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          Jammu’s successful Bicycle-
          sharing System


            t was in May 2022 that   out  a  bicycle  through
            the public bicycle-sharing   the ‘Yaana Bikes’ mobile
          Isystem was introduced    app, from designated
          by  the  Jammu  Smart     automatic docking stations
          City Limited to promote   and deposit it at another
          sustainable   mobility.   located close to their
          Over 2.89 lakh rides have   destination. There are 120
          already been recorded by   docking stations for 720
          mid-April as per reports.   mechanical bicycles and
          More than 23,000 people   80 pedal-assisted electric
          have used the service so   bicycles in prominent
          far. The users can rent   locations.


          Patna gets fund for                        MIT develops system to avoid

          Infrastructure                             drone collision

             he Patna metro rail project is a               assachusetts Institute   optimized trajectory. When
             significant project that aims to address       of Technology has    tested in simulations and
          Tthe growing demand for transportation     Mdeveloped Robust           flight experiments, Robust
          in the city by constructing the new metro   MADER,     an   updated    MADER achieved a 100%
          corridor 1 & 2. Japan has committed to fund   multiagent trajectory-planner   success rate in generating
          Patna metro rail project along with ther   system  that  helps  prevent   collision-free trajectories,
          two Indian Projects. The Patna metro rail   drone collisions by generating   providing a safer approach
          project’s first-ever Tunnel Boring Machine   collision-free trajectories   to coordinating multiple
          segment for Corridor II (Patna Junction-   even when communications    drones in the same airspace.
          Patliputra Bus Terminal) has recently started   between drones are delayed.   Researchers  create  a
          the lowering work to start the work on     The  algorithm  incorporates   trajectory-planning  system
          the underground network. As part of this   a delay-check step, during   that enables drones working
          tunnelling drive, the machine will carve out   which a drone waits a   together in the same airspace
          two parallel tunnels for the up and down   specific amount of time     to always choose a safe path
          movement of trains in the first phase.     before committing to a new,   forward.



























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