Automobile major Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) to provide end-to-end last mile mobility solutions, which include deployment of Treo electric three-wheelers and e-Supro, an electric mass passenger carrier in Thane. In the initial phase, Mahindra will deploy 100 electric vehicles and the partnership would be active for five ...
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Videonetics ranked amongst ‘Fastest Growing Companies in Asia Pacific
Videonetics has been ranked amongst the fastest growing companies in Asia- Pacific by Deloitte. Ranked 107th on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500TM Asia Pacific 2018, Dr Tinku Acharya, Founder & MD, Videonetics, said “It is a prestigious honor to be recognized in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500TM Program. This recognition validates our drive for high performance, innovation, differentiation and global scalability. ...
New logo for MMRDA
MMRDA now has a new logo which indicates the nature of varied projects the Authority has been implementing in the recent past. MMRDA also announced its plans to develop and widen its region by including Palghar, Vasai, Alibaugh, Pen, Panvel and Khalapur district under its jurisdiction. The idea is to develop these regions in planned manner and also sustain the ...
TCS partners with SAP to build Intelligent Rail Digital Maintenance
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced it is partnering with SAP to build the Intelligent Rail Digital Maintenance (iRDM) solution. The solution leverages cutting-edge technologies including Internet-of-Things, machine learning, advanced analytics, big data, drones and mobility components of SAP® Leonardo ( iRDM solution) to carry out drone-based safety inspections, remote monitoring of the condition of all asset classes, including rolling ...
Karnataka schools to have road safety lessons from 2019
State government and aided & unaided schools in Karnataka will have lessons on road safety from the academic year 2019- 20. The Primary and Secondary Education Department has given the go-ahead to incorporate the same in the school syllabus. Teachers will undergo a specialised capacity building training on road safety. Institute of Road Traffic Education, New Delhi, will conduct the ...
Impact of Temporary Parking Policy
Recently, the pollution levels in Delhi crossed severe level and people saw a thick blanket of haze and reduced visibility due to heavy smog. Nearly 24 million people live in the Delhi-NCR region and as per reports, breathing Delhi air is worse than inhaling two packs of cigarettes a day. A lot has been said about the recent parking price ...
POWER ELECTRONICS: LED Destination Displays System
Power Electronics, which is pioneer in introducing LED Destination Display Signs in India with implementation in over 18,000 buses (incorporating ITS and AVLS), believes that an integrated common framework uniting some of the key transport subsystems will offer transport authorities the ability to better manage their network and provide integrated services to customers. Having bagged the contract for supply of ...
Is Equitable Transport Facility for Mumbai Possible?
Will Metro Plan really address the Mobility issues of Mumbai even after huge investment in Mumbai Metro? What about the hardship citizens will have to undergo during long construction phase? Will commuting in Mumbai ever be safe and comfortable leave aside pleasurable? Sudhir Badami questions Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) is about 460 square kilometer in size while the ...
MULTIMODAL INTEGRATION: The Challenge of Institutional Integration
During a session on Multimodal transport at TrafficInfraTech Expo, the panelists M Ramsekhar, Managing Director and CEO, Delhi Integrated Multimodal Transit System, NVS Reddy, Managing Director, Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd., Pravin Goyal, Director-Systems, Kochi Metro Rail Ltd, Pawan Mulukutla, Head – Integrated Transport at WRI India Sustainable Cities and R Venkatesh, Director, Maganetic Autocontrol discussed how different components of multimodality ...
Shared, Connected & Electric Mobility
In his special address at the TrafficInfraTech Conference in September 2017, Anil Srivastava, Adviser (Infrastructure Connectivity), NITI Aayog talked about the shift which is taking place from the conventional internal combustion engine to the zero-emission vehicle. In the next 10 to 20 years, the electric car market is expected to transit from early deployment to mass market adoption. So, what ...