INRIX, a US based provider of traffic information and intelligent traffic services has developed a traffic application for Android users. The application generates traffic information by analysing real-time data from road sensors, traffic incident reports, crowd-sourced data and other public and private sources. The principal aim of the application is to help motorists tackle rising fuel prices. The application gives ...
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“Quality is important because people’s lives depend on our products”
Manish Nagpal, Director, Madhav Safety Works Pvt Ltd talks about the challenges facing the road safety industry and the measures needed to manufacture quality safety products As a manufacturer and wholesaler of road safety products, what challenges do you face in your operations? The biggest challenge we have found is the lack of awareness regarding road safety standards. Of course ...
“Reflective safety sheeting is as important as a good road”
Amandeep Singh, National Sales Manager, Reflective Products Division, Avery Dennison India Pvt Ltd on the importance of reflective sheeting in road safety and the role of Avery Dennison in the Indian market What is the importance of reflective safety sheeting and materials in the road safety market in the country? Reflective safety sheeting is at least as important, if not ...
Some more feedback on TrafficInfraTech Expo…
Wilfred Menezes, Chief Executive Officer Omnitech Systems India (P) Ltd We are very happy with the Expo. We launched an ANPR system which is in heavy demand in India. There is a lot of traffic violation in our country such as vehicles being stolen from parking areas. The system will help curb stealing and tampering of vehicles. Sandro Gervasio, ...
Interview with : Nitin Patel, Our contractors have to maintain the roads
Gujarat’s roads and Expressways are among the best in the country. BRTS has worked only in its city of Ahmedabad and failed everywhere else, even in the national capital. The state government has initiated some good transportation projects like ferry boat, Metro and Ring Roads. Gujarat is on the move and how! Yet, it faces a big problem – the indiscipline of its mobile public, transporters and even government officers. Nitin Patel, Minister of Urban Development & Urban Housing, Water Supply and Water Resources (excluding Kalpsar Division) speaks on these issues and more with Vidyottama Sharma.
“Road safety products have a vast market potential in India”
G S Bhandari, General Manager, Dark Eye, says that with better roads in the country, the average speed of vehicles has increased leading to more accidents. Due to this, the need for good road safety products has increased tremendously. What manufacturing facilities do you have at Dark Eye that have earned you an ISO 9001-2008 Certification ? Dark Eye has ...
Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh use high-tech for enforcement
Following the lead of Karnataka which gave BlackBerries to traffic policemen in Bangalore to record traffic violations nearly four years back, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are using the latest technology in traffic enforcement and reducing human intervention. In Chennai, traffic policemen have been provided 300 smart multi-task handsets. After the success of the Chennai experiment, the state government has ...
Managing Traffic and Tackling Safety during Highway Construction
Many traffic stalwarts from India and abroad discussed one of the most important issues of construction on highways – “Traffic Management and Safety during Highway Construction” – on the first day of TrafficInfraTech Expo 2012. The precautions for, challenges of and solutions to the issue were discussed in detail.
Mumbai on the move
While the various nodal agencies – MMRDA, MSRDC and MCGM – responsible to keep the metropolis on the move have tried their best (in varying and debatable proficiencies) to do exactly that – keep Mumbai moving – by undertaking and commissioning various new projects, the city’s travel woes haven’t eased much. But then, its commuting habits seem set to change now. In fact, they have changed to quite an extent. Only, the city bursting at its seams does not appear to be displaying these changes with the needed fervor. A look by Vidyottama Sharma at some of the projects that changed our daily travelling habits and those that are set to do so in the near future.
Area traffic control system Improving Traffic in the island city
Fully commissioned in August 2011, the Mumbai ATC project has transformed the conventional signaling system on the City roads into a real-time computer controlled one. The project won the award for the Best ITS system implemented in 2011 from the Government of India. TrafficInfraTech gives the details.