Siemens Mobility’s UK division announced the first installation of its Plus+ traffic control system. The Plus+ uses distributed intelligence with simple power and data cabling to increase intersection availability and reduce overall installation and maintenance costs. Plus+ supports minimized disruption during installation and optimized traffic flow on the UK’s increasingly congested road network. The new ST950 Plus+ system no longer ...

Maha Metro Nagpur is poised on solving the traffic woes. The proposed four-layer structure spanning around 8km is expected to be an iconic transportation structure. The country’s first four-layer transport is all set to come up in Nagpur. Maha Metro Nagpur which is executing the Nagpur Metro rail Project is executing the project, which involves a fly-over and Metro track, ...

Cummins India has launched the first fleet of eight BS-VI mobile training vans in India. The objective behind the launch of these vehicles is to educate and offer training on the BS-VI technology engines. The vans will be travelling to multi-cities across the length and breadth of the country. The Cummins training vans will be travelling to OEM dealerships and ...

Upping the ante in the electric vehicle sector, the transport department of Kolkata has prepared a roadmap for switching to electric mode in the public transportation sector in the metro city by 2030. The move was made after Kolkata recently bagged the prestigious C40 award in Copenhagen for green mobility – low carbon commute transition. In this regard, Narayan Swaroop ...

To cater to the rising interest in electric mobility across India, Chandigarh administration has chalked out a draft Electric Vehicle Policy. Chandigarh has the highest density of vehicles in India with appx 1.2 million vehicles taking to the streets daily. The emissions from these are impacting the Union Territory’s air quality. As per a proposal by the Ministry of Urban ...

Elekrobit recently launched a cloudbased tool for end-to-end software validation that will help in the development of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) systems. Available on Microsoft’s cloud platform Azure, tool is claimed to dramatically increase efficiencies, simplfy team workflow and bring systems & functions to produce more quickly. It provides greater flexibility and scalability in the ...

While providing solutions for urban mobility, the Telangana government has released datasets pertaining to public transport in the State. The move is in line with the State’s Open Data Policy of 2016. The data was released on a portal in General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS), a widely accepted format used for public transportation. The format allows public transport agencies to ...

Recently, Prama Hikvision, a leader in video surveillance products and solutions, has inaugurated Rs 500Cr manufacturing facility located at Vasai near Mumbai. With this new facility, the company will cater to a fastexpanding domestic market and the overseas market in a phased manner. The facility was inaugurated by Dr V.K. Saraswat, Member, Niti Aayog and Dr Neeraj Sinha, Advisor, Science ...

Nashik Municipal Corporation has planned to run the ITMS through a private IT firm to make the bus service more effective. The civic body held a pre-bid in October. Around 25 IT firms have expressed interest in running the Intelligent Transport Management System for the city bus service. It is also learnt that the Nashik Municipal Corporation is in the ...

Vehant Technologies recently won the prestigious NASSCOM Emerge 50 Award and selected among the top 10 innovative tech firm for 2019 in Strategic category for KritiScanTM 6040R 3D X-ray Baggage Scanner. The award was presented at the ‘NASSCOM Product Conclave 2019’ in Bangalore. KritiScanTM 6040R – 3D X-ray Baggage Scanner uses innovative isometric view for generation of 3D imaging (isometric) ...