Urban India’s parking woes: an overview
Vehicular congestion and insufficient parking facilities are significant emerging challenges for India’s mega and metropolitan cities, severely impairing mobility. Although curtailed by constitutional
Vehicular congestion and insufficient parking facilities are significant emerging challenges for India’s mega and metropolitan cities, severely impairing mobility. Although curtailed by constitutional
Gunjan Pradhan Sinha & Vikas Bhardwaj NEW DELHI INFRASTRUCTURE Leasing and Finance Services (IL&FS) Development Corporation is laying down the blueprint for multi-level bus terminals with taxi stands, private food chain outlets and shopping complexes in Gujarat, Punjab, West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The infrastructure consulting and investment firm may also pick up a stake in these projects.
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.
Completes tunnel below railway lines in just three days Tunnel constructed 12 metres below the railway line Work done without affecting the movement of trains NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has achieved another major engineering feat by successfully completing construction of one of the two tunnels below the Indian Railways' line at Safdarjung in just three days.
Speed limits on several stretches across the city enhanced Speed limit on Mayur Vihar Link Road on DND flyover goes up from 60 kmph to 80 kmph On parts of Ring Road, speed limit stands enhanced now from 50 kmph to 60 kmph TIME TO CHANGE GEARS: The speed limit on this stretch of the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway here now goes up from 60 km per hour to 80 km per hour. NEW DELHI: Private vehicle owners who until now fretted and fumed over slow-moving traffic on the Capital's wide roads finally have something to cheer about.
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.
JAYANTA BASU A smoke-belching three-wheeler on a city road Calcutta's air will continue to be polluted by the exhaust of old autorickshaws running on adulterated fuel with the government putting the brakes on the conversion of two-stroke three-wheelers to LPG. After advocating conversion for five years, the government found "demerits' in the process. It has adopted a two-pronged strategy of replacing old two-stroke autos with four-stroke ones and penalising the thousands of illegal three-wheelers.
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.