, side, in-bus, bus stop and bus terminus boards. The solution provides the driver ...
Indian Railways shops for technology
Meeting the safety needs
Dark Eye manufactures and supplies a wide range of safety products to numerous agencies in the country including government bodies developing roads and bridges, construction companies, the army and paramilitary forces. Kawaljit Singh, Managing Director, Dark Eye tells TrafficInfraTech how the road safety situation in India has changed drastically over the last decade.
The Doubling Effect
Charlotte Wäreborn Schultz, Managing Director, Swedish Public Transport Association, writes about the ‘Doubling Project’ which aims to increase the share of public transport in Sweden twofold At the beginning of 2008, five organisations met to discuss the development of public transport in Sweden. These were the public transport trade organisations – the Swedish Public Transport Association, the Swedish Bus and ...
Modern Bus Terminal at Thampanoor Easing congestion and increasing efficiency in style
When renovation of Thampanoor Bus Terminus gets over, it will change the very notion of a bus terminus for it promises to boast of a grand integrated design, better access, radial parking arrangement, idle bus-bays, idle parking and a centralised Building Management System. It will also have repair garage fuel filling facility, a commercial zone with a shopping complex and a convention centre.
Analysing the Risk Exposure at Mumbai Suburban Rail
A Right To Information (RTI) query has recently revealed that 20,000 people died on Mumbai’s railway tracks in the past five years. That means over 4000 people per year and, on an average, 10 people per day. The issue has managed to raise eyebrows at the World Bank which is funding Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project (MUIP). The bank has demanded an explanation for the increasing number of deaths. Given here is an analysis of the end user experiences in Mumbai Suburban Rail, causes and remedial measures.
Interchange Metro Stations
In an extensive study carried out to find solutions to ease traffic congestion in Delhi for the Government of India, Dr SS Jain & Dr M Parida of IIT Roorkee and Ravi Kiran Rao Aluri of DIMMTS discover that for effective multimodal transport operations, it is necessary to have requirement for interchanges at Metro Stations.