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The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation mulls dedicated lanes for its bus services, while L&T Metro Rail tests services in Hyderabad...The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) wants dedicated lanes on 12 roads for rapid...
Article - 10/29/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Transportation
(Image source: csia.in)The biggest challenge, says L&T, was to construct the terminal amidst a fully operational airport.Scope of work L&T was awarded the mandate as the main contractor to plan, design, engineer, procure, construct, test and...
Article - 10/29/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Transportation
The Indian government has rolled-out its 'Accessible India' campaign, with a motive to make it convenient for 'Persons with Disabilities' (PwDs) to ease the access of administrative buildings and transport among other things. The 'Accessible India'...
Article - 10/23/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Transportation
Electric buses will barely have to stop, thanks to a new charging system from ABB. The system, which can charge a bus in just a matter of minutes, brings the electric buses closer than ever to the flexibility of diesel-powered coaches.ABB, a Council...
Article - 10/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation
The German development bank KfW has reviewed the Rs 8,680-crore Nagpur Metro Rail project and could soon take a call of providing Rs 3,700 crore debt for the project. According to a release issued by the Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation the loan would...
Article - 10/21/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Transportation
The greenest city in the U.S. isn’t the one with the most electric cars or most reusable grocery bags. It’s New York City.Surprised? New York City leads in green transportation and that plays a surprisingly large role in a city’s overall...
Article - 10/16/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Spanish Consortium for taking up the initiatives under the Smart City Mission at the CII International Conference on Smart Mobility for Smart Cities in...
Article - 10/16/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Transportation, Policy frameworks and tools
Five years, after the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the Tirupati Airport, mere 14 km from the main city, for the proposed domestic airport seems now all set to handle heavy local and foreign heavy traffic once...
Article - 10/08/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Connectivity
The Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) and Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Company Limited (GIFTCL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Siemens to develop Smart Mobility Solutions for Gujarat...
Article - 10/06/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Transportation
Coimbatore, is one of the 12 cities selected from the state of Tamil Nadu, had its first joint discussion for its smart city plan was held at the district collectorate on 29 September, 2015.Each of the 98 shortlisted cities, from 35 states and Union...
Article - 10/05/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Visioning and roadmapping tools