Traffic Management

The implementation of Intelligent Transportation Systems on Pune's roads has led to an increase in commuting speed and traffic volume and has reduced the travel time, traffic congestion and fuel consumption. Dubbed 'CGRAPS' and funded by the Pune Municipal Corporation, the project has been developed by CDAC Thiruvananthapuram under the JnNURM scheme.

On February 2, 2011 when the nation’s capital woke up to a chilly morning, not many realised the excitement NSIC Exhibition Complex at Okhla would generate two or three hours later. For, very soon the who’s who of the transport industry, related with road safety, traffic & transport solutions and traffic management in some way or the other, began making ...

In this Decade for Action on Road Safety, the best beginning to safer roads is by religiously taking up Road Safety Audits during the planning and designing stage itself. Dr Nishi Mittal, Head of Traffic Engineering & Safety at Central Road Research Institute, writes on the impediments faced in India on performing RSAs. Road accidents are a major cause of ...

Governments and several agencies in North America are adopting various measures to motivate people to walk and bicycle more in a safe environment. The effort is showing results.

Airports, malls, hospitals, railway junctions all present formidable challenges in traffic management and are seeing significant benefits from using integrated parking management solutions. A case in example is of Terminal T4 at Barajas International Airport, Madrid where, ParkHelp, MassTrans India’s partner, implemented a total parking solution. (Snapshot provided below) Spain’s Barajas International Airport is the 13th busiest airport in the ...

A complete parking solution cannot be looked at only from the point of view of the user. The needs of the builder and the operator too must be taken into consideration. A guide and a case study by MassTrans Systems.

Pune traffic police have started a new traffic alert service for Pune’s residents. People can now get information on traffic jams, accidents or vehicle break-downs in the city via sms. For that they need to subscribe to the special service by typing JOIN (space) PTP and sending it on 921952195. The citizens can opt out of the service just by ...

Yuvraj Singh Ahuja, Director, Frontier Polymers Pvt Ltd tells TrafficInfraTech the reasons why he has replaced metal road safety products with plastic

AutoPass India Ltd has introduced an exclusive ultrasonic state-of-the-art Parking Guidance System which helps motorists find the closest available parking from almost any location in a parking lot. Ajay Khanna, its Director for Sales & Marketing, speaks with TrafficInfraTech. How do your products improve parking management? There are a few things which a driver looks for in a parking lot: ...

Automated Parking Management and Guidance System at Terminal 3’s Multi Level Car Parking help a motorist enter, park, pay and exit the parking area within five minutes. Vidyottama P Sharma has the details.