The Union Cabinet recently approved the setting up of the National Capital Region Transport Corporation Limited (NCRTC), which will implement the RRTS projects in the NCR.
Congested roads, inconvenient travelling options, high levels of pollution and an overburdened national Capital. The Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), which is aimed at better connectivity within the Capital Region, is expected to change all of that.
The system, expected to become operational by 2016, promises high-speed trains running at an interval of five to six minutes, reducing travel time and ensuring comfort for thousands of commuters who travel between Delhi and the neighbouring States. Connecting Delhi with Panipat, Alwar and Meerut in the first phase, the RRTS is finally taking shape.
Naini Jayaseelan, Member Secretary of the NCR Planning Board said, "There is only so much land available for expanding the road infrastructure. Besides, the population and numbers of commuters who travel between Delhi and the NCR are on the rise and we have to have the wherewithal to cater to the increasing rush. Roads, highways and flyovers cannot meet the carrying capacity of an RRTS, it is a system with multiple benefits." More info
HIGH SPEED RAIL IN AFRICA
Rail infrastructural development experts from West African countries have met to discuss modalities to implement the West Coast Speed-Rail Project aimed at addressing transportation deficiencies.
Broadly, the project is to transform the Region's transportation system by launching new high speed passenger and goods rail services. It is also to facilitate major industrialization of countries, improve transportation of agricultural produce, and create immediate political awareness for further economic emancipation of the people.
A team of consultants has been assembled by Hammcobtb Engineering International Incorporation-Canada to initiate a design, construction specifications and implement a fast rail route for the West Coast of Africa. The Country's representative Dr. Dzegbla expressed the hope that delegates would come up with a firm resolution to realize the project and to enable the sub-region meet its transportation needs.
Chief Obaga Idow from Nigeria called on Heads of West African states to remain committed to the implementation of the project in order to ease myriad transportation difficulties hindering economic development. More info
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REPUBLICAN CASE FOR CLIMATE ACTION
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From four former EPA Administrators...
William D. Ruckelshaus, Lee M. Thomas, William K. Reilly and Christine Todd Whitman:
"EACH of us took turns over the past 43 years running the Environmental Protection Agency. We served Republican presidents, but we have a message that transcends political affiliation: the United States must move now on substantive steps to curb climate change, at home and internationally.
There is no longer any credible scientific debate about the basic facts: our world continues to warm, with the last decade the hottest in modern records, and the deep ocean warming faster than the earth's atmosphere. Sea level is rising. Arctic Sea ice is melting years faster than projected.
The costs of inaction are undeniable. The lines of scientific evidence grow only stronger and more numerous. And the window of time remaining to act is growing smaller: delay could mean that warming becomes "locked in."
A market-based approach, like a carbon tax, would be the best path to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, but that is unachievable in the current political gridlock in Washington. Dealing with this political reality, President Obama's June climate action plan lays out achievable actions that would deliver real progress. He will use his executive powers to require reductions in the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by the nation's power plants and spur increased investment in clean energy technology, which is inarguably the path we must follow to ensure a strong economy along with a livable climate."
" High speed rail is the large scale, comprehensive solution to both climate change and the coming energy crisis," said USHSR President Andy Kunz. "Building a national high speed rail system is the fastest way to solve the climate crisis across America, while also creating millions of jobs and getting everyone back to work." More info
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LA EXPO METRO LINE TO SANTA MONICA - BUILD IT!
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The California Supreme Court has ruled to allow the proposed extension of the Expo Line to Santa Monica to move forward without further delay.
The state high court's decision was a loss for a group of homeowners associations that had argued the project's environmental impact report failed to comply with state law.
The Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority approved the rail line from Culver City to Santa Monica even though the review of traffic and air-quality effects relied on a base line of conditions in the year 2030, but the line segment is scheduled to start operating in 2015.
In the lead opinion, written by Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar and signed by two justices, the court found that agencies generally should do an analysis of a project's effect on existing conditions.
Justice Werdegar wrote that the report's omission was not significant enough to reject the review because an analysis of traffic and air impacts in the transit line's early years of operation would not have produced "substantially different" information. More info
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Škoda Transportation to deliver push-pull trains to Deutsche Bahn
Czech Republic-based locomotive maker Škoda Transportation has secured a contract worth €110m to supply six modern push-pull trains to DB Regio, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn (DB).
Siemens to deploy station management system for Hong Kong's East-West Line
Siemens has received a €30m contract from Hong Kong's metro operator MTR for the delivery of IT and communication technology for the East-West Line.
Atkins selected as engineering consultant for Los Angeles metro expansion
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) in California, US, has selected Atkins to serve as a general engineering consultant (GEC) to support the rail network's operations, maintenance and expansion plans.
Willesden Junction station in London undergoes station refurbishment
Willesden Junction station in north-west London, UK, has been upgraded to strengthen safety and security for passengers.
CER - The Voice of European Railways
Public services and railways:
How can competition benefit passengers?
Tuesday, 3 September 2013 - 11:00-13:00
Co-organised with the European Economic and Social Committee
Rue van Maerlant 2 - 1040 Brussels
VMA building, room VM3
Keynote speech by MEP Isabelle Durant (Greens/EFA, BE)
The Fourth Railway Package is the last legislative proposal aiming at opening up the domestic rail passenger market. It is composed of three pillars addressing the remaining shortcomings of the Single European Railway Area.
This event will focus on the Public Service Obligation (PSO) Regulation reform. Indeed, more than 80% of all EU rail passenger services, addressing the majority of passengers' needs, fall under a PSO.
This debate will bring together three of the main rapporteurs on this dossier: André MORDANT (European Economic and Social Committee, BE), Pascal MANGIN (Committee of the Regions, EPP, FR) and MEP Mathieu GROSCH (EPP, BE), rapporteur for the proposal to amend Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007. Views from all stakeholders will be discussed, from citizens to the business sector, and from the authorities putting the PSO in place to the member states.
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