Two researchers from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur have developed a new warning system for preventing accidents at unmanned level crossings in India. The Indian Railways has long required a light and sound based warning system for the more than 35,000 level crossing (LC) gates which includes nearly 23,000 unmanned LC gates. These are quite accident prone with many fatalities ...

Ashok B. Lall Architects is a Delhi based firm committed to sustainable practice and is uniquely qualified in the design of public realm through a consultative approach. The firm with a team of transport planners, landscape designers, urban designers and community workers is spearheading the project Aapki Sadak that involves developing viable solutions for improving neighbourhood streets and reclaiming the ...

Unmanned Plant Automation System from Tollman International Pvt. Ltd is a real-time solution for tracking clients’ project sites, in/out materials with configurable master screen, easy to use transaction forms with user friendly interface and useful reporting. This system provides fool-proof tracking with the help of cameras and RFID reader. Details of all the passing vehicles are tracked and stored in ...

On board system (CCTV and Mobile ANPR System) from Aabmatica Technologies Pvt. Ltd provides special tool to police patrol vehicles to record any event at any destination and to monitor number plates of moving and stopped vehicles. It has a user-friendly interface to choose the preset position for recognizing plates on the touch screen. It periodically transmits GPS coordinates to ...

Parklite from FAAC India Pvt Ltd is a state-of-the-art parking management system which issues bar coded tickets for paid users and cards for regular/VIP users. The system helps to create a smooth flow of parking traffic and increases footfall. It minimizes entry & exit traffic blockages while providing occupancy availability status with online reports and simplified and customized programmable ticket ...

India has the dubious distinction of having maximum number of fatalities on our roads. During the year 2012, 138275 people were killed in 4,90,000 accidents. Improvement of roads and availability of new age vehicles have led to increased speed on the road and thereby increased accidents. As such road safety is an area of concern for all the Government. V ...

The Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) conducted a Road Safety Audit (RSA) in March, 2013, aimed at mitigating the rising road crashes on the Noida – Greater NOIDA Expressway, as well as for suggesting appropriate aesthetic and safety improvements to the central verge of the carriageway. The author gives the details of the study which was sponsored by the New ...

Ranjit Gadgil, Programme Director, Parisar, discusses the safety risks associated with the ever-increasing use of two wheelers in the country, and the need to improve public transport. Pune, once known as a ?cycling city? has very rapidly transformed into a ?two-wheeler? city, a process which began in the late 80s, accelerating throughout the 90s. With the turn of the century, ...

Highways are the country’s lifeline. In India, this sector is saddled with Construction, Operation and Maintenance issues. During the seminar session (Trafficinfratech Expo, November, 2013, New Delhi) on “ The need to redefine the Model Concession Agreement for highway construction”, panel members, Anand Kumar Singh, CGM, National Highway Authority (who moderated the session); Abhishek Mukherjee (who made a presentation), PPP ...

An increasing number of cities in India have opted for metro rail as the choice of mass rapid transit system. The author takes a look at the issues faced by vendors supplying systems for the metro rail in India as well as innovation and trends in metro rail and mainline rail systems. Urbanisation in India is increasing rapidly – about ...