Many of India's pedestrian crossings have been criticised for not actually leading anywhere. this particular crossing ends against a landscaped and fenced-in traffic island. Photo courtesy of World Highways reader BK Roy.
March 14, 2012
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Many of India's pedestrian crossings have been criticised for not actually leading anywhere. this particular crossing ends against a landscaped and fenced-in traffic island. Photo courtesy of World Highways reader BK Roy.
Construction software developer HCSS has introduced a suite of new mobile applications for collecting and reviewing data on construction field operations. The apps by the US firm can be run anywhere using iPhones, iPads and Android-based phones and tablets. With just a few swipes on a mobile device, contractors can record an entire time card including diaries, photographs and cost-coded employee and equipment hours, as well as production quantities.
India's growth rate is the envy of the world, and its infrastructure is rapidly improving, but its road safety record is the world's worst. Patrick Smith reports on a conference aimed at finding answers to the problems Ambling through the gardens and marble magnificence that is the Taj Mahal or gazing down on the city of Jaipur from the hilltop Jaigarh Fort is far removed from the world outside.
Police in the Chinese city of Shanghai are using naming and shaming tactics to try and prevent pedestrians, moped riders and cyclists from breaking traffic rules. The police are filming and photographing key intersections and will publish photos and videos of jaywalkers in newspapers and on a special TV channel set up for the purpose. However some human rights lawyers have criticised the scheme, saying that public humiliation is too great a punishment for the offence.
