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Small Airports

Airports Authority of India (AAI) has undertaken construction of small airports at five locations during 2014- 2015. These five locations are: Hubli and Belgaum in Karnataka, Kishangarh in Rajasthan, Jharsuguda in Odisha and Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh. A Task Force under the Chairmanship of Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation has been constituted for identification of other locations based on ...

Siemens first in ABI Research’s Traffic Management Systems assessment

Siemens ranks first in ABI Research’s latest competitive assessment evaluating Traffic Management Systems hardware, software, solution, and data providers. It performs strongly on innovation criteria across the board, with an extensive portfolio for traffic monitoring and video surveillance, operations and management centers, modelling and planning, intelligent traffic lights, digital signage, and dynamic tolling. It also scores high on implementation criteria ...

Intelligent Verge Maker

ITS Planners and Engineers Pvt Ltd has launched iVM (Intelligent Verge Marker) making roads safer by warning the drivers about curves or other obstructions by flashing LEDs. The markers respond to approaching vehicles and do not flash when there are no vehicles. Using internal electronics and light sensors, the iVM follows the day and night cycle of ambient light. During ...

Smart Cameras

Shanghai Ruishi Machine Vision Technology Co. Ltd (ROSEEK) has introduced Chameleon 1, a series of Smart Cameras. The highly integrated imaging system contains an image acquisition module and a system communication module to provide easy solutions for complex, modular, reliable and real-time vision technologies. The smart camera integrates TI DaVinci DSP processor as system CPU, sharp high-end CCD/CMOS sensors and ...

Retro-Reflectometers

ZDR 6020 Dynamic Reflectometer from Avantech Engineering Consortium Pvt Ltd is used for high speed continuous measuring of night visibility of road markigns as seen by a vehicle driver driving with dipped headlight. All important data are recorded at the same time : RL, GPS coordinates, ambient temperature, relative humidity, speed, picture, voice recording as well as date and time. ...

WIM Sensors

Double-Length Lineas from Kistler is a state-of-the-art sensor for Weigh-In- Motion applications. It is fully compatible with the previous version (Type 9195E… with length 0.75 m or 1m). However, one sensor row covering a traffic lane consists of only two sensors instead of four. Due to the new length (1.5 m, 1.75 m or 2m), sensor installation and cable routing can be done faster and more easily; as ...

Traffic Signal Controller

Cobalt Traffic Signal Controller from Modi Measurement provides a combination of an Advanced Transportation Controller open architecture functionality with the latest handheld technology and applications. It also features a breakthrough hardened seveninch touchscreen user interface matched with a Linux-based operation system, making programming and access to functions extremely easy. Cobalt helps efficiently manage maintenance and operations and has an intuitive navigation which shortens the learning curve. It has an android type graphical user interface and ...

Barriers

Barrier Guard Gate from Highway Care International can be installed as a permanent system for both emergency and maintenance operations. Connections to both concrete and guardrail systems with bespoke options are available. It is a standalone system anchored independently of adjoining VRS system. When it is used within a run-off work-zone barrier, Barrier Guard Gate can provide temporary access points during road construction. It has multiple opening options – hinged at either ...

Road Surveys

Indian Road Survey & Management Pvt Ltd provides services to better manage road conditions, assets and assess road safety. Services include: Project & Network Level Road Data Collection & Analysis Functional & Pavement Strength Evaluation Road Safety Analysis Road Asset Management Inventory and Distress Data Collection & Reporting Pavement Performance Evaluation Airport PCN Evaluation E Modulus Evaluation, Pavement Overlay Design and Remaining Life of Pavement Analysis Road Geometry ...

High Speed Rail in India

The author takes a look at the issues involved in introducing the proposed High Speed Rail in the country. The Railways first proposed high speed rail routes during the 2007-08 Railway budget. One route each was proposed in the Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern regions of the country. The trains were proposed to run at speeds close to 300-350kmph and ...