TomTom has announced today it will make its traffic services available to the South Korean car OEMs (Kia& SsangYong) in Europe. Through the partnership beginning in summer 2015 with the Kia cee’d and Kia Optima, Kia customers will benefit from the delivery of TomTom’s connected services at no additional cost for seven years after the purchase of a new Kia model. Kia drivers will now benefit from TomTom’s services, including ...
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Moscow relies on real-time technology PTV Optima
With around 11.55 million inhabitants in central Moscow and 19 million when including the surrounding satellite suburbs, Moscow is one of the biggest cities in the world – and it has its fair share of traffic challenges too. Particularly during rush hour, the international metropolis has to contend with heavy congestion on its arterial and ring roads. To counter this, the city has opted to implement state-ofthe- art ...
Leading Transportation Organizations Join ITS America Leadership Circle
Five of the the US’s prestigious and innovative transportation organizations – AAA, General Motors, the Michigan Mobility Transformation Center, New York City Department of Transportation and Parkmobile – have joined the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) Leadership Circle. “These companies and organizations represent the very best in transportation innovation and ingenuity”, Thomas E Kern, ITS America’s interim president said. The Leadership Circle brings together transportation and technology visionaries from ...
Smart Policing in Hyderabad
The Hyderabad Traffic Police is procuring 100 Body Wear Cameras to be used during enforcement work under its ‘Smart Policing’ initiative. According to the Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Jitender, high resolution audio-visuals will be recorded in the camera and stored in a memory card. Feeds can be seen live from the police control room through 4G technology. Use of wearable video cameras can bring measurable benefits to ...
Delta’s Display & Monitoring Solutions Support Namma Metro’s Operations Control Centre in Bangalore
Delta, a pioneer in display and monitoring technology and a global leader in thermal and power management solutions, announced high-end eight metre-wide rearprojection DLP® video wall solution, which has greatly improved the execution performance and efficiency of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)’s Operations Control Centre (OCC). This innovative solution, which integrates both state-of-the-art display hardware and vision controller software developed by Delta, monitors the electrical grid powering the metro trains that run on the Bangalore ...
Smartcard for public transport in Mumbai
The government is keen on expediting the launch of the integrated ticketing system (ITS) in Mumbai, which means commuters can carry a single smartcard to travel by BEST buses, Metro and monorail in the near future. The all-in-one card will enable citizens and tourists to choose any mode of transport and travel with convenience. The ITS, if implemented, will benefit close to five million passengers. At present, nearly four million people travel by BEST buses while three lakh commute ...
Urban parking policy to come in effect
Madhya Pradesh will be implementing a state parking policy to ensure smooth and safe traffic in cities of the state. The objective of the urban parking policy is to increase pace of vehicles movement and making cities traffic jam-free. Parking projects will be chalked out on the basis of specific needs of various cities and would be practical and convenient for people. Under the policy, city-wise integrated parking infrastructure will be ...
Wooing private highway developers
In its latest bid to revive private investment in highways, the road transport and highways ministry has come out with a new model – where the government takes most of the risks so that developers get easy finance including from provident, insurance and foreign fund managers. The Ministry said that Hybrid Annuity – for bidding for at least 13 highway stretches totaling about 1,100km and involving `14,500Cr investment would ...
Providing Safety Solutions
Muskaan Safety Solutions, under the brand name Dark Eye, provides expert services in the field of research, design, development, manufacture, marketing and installation of safety products. G S Bhandari, General Manager, Muskaan Safety Solutions Pvt Ltd speaks about expansion plans, awareness level and growing market for safety products. The different types of products that haveoffered by Muskaan Safety and the ...
Flying Metro station
In a move to address space constraint, Delhi Metro’s upcoming Mayur Vihar Phase I interchange station will stand on a row of specially designed pillars along the middle of a narrow stretch of road, giving it a flying-like impression. The decision to use cantilever technology – where the station will stand on single piers along the centre of the road, ...