KSRTC introduces UPI payments
Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has equipped its buses with advanced Electronic Ticketing Machines, which are designed to accept UPI payments, along with debit and […]
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To ICU on wheels from KSRTC
Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has launched ‘Sarige Suraksha’ ( ‘ICU on wheels’) equipped with five oxygen beds, patient monitoring devices, IV line, provision […]
KSRTC luxury buses to have fire-detection systems
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has decided to install Fire Detection and Suppression System in all its premium luxury buses. The FDSS, popular in […]
Sustainable Transport Saves Lives: A Case for Investing in Safety of Public Bus Fleets
Inducing a modal shift from private transport to public buses will reduce road traffic deaths in India. In cities such as Bangalore and Mumbai, the […]
Traffic info centre in Bengaluru
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 […]
Speed/Red Light Enforcement & Safety
The increasing traffic density on city roads is leading to Red light and Speed Violation and consequently to increased road accidents. Indian cities are trying […]
Mysore becomes the first official Indian city to implement ITS
While optimum use of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) for improvement of traffic conditions and safety of road, rail, air and water commuters is much debated in the country, the state of Karnataka has taken the lead in trying to make one of its cities an ITS city. Under the aegis of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), and as part of the GEF-SUTP Programme, Mysore City has been chosen to be India?s first major ITS city, with the backing of the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. S Mallikarjuna, Chief Mechanical Engineer (P) who has put in 32 years at KSRTC and is the Head of its Project Implementation Unit, writes exclusively for TrafficInfraTech on the process of making Mysore an ITS City.
Interview with: David Moszkowicz, Planning and Scheduling are important for optimising Services
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in India have got a fillip with Mysore being chosen as the model city for implementing new technologies for Public […]
KSRTC launches longest Volvo bus
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has introduced a 14.5 metre long Volvo multi-axle air-conditioned bus, the longest in the country. The Volvo 9400PX […]
TrafficInfraTech Expo: Seminar: May 18, 2012
The Day 2 seminar of TrafficInfraTech Expo 2012 was on ‘Challenges in making the operations of State Road Transport Undertakings efficient: Policy, Management & Technologies’. A report.