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Editors Page DEC 2017 – JAN 2018

As the vehicular traffic is increasing, Indian urban areas are facing the biggest issue of adequate parking space. Understandably, the planners of the new smart cities are predicting the increase in demand for surface parking and taking into account the various options for providing workable solutions. The 2017 Conference during TrafficInfratech Expo and Parking Infratech Expo in Hyderabad had a ...

Editors Page OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2017

The future transportation is poising towards a big change that would be system level focused, connected, automated, integrated and would influence the different aspects of our lives. The focus stories in this issue of TrafficInfraTech precisely touches upon concepts like connected mobility, electric mobility and the multimodal integration from the perspective of end-users. However, to achieve these goal different agencies ...

Editors Page AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 2017

After being held in New Delhi and Mumbai from 2011, TrafficInfraTech Expo and Parking Infratech Expo were taken to Hyderabad this year and the shows did meet the expectations of the different stakeholders. A perfect blend of business and knowledge sharing was achieved with the participation of high-level officials from both the public and private sectors: The Government officials, the ...

Editors Page AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 2016

The 2016 edition of TrafficInfratech Expo along with Parking Infratech Expo brought home a few vital points: India is quite poised to adopt and deploy the latest technology in traffic & transport management. Globally, India’s plans for the rapid implementation of technology backed infrastructure is viewed as a big business opportunity. The presence of senior officials from the government and ...

Editors Page JUNE – JULY 2017

The Smart Mobility event (September 13-15, Hyderabad) with two very important Expos – TrafficInfraTech Expo and Parking Infratech Expo – is just around the corner. As the expos are designed to integrate the multiple areas of traffic/ transport and parking management, this issue of Trafficinfratech also looks at these in national and international perspectives. During the last three years, traffic ...

Editors Page April – May 2016

If we want our roads to be smart, we need smart and intelligent street lighting solution that changes the way public lighting is controlled, managed and maintained. This means maximum road safety with minimum cost. The process involves much more than replacing conventional lamps with LED light sources. The lighting system should adapt to street conditions & demands and provide ...

Editors Page APRIL – MAY 2017

Has the word ‘smart’ been overused? Is it time to move on? Apparently not. Greenfield smart cities will be in the making for many years and the best option perhaps is to get deeper into the concept which is a smart combination of various independent & self decisive components connected through technology. TrafficInfraTech spoke to different smart city consultants to ...

Editors Page JUNE – JULY 2016

This issue of TrafficInfraTech is special to us. We have Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, talking to us at length about his vision of making Indian roads technology driven, efficient and comfortable. He has lined up projects, one after the other, for different modes of transport, and is able to hold them all together ...

Editors Page FEBRUARY – MARCH 2017

One of the main components of the integrated development of India’s smart cities in the making is Smart Traffic & Transport. In fact this is the main focus, as facilitating the movement of citizens within the city via transport network is necessary to a city’s economical and social growth. Indian Smart Cities in the making have to design their own ...

Editors Page February – March

The current budget has given a huge thrust to roads sector with government proposing to award nearly 10,000Km of National Highways in 2016-17. Another 15,000Km of state highways will be taken up by the Centre from the states for development. With this planned growth in the road sector, especially highway sector, the government is also focusing on technology implementation. Development ...