Sabhijiit Sandhu, Naman Jain, & Aditya Gaurav, all B-Tech Computer Science students and Professor N Ch. S N Iyengar, Senior Professor, School of Computer Science Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, have come up with a solution that they believe is capable of not only mitigating the problems of traffic mismanagement but also improve the traffic conditions. The solution involves having ...

The Rashtrapati Bhavan is getting a facelift with IBM Smart City Solutions. The partnership which will re-imagine the Rashtrapati Bhavan as a smart township was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee with the launch of an Intelligent Operations Centre and a mobile monitor app. It is focused on addressing the challenges like effective use of technology for water management systems, power, ...

One of the gold partners in the forthcoming TrafficInfraTech Expo, will be showcasing a range of Toll Solution System. One of its innovative systems is the Smart Card Reader. The SC Reader is used to process read and write to the contact less Smart card. The distance which the SC reader can access the smart card is approximately 5-10cm. The ...

Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) is going to implement the GPS-based sms facility for all buses including AC buses on routes in island city and suburbs soon. There are also plans to install electronic display indicators at bus stops. Speaking to TrafficInfraTech, Dr Jagdish Patil, General Manager, Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport, said, “This facility will help the commuter ...

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Transport, Highway & Shipping Minister recently presented 20 buses of the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation under the NIRBHAYA scheme to provide safe and secure transport to women, with IT-enabled safety measures. The 20 buses included 10 luxury and 10 general buses fitted with Vehicle Tracking System, CCTV cameras and panic buttons on every seat ...

Hungary based Logipix Technical Development Ltd, one of the gold partners in the forthcoming TrafficInfraTech Expo, will be showcasing a range of IP based video surveillance systems. One of its innovative system is the Panoramic IP Camera. The device delivers 140 MP resolution with high frame rate video stream. The specially developed camera house contains ten Logipix One 20MP cameras. ...

The toll operations in India till now were mainly manual but, the fast growing traffic volume on the highway network across the country necessitated the introduction of Electronic Toll Collection (ETC). Going a step further, the government has the goal of nationwide ETC interoperability. Sapna Srivastava reports Tolling in India differs from the practices in other countries in many ways. ...

The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and the National Highways Authority of India have entrusted Indian Highway Management Company with the development and management of passenger friendly amenities along the highways. The project will be developed on the public-private partnership model, with the government offering land to private developers for 30 years on lease. The Government has already identified ...

With a view to making the public transport service more efficient, the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has equipped its entire fleet of buses with GPS devices and started trial-run of the technology. RMC has signed a three-year contract with Chandigarh-based Hi-Tecpoint Technologies Pvt Ltd under the brand name ‘Blackbox’ to provide vehicle tracking system. The city buses fitted with GPS ...

The Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) in co-ordination with the traffic police will set up a traffic centre – the Bangalore Traffic Information Centre – which will be the hub for information about traffic in the City. The DULT’s proposal is set to get funds from Japan International Co-operation Agency. JICA will send a team to Bengaluru to work ...