Road safety annual report 2023
The Road Safety Annual Report 2023 provides an overview of road safety performance for the 43 countries participating in the International Transport Forum’s permanent working group on road safety, known
The Road Safety Annual Report 2023 provides an overview of road safety performance for the 43 countries participating in the International Transport Forum’s permanent working group on road safety, known
Bijith R / New Delhi July 21, 2008, 0:10 IST With all of Delhi getting ready for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the state-run Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) too has got into makeover mode. Its fleet of buses is getting a facelift and the crumbling bus shelters are making way for sleek stainless steel structures. Plans are also afoot to delete some of the red ink splashed all over its profit and loss account.
Kolkata's public transport has to move to CNG
Mumbai, July 16 MMRDA is waiting for Railways to finalise Churchgate-Virar elevated tracks proposal After a series of flip-flops on how to go about the first phase of the Metro rail in the city, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has now put the third route, to run from Colaba to Bandra, on hold indefinitely. The reason: The route would duplicate the proposed elevated railway along the existing Churchgate-Virar line.
Pune July 14 The Pune Municipal Corporation called it a dream project. And the Rs 19,000 crore comprehensive mobility plan (CMP), meant to be the one-stop solution to all traffic problems that plague the city, may justify the label, say traffic experts who have been keeping track of the city traffic issues for long. Transport expert Sujit Patwardhan said while the plan has a vision, the fear of many of the components remaining merely a vision was the clause that has been added that in the interim, flyovers would be constructed.
The paper examines the basic reasons and feasible remedies for organisational weakness in India's public transport systems and the possible contribution of ownership, industry and management structure, leadership, social norms, and institutional incentives to alleviating the weaknesses. The arguments are illustrated with reference to the public rail and air services and help to understand why some public sector transport undertakings have performed better than others. The most effective changes are those that create incentives, broadly defined, for individuals to improve productivity.
The present study was undertaken in the six major valleys of Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand to understand and quantify the contribution of pack animals in reducing CO2 emission in Indian Central Himalaya. The study has demonstrated that horses and mules provide direct and indirect services to the society and country. The direct services include communication services in far-flung and remote areas not connected with the road network, where they transport essential
Bangalore: Admitting that there has been a delay in Rs 6395 crore 'Namma Metro' mass transport project, the new managing director of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) N Sivasailam said the project is nine months behind schedule.
The signs were discernible two years ago. "It is desirable to watch for incipient pressures building (from)
Pune July 06 Nation's pilot project: Union urban development secy points to funding limitations under JNNURM, expresses satisfaction over Pune pace Even as the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) today sought Rs 480 crore from the central government for improvement of Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) routes, uncertainty looms over raising of funds to cover the additional costs of the System. Around Rs 600 crore are required as the project estimation has increased from Rs 807 crore to Rs 1,400 crore
Hyderabad, July 6: Non-governmental organisations have demanded that government should obtain environmental clearance from the centre before taking the up metro rail project in Hyderabad. They said noise pollution would be much more throughout the day even at the silent zones such as schools and hospitals. According to them, the metro rail will cause more than permissible level of noise in city. The voluntary organisation "Concerned Citizen" on Sunday organised a debate on the subject in which both the representatives of NGOs and officials of Metro rail projects participated.