With over 80% of the exhibition space already booked, the Smart Mobility event in Hyderabad from September 13-15, 2017 at Hitex Exhibition Centre is generating widespread enthusiasm. The four pavilions of TrafficInfraTech Expo are poised to give the exhibitors and the visitors an increased and exclusive platform for business and interaction. Parking Infratech, though a separate expo, has been designed to ...
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Tejas Express will have WiFi, LCDs and automatic doors
From June this year, the Indian Railways will launch a 20-coach luxury train on the Mumbai-Goa route that will have chair cars and executive class. Called Tejas Express, the train will have automatic doors, LCD screens, coffee vending machines, on-board WiFi, magazines and many other facilities. The train that will run at a speed of 130kmph will “showcase the future of ...
Maharashtra to go for tamper-proof HSRP
In a recent development, the Government of Maharashtra has set up a 10-member Scrutiny Committee that will ensure vehicles one fitted with High Security Registration Plates. This will help curbing vehicle thefts. The terms and conditions for the tenders for the purpose will be set by the Committee. While a few states had implemented the Supreme Court instructions that made ...
Access-controlled highways
A plan is under way to make a stretch of about 20,000km of major national highways, access-controlled. This will mean frequent cuts on the medians will be stopped and barricaded to avoid the animals’ entry on to the main highways. To ensure seamless and speedy movement of fast moving and heavy vehicles, the main carriageways will be specially designated for ...
Smart poles for Bhopal’s Smart City
Telecom tower company Bharti Infratel and Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson will be deploying the smart poles for the smart city project of Bhopal Smart City Development Corp Ltd (BSCDCL). This mega project will entail seven to eight projects on a Public Private Partnership model. The 400 smart poles will have surveillance cameras, environment sensors, digital signage system, EV Charging ...
Traffic violators to be caught by 3D radars
In order to automatically detect and prosecute traffic violators, Delhi Police is procuring devices that are equipped with 3D radar technology and non-intrusive sensors that can capture many vehicles running at the same time. Trial run of the devices has begun at a few road junctions. Each location will also require 12 highdefinition cameras to be installed for the devices ...
Emerging Diagnostics Pvt Ltd
For safe driving on road, good eye sight/vision condition is a must. The driving license issuing authorities should periodically screen/ check each and every driver/ employee/person’s vision. This helps in identifying not only visual acuity but also peripheral vision perception (side vision of the eye, the condition can lead to Glaucoma), contrast sensitivity (at night), glare recovery (at night), colour ...
Integration of land development and transit infrastructure
When we discuss transportation, we most often talk about the vehicles, roads, railways and other modes of transport. When we discuss improvement of transport, we progress to speak about smart vehicles, speedier metros and smoother, wider roads. What we also need to look at is designing for the destinations in a matrix based on travel requirements in order to bring ...
Ador helps with Smart Highways
Mega traffic congestion has become a major issue in the Indian cities. While infrastructure has not been able to keep up with the substantial increase in the number of vehicles on the roads which leads to a huge number of accidents, we cannot ignore the fact that recurrent public events like marriage bands & gatherings, processions, various rituals, all types ...
Chinese cities and traffic management
As a tourist I visited Shanghai, Beijing and Xian recently. I found a few things which can be of direct interest to Mumbai and other cities in India: • The above cities have few flyovers but several long via-ducts with very efficient design which make a very positive use of space under the elevated roads. This is something very simple ...