TRS Plus vehicle classifiers from IRD Inc. offer superior data collection capability and can be used for a wide variety of traffic data collection and vehicle classification purposes. Supplied by IRD South Asia Pvt Ltd in India, the classifiers have two modes of operation – active and passive. In the passive mode, they can be used by government agencies to ...
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Indian Railways shops for technology
Meeting the safety needs
Dark Eye manufactures and supplies a wide range of safety products to numerous agencies in the country including government bodies developing roads and bridges, construction companies, the army and paramilitary forces. Kawaljit Singh, Managing Director, Dark Eye tells TrafficInfraTech how the road safety situation in India has changed drastically over the last decade.
The Doubling Effect
Charlotte Wäreborn Schultz, Managing Director, Swedish Public Transport Association, writes about the ‘Doubling Project’ which aims to increase the share of public transport in Sweden twofold At the beginning of 2008, five organisations met to discuss the development of public transport in Sweden. These were the public transport trade organisations – the Swedish Public Transport Association, the Swedish Bus and ...
Modern Bus Terminal at Thampanoor Easing congestion and increasing efficiency in style
When renovation of Thampanoor Bus Terminus gets over, it will change the very notion of a bus terminus for it promises to boast of a grand integrated design, better access, radial parking arrangement, idle bus-bays, idle parking and a centralised Building Management System. It will also have repair garage fuel filling facility, a commercial zone with a shopping complex and a convention centre.
Analysing the Risk Exposure at Mumbai Suburban Rail
A Right To Information (RTI) query has recently revealed that 20,000 people died on Mumbai’s railway tracks in the past five years. That means over 4000 people per year and, on an average, 10 people per day. The issue has managed to raise eyebrows at the World Bank which is funding Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project (MUIP). The bank has demanded an explanation for the increasing number of deaths. Given here is an analysis of the end user experiences in Mumbai Suburban Rail, causes and remedial measures.
Interchange Metro Stations
In an extensive study carried out to find solutions to ease traffic congestion in Delhi for the Government of India, Dr SS Jain & Dr M Parida of IIT Roorkee and Ravi Kiran Rao Aluri of DIMMTS discover that for effective multimodal transport operations, it is necessary to have requirement for interchanges at Metro Stations.
Intelligent Cooperative Systems
Advanced Driver Alert Systems, Cooperative Vehicle Highway Systems, IntelliDrive or ICS Intelligent Cooperative Systems have become the latest challenge for coordinated development and deployment. Seen as a breakthrough in automotive safety and efficiency, they are based on vehicle to vehicle, vehicle to infrastructure and infrastructure to vehicle communications.
“Construction Work Zone safety is a responsibility of all”
Avery Dennison launches Construction Work Zone Signage April 25, 2011 saw the launch of Avery Dennison’s Construction Work Zone Signages in New Delhi. It was well attended by persons not only from the Traffic Sign Industry, but also by professionals from the road marking and road safety devices industries, contractors and Avery Dennison’s channel partners. The objective of the launch ...
German equipment for Chennai airport
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 – ...