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Who is the city for?

On a warm evening in Ahmedabad, around 30 architects, urban planners, students, researchers gathered for a workshop aimed at understanding who the city is for? While gender was the primary lens through which we aimed to understand the experience of the city, we intersected it with age, economic status, and disability. Sonal Shah, the Urban Catalysts gives a brief report ...

Parking initiative at Chennai

Chennai Traffic Police have joined hands with residents and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) to regulate parking in residential areas. As part of the initiative, they have beautified streets and are also planning to introduce parking permits. They have jointly adopted Tactical Urbanism – a process to bring about change on the ground using temporary and quick ...

INDRA’S Integrated Tunnel Control System in Chenani-Nashri Tunnel

The recently opened Chenani – Nashri Tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been developed, built and operated by IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd. The highly advanced tunneling technology, is safe and secured tunnel in Asia with smart features such as an integrated traffic control system, surveillance, ventilation and broadcast systems, firefighting system, and SOS call-boxes at every 150 meters. The ...