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Panic button and Vehicle Tracking System now must on new buses, taxis in Mumbai
The Central government has made it mandatory for all new vehicles plying as public transport to have these facilities to ensure passenger safety. Mumbai’s transport department has started cracking the whip on new vehicles used in public transport, to ensure…
Panic buttons installed in Govt buses as women’s safety aid
The alarm will alert other passengers and also those on the BMTC has signed an MOU with Durga, a citizen organisation to install panic buttons or Durga alarms in buses. In a bid to make public transportation safer for women. Where…
PM Modi unveils three new metro corridors in Maharashtra
Out of these, two corridors of Mumbai Metro Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan Metro-5 and Dahisar East-Meera Bhayandar Metro-9 and another one of Pune Metro Phase III. PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of three metro corridors and promised to bring more than 275…
Track your bus for free as GPS feeds go live
Very soon, Delhi commuters will be able to find out the exact position and expected time of arrival of their bus at the bus stop. Delhi government is going to open the transit data of buses, including live GPS feeds….
BMTC: Monthly passes to go digital soon
On November 1, CE reported that the integration with monthly passes for all Bengaluru buses would be done in a month. By the end of this year, the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) commuters will be able to purchase monthly…
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