Chennai airport has got new, state-of-the-art equipment for its ground handling operations. New Delhi based Bhadra International, which was allotted the ground handling operations project for the airport, has imported a wide range of ground-handling equipment from Germany for the purpose. This includes sophisticated coaches for transporting passengers from the terminal building to the aircrafts. The new air-conditioned coach – ...

The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) which runs the second largest fleet of buses in the country (16,500 buses), has decided to replace aluminium with steel in the body of its buses. Steel is stronger than aluminium. The conversion will make the buses more resistant to damage in case of crashes and will enhance passenger safety to a great ...

Greaves Cotton, industrial and auto engine maker, is trying to use its indigenous expertise to make and market engines for the fast growing Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) segment of the Indian automobile industry. The LCV market in India saw a 26% growth rate even during the recent recession. With LCVs not being very popular in the West, there are practically ...

The Motor Vehicles Department of Maharashtra has forwarded a ground-breaking proposal to the state government for testing aspiring drivers in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. It has suggested setting up 9-10 tracks for computerised testing of aspiring drivers’ skills – taking turns, driving on bridges & through gradient curves, and identifying & negotiating signals. The idea behind this is to create ...

Alarmed by the recent rise in fire accidents in trains, the Karnataka State Fire and Emergency Service, in collaboration with the Fire and Security Association of India, recently conducted a mock fire safety drill at Bangalore City Railway Station. The mock rescue began with evacuating passengers from a railway coach. They were then shifted to an ambulance for receiving first ...

IRD South Asia (IRDSA) Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Canada-based International Road Dynamics, Inc (IRD), recently achieved the milestone of providing 1000 lanes of toll roads. It has also completed operation and maintenance of 316km of roads and 330km of HTMS (Highway Transportation Management System). IRDSA’s HTMS features high accuracy axle and vehicle classification, and is integrated with video, WIM, ...

Mumbai’s first cycle track was inaugurated at the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) recently by Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. The inauguration was a part of the BSA Hercules India Cyclothon-2011 edition. The cycling track covers 13km with 1.5m wide lanes and cost about र6.5cr to build. It is spread over the ‘G’ Block in the Bandra-Kurla Complex. The track has been ...

TrafficInfraTech was media partner at the Traffex, Parkex and Street Design 2011 show held at NEC, Birmingham in March. Sustainability was the main theme of the show that celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. Dedicated to traffic management, parking and urban design, the show was inaugurated by Norman Baker, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Transport who focused on the government’s ...

The Maharashtra government has awarded the construction of the 22km Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), which will connect Mumbai with the rest of Maharashtra, to MMRDA. The project will connect Sewri in Mumbai city to Nhava Shewa in Raigad district by a bridge over the sea. The project has been delayed due to many reasons. The first tender for the ...

Traffic management in Delhi is not an easy task. While the Traffic Police is trying to bring in new technology, the commercial vehicle owners are busy trying to find loopholes in the system and the general commuter refuses to follow lane discipline. Trying to infuse sense in this chaos is Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Satyendra Garg.