Personal Rapid Transit is a new light urban transport system based on small, automated, electric, driverless vehicles travelling on segregated guide ways. PRT is now becoming an accepted form of public transport to complement other modes in cities across Asia ? providing stand-alone systems and first mile, last mile connectivity. The world?s first operational system, at London Heathrow has proved a major success. The system is in operation in USA, UAE and South Korea as well.
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Land Value Capture and Land-Based Transportation Infrastructure Funding
Crash Cushions / Impact Attenuators
Avantech Engineering Consortium Pvt Ltd offers Crash Cushions from Trinity Highway Products, USA. Crash cushions are energy absorbing devices that are fixed in front of ?black spots? on roads such as approaches to bridges, flyovers and toll plazas etc. to absorb an errant colliding vehicle?s kinetic energy and reduce the damage to the vehicle and occupants. Trinity crash cushions are ...
Vehicle Classification Systems
MC5600 Vehicle Classifier System from MetroCount precisely stores information of every axle of a vehicle, and with the included Traffic Executive software, provides information like the class, speed and gap of every vehicle. The MetroCount MC5600 combines state-of-the-art traffic logging hardware with powerful, yet easy-to-use software. The System includes the MC5600 Series Roadside Unit and MetroCount Traffic Executive Software as ...
Boom Barriers
Mobile Enforcement Radars
REDFLEXradarcam from Redflex is a flexible mobile speed enforcement radar designed for both tripod and in-vehicle mounting applications in all conditions. It is the first speed enforcement system to use dual radar technology to provide detection accuracy across up to six lanes of approaching or receding traffic. The speed radar accurately determines vehicle speed, while the tracking radar provides range ...
Turnstiles
Came India recently launched Wing40, a motorised swing gate turnstile that is elegant, quiet and extremely fast. It is ideal for access control in hotels, banks, showrooms and establishment entrances. With a diameter of just 168mm, Wing40 contains the circuit board, power supply and electric brake incorporated in the device, which makes it easier and faster to install and adjust ...
Mobile DVRs
Mobile DVR ? Plug & Play from Magus Sales & Service Pvt Ltd is used for all-around vehicle security. Equipped with a built-in camera & microphone, it is palm sized, compact, concealable and yet easy to install. It gives both inside and outside view of the vehicle as per requirement. Speed, behavior, audio & video footage etc. are recorded and ...
Rethinking parking policy to improve accessibility ? A pilot study in Mumbai for comprehensive parking reform
The large number of cars and two wheelers being added in Mumbai each year and the lack of parking spaces have resulted in most of these vehicles being parked on the roads in an unregulated manner. Pawan Mulukutla, Project Manager ? Urban Transport, EMBARQ India looks at the situation in Marol, Mumbai and possible solutions. Parking traditionally started on the ...