The stage is already set for the fourth edition of TrafficInfraTech Expo scheduled to be held from January 7-9, in New Delhi. With many companies which participated in 2013 Expo already booking their positions, the pace of the forthcoming show is on the fast track. The third edition had quality trade visitors and the exhibitors were happy with the business ...

Vijay Chibber, Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has announced that India would have its own Car Crash Test Facility by the end of financial year 2014-15. The facility, to be set up at Chennai, will be a part of the New Car Assessment Programme being designed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The facility will ...

Noida Authority is exploring a plan to provide a comprehensive mobility plan of the city based on a study of commuters’ demands and the modes of transport used by them. The agency is conducting a 6-month long, area wise study of desirable mobility patters of commuters for the purpose. The CMP will address the mobility needs of all the people ...

The Kerala Public Works Department plans to implement projects worth Rs 14,500cr. The plan, named ?Mission 676? includes 23 road development projects under Speed Kerala Programme, monorail projects and National Highways development projects worth Rs 2500cr. The tender process has already begun for the monorail projects in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode. Under the Speed Kerala Programme, ten projects have been sanctioned ...

Traffic violators in Ahmedabad will soon find challans being delivered to their homes. This follows the revival of the e-challan project by the city traffic police. According to senior traffic police officers, the system is all set to start from June 2015 and the database of all the existing vehicle owners has been updated. The roads will be put under ...

The Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung recently launched a mobile app and an upgraded website for the Delhi Traffic Police. The new app will help commuters to get instant traffic updates, traffic advisories, taxi and auto fares, reports about defective traffic signals and other traffic relevant information on their smartphones. This will enable the public to plan the journeys accordingly, ...

US based Solar Roadways plans to turn the country’s roads into giant solar energy generators that could supply a significant portion of the US’s energy needs. It is laying thick LED-lit glass solar panels in the form of modular paving systems that can withstand heaviest trucks and can be installed at practically all locations – roads, driveways, sidewalks, parking lots, ...

A dispute resolution panel, set up by the NHAI, has resolved 124 disputes and claims related to NHAI projects. The panel was able to resolve disputes for a cost that was just one tenth of the amount involved in the disputes, thereby saving in litigation costs and time for both NHAI and the concessionaires. Many of these disputes were going ...

The Kerala government has given Kochi Metro the power to acquire land directly from farmers and other land holders, a step aimed at speeding up the project. The government has made available funds worth Rs. 70cr for land acquisition for the widening of the Vyttila-Petta stretch, which involves the acquisition of 3.0138 hectares. Besides this, the state government has also ...

Godrej Security Solutions recently launched Motormate, a portable safe for automobiles. Car owners can leave their valuables like cash, mobile phones, wallets, cameras, portable car stereos, credit & debit cards etc in this compact safe which can be attached to a handle, hinges, pillars, legs or any suitable fitting inside the car using a multi-strand, braided steel cable.