If things go according to plans for the American firm Terrafugia Inc, it might be rolling out the first flying car, or rather ‘a plane that can also be driven around like a car’ as the company prefers to call it, by the end of this year. After a period of extensive testing consisting of 28 trials, the Boston based ...

IRDSA, a 100% owned subsidiary of IRD Inc. (International Road Dynamics, Canada) has been awarded three important road contracts in India. IRDSA is a market leader in ITS industry and is a preferred choice of concessionaires for its proven, innovative and evolved ITS systems. The first contract is for supplying toll systems for the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, one of the ...

Ashu Enterprises makes a variety of road safety products including road studs. Alcolite Aluminium Stud AL-105 is made of alcolite and fitted with two-way acrylic prismatic reflectors. It is available in yellow, white and red colours. The aluminium stud exhibits retro-reflective properties under both wet and dry conditions. It is very durable, with high abrasion and impact resistance. The stud ...

Ditech Boom Barriers from Gandhi Automations Pvt Ltd offer a simple and convenient access control solution. They come in a wide range of models and with boom arms of varying lengths for different applications. They are used in toll gates, parking lots, railway crossings, industrial entrances, condominiums and apartment block access. They can be integrated with a host of access ...

Because of high visibility, Reflective Thermoplastic Road Markings (TRM) from Radha Road Maintenance Pvt Ltd are best suited for use on city roads, and runways and taxiways in airports. They conform to the Ministry of Surface Road Transport specifications M.O.S.T 803.4 and British Standards B.S. 3262. The markings are available in a variety of options: White reflective, yellow reflective raised ...

Volvo Cars of Sweden has introduced its least expensive model, S60 in India with a price tag of र27 lakhs. The S60 will compete with other luxury cars such as the Mercedes Benz C Class, Audi A4 and the BMW 3 Series. The S60 is powered by a 2.4 litre diesel engine. The company plans to bring out less expensive ...

SKIDATA, the Swedish access solutions major, and TagMaster, a leading Swedish RFID solutions provider, have signed a MOU for integrating TagMaster XT readers with SKIDATA keytags. Applications such as parking facilitiies have been using both TagMaster RFID solutions and SKIDATA parking management equipment independently for many years. The integration of the two will now provide such applications a means to ...

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), Maharashtra’s top infrastructure planning and construction agency, has decided to take on the role of transport planning as well. A core committee headed by the principal secretary of the urban development department of the state has proposed to merge the United Mumbai Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMMTA) with the MMRDA since the functions of ...

The international runway at Sahar, Mumbai is being reconstructed. The repair work is being carried out in three phases between September 2010 and July 2011. Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd (MNAL) recently launched two new heavy trucks – 25 tonner Tipper (MN25 Tipper) and 40 tonner Tractor Trailer (MN40). The trucks, said Rakesh Kalra, Managing Director, MNAL, were powered by the ...

The Central Government has proposed to complete the long awaited Dimapur-Zuba rail project in Nagaland by March 2015. Kohima, the capital of the state, is at present connected with the rest of the country only by highways. The proposed Greenfield Chiethu airport at Kohima, though, may take much longer to see the light of the day. No date for its ...