Trams back in fashion
Science and Technology - Briefs
The anatomy of congestion
Travel today is relatively faster, and people across the world are travelling more than ever before. But at a giant cost: urban roads are choked …
Paving Your Way Toward Ill-Health
In 2008, every hour there were approximately 47 reported cases of road accidents in all of India. Of these cases, 54 people were injured and …
Destination drive
The Japanese have come up with a new software that guides drivers about the best route to where they are headed, avoiding the traffic jams on way
To wake you up
Good news for somnolent drivers: a new system that wakes them up if they are feeling drowsy on the wheels is all set to enter the market
Cabinet clears Road Safety Bill, proposes heavy penalties
It is a major step towards bringing down fatalities on roads by 50 per cent in next five years
Killed by indifference
When two young people die in a highway accident, is it destiny or a callous and indifferent administration?
Road to nowhere
By amending the National Highways Act, Prime Minister Deve Gowda seems to be "giving an open charter of exploitation to the building lobby"
Ringing in the trams
The Union ministry of surface transport is hardselling trams as the answer to the terrible traffic snarls in Indian cities
Lesson planning
A recent report says highly unpredictable form of urban growth in the South is razing down traffic planning attempts
More vehicles coming into Delhi from other states in 2018 compared to 2009: Report
Standing Committee on Home Affairs calls for formulating policy to regulate the entry of inbound traffic and ensuring smooth exit of outbound traffic
Building new roads does not solve traffic congestion, analysis finds
Arterial roads, which were built with the purpose of removing congestion, have worsened the traffic speeds across Delhi-NCR
An earful of high decibels
As the rumble of traffic in the Capital gets louder, experts come up with various ways to clear the clatter
For Tamil Nadu voters traffic congestion, water and pollution high on priority list
Better employment opportunities, lower food prices and facility for cyclists and pedestrians were also among the top priorities for voters
Tissue transplant: by whose consent?
The removal of the corneas from the body of an accident victim in France, shocked the public and exposed the legal and ethical failings of the …
'Scoot'ing for green lights on Delhi's roads
Policemen are trying to import software which will bring order to the chaos that is traffic in the Capital
Reaching for the Skies
New Delhi has become the hub of the burgeoning air traffic in Asia. But does it have the mathematical precision to avoid traffic snarls in the air?
Highways of death
High risk levels and pathetically inadequate disaster management plans tar Indian roads as danger zones
The riddle of mobility
URBAN TRANSPORT, ENVIRONMENT AND EQUITY: THE CASE FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES By Eduardo A . Vaconcellos . 333 pages . 2001 . Earthscan …
Road Accidents in India: No way for pedestrians, cyclists
On World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, let’s take a look at how road accidents decreased but more people died in them
‘Our main concern is to stop on-street parking on some Gurgaon corridors’
Bharti Arora, Joint Commissioner, Traffic, Gurgaon, is the brain behind city’s car-free day initiative. She talks about how the …
Paying with lives for free parking
Blood bath over parking has not influenced the politics of the city to deliver on the right principles
Sending right signals
High optical efficiency and monochromatic light give light-emitting diodes an edge over conventional traffic lights in saving a lot of energy
Massive exercise underway to map air pollution sources in Delhi
A group of scientists and students are braving heat and dust this summer in the national capital to map all possible sources of air pollution
