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New technologies for high speed roads
The use of high performance materials, green technologies and new materials for faster maintenance needs due consideration and awareness.
Licensed to loot
The Indian road transport sector, which accounts for the movement of around 65 per cent of goods across the nation, needs reforms and e-governance to make passage of vehicles hassle free across the co...
Zero carbon mobility: Cycling in urban India
Environmental and socio-economic concerns demand that the shift fom cycling to motorised two and four wheelers must not go unchecked.
Policy Changes May Green Heavy Vehicles
Transport companies and state transport corporations are unwilling to adopt alternatives to diesel, like the bio ethanol mix and CNG usage for mass transport.
Why railways is losing to roadways
The Indian railways have consistently lost out to roads as the preferred mode for goods and passenger movement across the country over the last few decades. The railways have failed to respond to the...
Innovations in the rail sector
The roll-on roll-off service, which completed 15 years in 2014, is an innovative tie up between the road and rail sector. Also of interest is the dedicated freight corridors, a promising expansion pla...
Hindrances to the carriers of our economy
Unscientific methods of toll collection is facing resistance by transporters in several Indian states. Technology usage can ensure transparency as well as better collection.
NH 66: Development vs Environment
Destruction of mangrove forests, encroachment of the sea coast, massive uprooting of trees and displacement of people without a rehabilitation plan are some of the issues of the NH-66 road widening pr...
Community Based Disaster Management
If the capacity of a community to face the perceived disasters is developed before the specialised responders arrive, many lives could be easily saved and infrastructural losses minimised.
Evaluating Catastrophe Insurance
The utility of disaster insurance, a relatively new concept for India, is still being debated. This insurance would perhaps be useful only if a foundation is laid for a social and physical disaster mi...