Tag Archives : Traffic

The intelligent traffic lights system

The intelligent traffic lights system

In an article also in process of publication, two European researchers have a new way of managing the traffic lights in major cities, where they make decisions on their own and communicate with each other. According to the website Alpha Galileo, the United States alone due to delays in transit can cost $ 100 billion every year, generating even wasting [...]
Road Sleigh: `Feel’ Free Ride With Concept Electric Flexi-Car

Road Sleigh: `Feel’ Free Ride With Concept Electric Flexi-Car

It is an electric car, but looks so much like a sleigh you may actually imagine your road to be snow-laden. French Designer Thomas Boulanger has designed the three-wheeler car to help provide a safe and eco-friendly means to commute on cramped city roads. Such stream-lined designs have been part of innovations in eco-technology among automobiles a lot [...]
Indian Public Transport: How Many More Deaths Will It Take For an Over Haul?

Indian Public Transport: How Many More Deaths Will It Take For an Over Haul?

All metros in India face a dearth of proper safe public transport system. Commuters have no choice but to take risks and avail cheapest, sub standard and highly unsafe mode of transport every day. Every day hundreds are killed in road, train accidents but yet complete overhaul of the system does not figure in any political or administrative agenda. On [...]
Easy Glider, One Whacky Yet Novel Invention

Easy Glider, One Whacky Yet Novel Invention

Agreed. The sight of it might seem unbelievable but fact is, the Easy Glider is all set to provide commuters with an all new travelling experience that is super safe too. Isn’t it the bane of modern times that every road in a metro or developing city is crammed with more and more traffic? And safety is an important concern that gets affected [...]
Retractable Bumps for Speed Breakers

Retractable Bumps for Speed Breakers

Every time I drive, I end up speeding and when I hit the speed bumps, my bones rattle and that definitely isn’t a great feeling. In fact I just don’t enjoy when I hit the speed bumps. Designers Jae-yun Kim & Jong-Su Lee have created bumps which are based on retractors. These speed bumps sense if the car is slow and if it is, the driver [...]