Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pramod Tyagi Vs State of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 21/03/3035. A proposal was initiated by State of National Capital Territory of Delhi, Department of Transport to start a Driving Training Institution at Mukundpur and permission was also granted. …
The International Fuel Prices report provides an overview of the retail prices of gasoline and diesel in over 170 countries. It further explores recent trends and case studies on fuel prices and fuel pricing policies in developing countries. The 2012/2013 International Fuel Prices report provides an overview of the retail …
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a report and illustrated guide demonstrating how tackling climate change can also help address some of the economic and social challenges facing the UK. The report’s authors argue that, while addressing climate change is important in its own right, taking action …
Without public transport, Delhi may never be able to address its twin problems of air pollution and traffic congestion. But it has failed to meet its massive demand for buses simply because there aren't enough depots. Millennium Park Bus Depot where 800 buses are parked will be moved in the …
There is an urgent need to expand the public transport system in the city, said former managing director of Metropolitan Transport Corporation and traffic consultant R Krishnamurthy. He was delivering the Engineer R Thillainayagam Endowment Lecture on ‘Transportation scenario and Road Safety in Chennai’ here on Friday. According to statistics …
Car clubs are set to receive a £500,000 funding boost, Transport Minister Baroness Kramer announced today (July 28). The funding will help to make more efficient use of the road and reduce transport related carbon emissions through support for two pilot car sharing programmes. Pay-as-you-go car use encourages people to …
“Banning cycles on any road is human rights violation. If the West Bengal Human Rights Commission doesn't take cognizance of it, citizens' groups fighting for the cause should move global fora like Amnesty International,“ said Anvita Arora, CEO of Innovative Transport Solutions (iTrans), in the city recently. Arora is also …
Four key railways projects in the North Eastern region have been affected for want of forestry clearances, the government said today. Noting that several railway projects are pending due to want of forest clearances, Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said efforts are being made to speed up approvals. "Four …
China opened the railway line to Lhasa, Tibet’s capital, in 2006 as a part of its efforts to boost development. China plans to extend a railway line linking Tibet with the rest of the country to the borders of India, Nepal and Bhutan by 2020 once an extension to a …
BHUBANESWAR: The state government has engaged IIT-Bhubaneswar to conduct an "impact assessment study" of JNNURM-city bus service in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri. Though the housing and urban development (H&UD;) department selected the School of Infrastructure of IIT-Bhubaneswar in December, a formal contract was signed last month. "The IIT-Bhubaneswar experts will …
GURGAON: Jyoti Gupta, who filed an online petition on June 4 with Save LIFE Foundation on Change.org has got support from over 1.5 lakh people supporting her petition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, advocating a national road safety law in the country. Jyoti Gupta, witness to the death of her …
Punjab Government on Wednesday constituted a committee to prepare a blueprint of State Road Safety Policy within one month’s time. The decision was taken in a high level meeting of Punjab State Road Safety Council presided over by the State Transport Minister Ajit Singh Kohar, who also mooted a proposal …
Chairman LPG Distributors Association (DA) Irfan Khokhar and President of Rickshaw Union (RU) Mujeed Ghori on Wednesday demanded of Oil and Gas Authority (OGRA) to take back its decision to ban filling of public service vehicles with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). Addressing a press conference at Lahore Press Club along …
To clarify its stand by July 31 on how to regulate them Contrary to the Union Government’s stand in favour of validating e-rickshaws plying in large numbers in the Capital, the Delhi Government on Wednesday said their operation was “wholly unauthorised and illegal” under the law and their presence on …
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has asked the State government whether Shimla still retains the tag of a pedestrian city where the walkers have the right to walk freely. Hearing a petition on vehicular problems of Shimla filed by a city resident, Dharam Pal Thakur, the court asked the government …
In an affidavit filed before the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, the Delhi government has said that e- rickshaws were a “public service vehicle” which would be regulated under the Central Motor Vehicles Act, but “their operation as per the law as it stands today, is wholly unauthorised and illegal.” …
The BRT Standard is an evaluation tool for world-class bus rapid transit (BRT) based on international best practices. It is also the centerpiece of a global effort by leaders in bus rapid transit design to establish a common definition of BRT and ensure that BRT systems more uniformly deliver world-class …
In an environment-friendly initiative, the city administration will deploy electric and hybrid vehicles on a pilot basis for para-transit applications and for the government fleet. Senior officials said that these vehicles would include taxis and two-wheelers, which can be rented by the public as an eco-friendly option to commute within …
The Delhi government plans to convert several single-carriageway flyovers in the capital into two-carriageway flyovers to ease the traffic load. The proposal includes the flyovers at Moti Nagar, Punjabi Bagh and Rao Tula Ram (RTR) Marg. Converting the Savitri flyover into a two-carriageway flyover is also under consideration. A provision …
The concept of e-bikes and electric vehicles as a ‘green’ mode of transport, to help lessen dependence on petrol, diesel and compressed natural gas (CNG), were some measures discussed by the Department of Heavy Industries to explore the possibility of promoting “electric mobility”. A meeting regarding this was held recently …
Surpassing all previous records, the Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA) which already had 7.4 lakh vehicles registered till 2010, has registered 4.3 lakh more vehicles in the past three years, taking the total number of registered vehicles to 11.7 lakh. Interestingly, the city’s population, as per the 2011 census, was …
