Draft Karnataka Active Mobility Bill, 2021
The government is preparing a first-of-its-kind bill offering protection to pedestrians and cyclists, which will also ensure their rights in all cities of Karnataka. The Directorate of Urban Land transport
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Drivers fume as Paris turns right bank of Seine into park
Paris plans to turn a stretch of highway on the right bank of the river Seine into a pedestrian zone in an attempt to reduce pollution despite protests from drivers. Every Sunday and for much of the
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Unreal licence test: 235 pedestrian deaths recorded in Hyderabad
RTA’s driving licence test checks only 3 of 24 parameters listed in MV Act. Hyderabad: Hyderabad has recorded 235 pedestrian deaths up to July 2016, compared to 455 in all of 2015 and 420 in 2014.
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Strictly implement noise pollution rules during fests, Bombay High Court tells state
You may get to enjoy comparatively lesser noise during the forthcoming festivals. The Bombay High Court has asked the state government to strictly implement the noise pollution rules and has held that
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Official government statistics of road traffic deaths in India under-represent pedestrians and motorised two wheeler riders
<p>Reliable data on traffic deaths are important for planning road safety programmes and evaluating progress. Although pedestrians comprise approximately 40% of traffic deaths in low-income and middle-income
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Pedestrian safety score may be must for new car models
The government will ask auto companies to equip all their future car models with frontal protection system to reduce the number of road fatalities in the event of a front-end collision with a pedestrian.
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HC orders restoration of broken footpaths on a war footing
KOCHI: Expressing concern over the inordinate delay in repairing damaged footpaths in the city, the Kerala High Court on Monday observed that pedestrians struggling to walk on footpaths had become a
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The BRT Standard 2016
The BRT Standard is the centerpiece of a global effort by leaders in bus transportation design to establish a common definition of bus rapid transit (BRT) and ensure that BRT systems more uniformly deliver
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Unruly traffic: Panel advises arrest for pavement parking
Not In Favour Of Signal-Free Corridors, Unnecessary Flyovers In what could come as a big relief to lakhs of pedestrians in Delhi, who are forced to walk on the main road risking their lives, a central
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IRF urges India to sign Vienna convention on road safety
Global road safety body IRF has urged India to become a signatory to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic (1968) and be on par with international standards in this area. In a letter to Road Transport
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NGO gives suggestions on parking lots and parking charges to Pune Municipal Corporation
Multistorey public parking lots should not be located in congested areas and core city areas, but on outskirts of such areas, NGO Pedestrians First has said. Convener of Pedestrians First, Prashant