In a step to make it free of congestion, Thane has come up with a citywide hybrid simulation model for managing vehicular traffic. The entire traffic network of the city will be mapped and modelled digitally. This would help agencies to plan, execute and monitor traffic more efficiently, Thane Municipal Corporation said in an official release here today. The model has been jointly developed by Medulla Soft Technologies Pvt Ltd India (MST) and Transport Simulation Systems Spain (TSS). MST-TSS CEO Shantanu Sharma today submitted the final report of the model to Thane Municipal Commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal and Mayor Sanjay More. On the occasion, Jaiswal said this will help in realising the dream of a walkable Thane and smart mobility in the city. The Mayor said that such exercises will help Thane to be recognised as a world class city.
With a view to easing the flow of pedestrian traffic and reduce its interface with vehicular traffic in South Mumbai, the Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU), along with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, has started a threemonth virtual observation of traffic movement in the densely populated southern tip of the island city. Based on the observations recorded, the BMC will undertake appropriate steps in coordination with other agencies, such as the Mumbai Traffic Police and MMRDA. The project commissioned by MTSU director B C Khatua on February 27 was given to Delhi-based Medulla Soft, which will carry out the virtual simulation. The project is being funded by the BMC. Shantanu Sharma, CEO of the company, said the idea was to understand the situation by means of recording happenings.
The Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), 135 Km road dedicated to the nation brought much needed relief to the national capital Delhi. It is indeed a sense of achievement and fulfilment for the government and all the five construction agencies engaged for completion of this crucial project in 500 working days The national capital of India emerged as the biggest beneficiary of the Eastern Peripheral Expressway project on two major grounds i.e
Thane Municipal Corporation is mulling to install a monitoring device on all new Kalva bridge in Thane, Mumbai to helo alert about any structural weakening in the constructions and take timely coercive action. The sensors in the system will detect minor structural changes in the bridge and warn officials about defects to ensure timely repairs.
Medulla-Soft Technologies Pvt Ltd takes pride in announcing inauguration of our ‘VR Based Driving Simulators’ for Light Motor Vehicle (LMV) and Heavy Motor Vehicle (HMV) by Honourable Minister of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Shri Nitinji Gadkari at Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT), Pune.
This inauguration event took place in presence of Shri Sanket Ji Bhondve IAS (Joint Secretary, MeitY), Shri Anurag Jain IAS (Secretary, Morth and President ASRTU), Shri Shekhar Channe IAS (VC&MD MSRTC and VP ASRTU) and Dr T Surya Kiran (ED ASRTU & Director CIRT).
This is a collaborative research program with University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia and Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT) under the guidance from Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH).
These VR driving simulators can be used for many purposes, including driver training and licensing, testing proposed design of road and infrastructure, and studying human factors analysis of drivers’ behaviour in different situation. It also helps in road safety research, pricing & policy and multi-modal integration of road users.
The main benefit of using driving simulator is that it can provide a safe platform to test drivers. If unfortunate things happen, such as a crash, there is no physical harm to participants. Therefore, it is also an excellent platform for testing new vehicle technology before they are implemented in the real world, such as automated vehicle. The platform is highly flexible and customized that offers different weather conditions, time of day/night, and traffic conditions along with driving scenarios like city, highway and hills which usually exists in India. These are also equipped to adopt various vehicle types like car, SUV, truck, bus and motorcycle along with bicycle and pedestrians.
We sincerely thank Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT), University of New South Wales (UNSW) for envisaging and supporting such research programs and implementing technology-based solutions to improve driver trainings, licensing and road safety.
We would also take this opportunity to thank Prof. Vinayak Dixit (Director, Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI, UNSW)) and Shri Shantanu Sharma (CEO-Medulla-Soft Technologies Pvt Ltd) for their consistent support and cooperation.
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