Transition – the first flying car being developed by US-based Terrafugia Inc – has undergone its inaugural test flight. The test saw the car flying for eight minutes at an altitude of about 1,400 feet. The car can run 70mph on the road while in the air it can fly at 115mph. The car, which runs on normal automotive fuel, ...

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) in Singapore is working on plans to encourage the travelling public to use public transport more often, reduce the use of cars, and travel more during off-peak hours. As a part of the initiative, the agency has appointed a consultant to design workplace-based travel plan programmes for three organisations, and to assist three others with ...

The Indian Railways plans to introduce on a pilot basis a pan-India, multi-purpose smart card known as ‘Go-India’. The card will be first tried out on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah sectors, including the Allahabad railway station. In yet another initiative, the Railways has completed a feasibility study, the first phase of a project, to devise methods to reduce emissions from ...

A comprehensive, public and global database of BRT systems in the world was recently launched by three global organisations – Embarq, Across Latitudes and Cultures – Bus Rapid Transit Centre of Excellence (ALC-BRT CoE) and the International Energy Agency (IEA). BRT systems have been implemented in about 134 cities all over the world ranging from Beijing to Bogota, and serve ...

Eicher Motors has launched a new truck – the Eicher 11.14 — that is expected to bridge the gap between the 12/13 tonne and the 16 tonne segments. The 14.5 GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) tonne truck, the company claims, has best-in-class fuel efficiency. The new truck combines the benefits of a heavy duty truck with the savings of a medium ...

The Ministry of Urban Development has launched an initiative to produce a unified smart card for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The National Common Mobility Card (NCMC), also called ‘More Mumbai’, can be used to buy tickets for suburban trains, buses, metro rail and monorail. It can also be used to pay auto rickshaw fares, taxi fares, parking charges and toll ...

A survey by New Delhi based Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI Asia) has assigned Bangalore 30 out of 100 points for motorist behaviour, the worst among the seven cities surveyed in India. Motorist behaviour was one of the nine parameters considered by CAI Asia to determine walking infrastructure availability, known as walkability, of a city. The survey found ...

The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad, operated by GMR Hyderabad Airport International (GHIAL), may become the country’s first cargo hub. While Lufthansa Airlines already operates four freight services a week on the Mumbai-Hyderabad-Sharjah-Frankfurt sector, Thai Airways has recently begun a new Bangkok-Hyderabad-Frankfurt cargo service. These services directly connect Hyderabad with important cities in the Far East and Europe. The ...

The West Bengal government is considering introducing a linked transport network for Kolkata which would revive a popular transport network, discontinued many years ago. The plan also involves integrating water transport into the network, and would give city commuters a mix of travel options such as metro trains, buses and water taxis to reach their destinations. Metro commuters who take ...

UHF EPC G2 Readers / Antennae from BASE Systems Pvt Ltd are used in vehicle access control, automated toll collection, tracking of warehouse & inventory and management of personnel and assets. The FHSS operating method makes them highly resistant to interference and collision. They have long reading distance, multi-reader synchronisation and support both ISO-18000-6B and ISO 18000-6C (EPC C1G2) standards. ...