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Two players in the North American electric vehicle industry ? DBT USA, a manufacturer of EV charging solutions and ChargePoint Inc which operates an online network of EV charging stations have collaborated to provide more EV charging facilities for the motorists. By this collaboration ChargePoint can direct users to DBT USA?s new Level II EV charging stations. They will get ...

The 2nd Annual Metro Rail India Summit will be held from February 20-22 in Chennai. Organised by Construction Week and ITP India, with TrafficInfraTech as one of the media partners, it is a premier event for metro rail organisations, infrastructure firms, finance houses and technology providers. Metro Rail India will be very useful for companies in the fields of Signalling ...

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) will build tunnels and bridges on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in a bid to stem the rising number of accidents on the expressway. The ?2,600 crore project involves putting up two sets of parallel bridges and tunnels at various places on the expressway, which will also extend the length of the expressway by about ...

The part of the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) being planned by the Railways through the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai has been cleared by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF). The clearance for about 58 acres by the Forest Advisory Committee of the Ministry has paved the way for other processes such as inviting bids so that ...

Auto maker Mahindra & Mahindra has introduced Blue Sense, a new android based application for its XUV/500. The application will allow drivers to control the vehicle?s infotainment system, besides being able to view information such as climate control temperature, the tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS), fuel consumption, besides issuing warnings of an open door or low fuel. The phones can ...

The European Union (EU) has introduced a single driving licence for the entire union. The new licence has a credit card style format with a photograph of the licence holder. Member States of the EU can include a microchip which will give access to information about the licence holder. The licence is supported by a European electronic data exchange system ...

A study on driver behaviour conducted by Direct Line, a motor vehicle insurance based in the UK has found that motorists are distracted from driving about 18% of the time that they are on the road. The things that distract them include advertisements, sceneries and clouds. The study done using the latest eye-tracking technology to see where and when drivers ...

GMR Infrastructure Ltd has completed two highway projects ? one each in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka under Phase III of the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP). The project in Andhra Pradesh is the 181.5km Hyderabad-Vijayawada section of the National Highway 9 (NH9) which has been built by the company?s special purpose vehicle (SPV) GMR Hyderabad Vijayawada Expressways Pvt Ltd on ...

The Urban Development Ministry plans to introduce new rules which would create adequate facilities for pedestrians, cyclists and other forms of non-motorised transport that form the basis of sustainable transport. The new guidelines include norms for signage and design of traffic intersections making them friendlier for non-motorised transport. The new norms will make urban roads all over the country uniform ...

The Delhi-Gurgaon Super Connectivity Ltd (DGSCL), the concessionaire for the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, has introduced touch-and-go smart cards for motorists using the expressway. The smart cards have been issued at the three toll plazas of the expressway. Two types of cards have been introduced – Smart Express and Flexi Smart. Smart Express which is valid for one month offers a discount ...