Transport

Traffic management gets tech-savvy

Jagadish Angadi

The deadly mix of mounting vehicular traffic, diversions galore due to the ongoing Metro Rail work and unceasing violations had Bangalore roads in a tizzy. Here

Publication Date: 
29/12/2009
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Transport, Urban Transport, Traffic Accidents, Karnataka, Bangalore (T)
Transport

GIS-based system to help reduce fatal road accidents

CHENNAI: Traffic management efforts in the State received a boost with the launch of the Road Accident Data Management System (RADMS) here on Monday. It has a database of real time, usable data that can help in reducing the number of fatal accidents.

Publication Date: 
22/12/2009
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Transport, Traffic Accidents, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Tamil Nadu, Chennai (T)
Transport

Urban transport and public health

How about low-emission vehicles and more active travel like walking and cycling? (Editorial)

Publication Date: 
19/12/2009
Economic and Political Weekly
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51
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Tags:
Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Transport, Urban Transport, Cycles, Walking, Congestion, Traffic Accidents
Transport

Road accidents high in Ernakulam

Rohith Raj K

KOCHI: Road accidents are not accidental. We see many a life lost to speeding buses and rash drivers on the road. Kochi witnesses the violation of traffic rules every day and we are left to wonder why the authorities fail to insist on safety measures.

Publication Date: 
04/12/2009
New Indian Express (Kochi)
Tags:
Transport, Traffic Accidents, Kerala, Ernakulam
Transport

Road traffic crashes: The scourge of UPs cities

Road traffic injuries and deaths are a hidden epidemic in the cities of Uttar Pradesh. With one exception they have among the highest road accident fatalities in India. Despite this, road safety is yet to be a political priority in UP.

Publication Date: 
28/11/2009
Sanjay K Singh
Economic and Political Weekly
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48
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Tags:
Transport, Roads, Urban Roads, Traffic Accidents, Uttar Pradesh, Statistics
Transport

BRT brings down road mishaps

NIDHI SETHI

The much hyped BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) corridor in posh South Delhi, which is believed South Delhi, which is believed to hinder the smooth flow of traffic making you crawl to work is now being considered by experts as "a model road project aimed to bring down road accidents".

Publication Date: 
02/11/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Transport, Public Transport, Urban Transport, High Capacity Bus, Traffic Accidents, Delhi
Transport

Metro to recover Ph-I cost by 2011

Survey By CRRI Takes Into Account Mishaps Avoided And Pollution Curbed
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Publication Date: 
07/10/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Urban Transport, Automobiles, Cars, Metro, Traffic Accidents, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), Delhi
Transport

Urban transport: moving from the 19th century to the 21st century concerns

Most countries in the Commonwealth are involved in planning urban transportation futures to combat climate change. The proposed technical fixes will have little impact unless urban transportation planners resist the move toward infrastructure development that fixes our future to high energy use and CO2 emissions.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
Dinesh Mohan
Commonwealth Secretariat
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Transport, Public Transport, Urban Transport, Mobility Planning, Congestion, Traffic Accidents, India, Delhi, Mumbai, Infrastructure Development
Transport

Dead man walking

Pedestrians have ceased to have a place in urban transport plans in India. (Editorial)

Publication Date: 
15/08/2009
Economic and Political Weekly
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33
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Tags:
Transport, Urban Planning, Urban Transport, Urban Roads, Cars, Walking, Pedestrians, Traffic Accidents, India
Transport

 Road trauma

View image India, China get WHO top ranking for traffic accident deaths Road accidents will become the fifth leading cause of death in the world by 2030. Highlights of the report on 178 countries Over 1.2 million people die and 20-50 million get injured in road accidents every year The number may

Publication Date: 
30/07/2009
Down to Earth
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20090731
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Tags:
Transport, Cycles, Pedestrians, Traffic Accidents, WHO, India, Global, Developing Countries, Statistics, Two Wheelers

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