Congestion

Call your MLA: Activists find innovative ways to oppose steel flyover in Bengaluru

Protest against Karnataka government's steel flyover in Bengaluru is set to pick up momentum as activist plan to spread the word against it through a series of online and offline campaigns

Google Maps acquires city traffic data analytics startup, Urban Engines

Urban Engines, a data analytics platform for tracking the flow of people and vehicles in urban areas, has just been acquired by Google Maps.

Every 3rd Air India flight was delayed at Mumbai: Why congestion is hurting all airlines

Every third Air India flight taking off from Mumbai airport last month was delayed. Though Air India is hardly the benchmark for on-time performance by India’s airlines, private airlines too witnessed delays at Mumbai.

Decongesting Mumbai: Loopholes remain in building height-road width formula

The indiscriminate redevelopment without attending to the general area in which they are taken up has messed up Mumbai.

A solution to Delhi's pollution problem: Here are the findings of #FirstpostAsksDelhi on the Odd-Even Formula

Here are a few steps that need urgent attention if we are serious about decongesting Indian cities.

Mumbai to get elevated train corridor to reduce congestion, says Suresh Prabhu

In a bid to decongest the suburban railways in Mumbai, the railway ministry has proposed two major elevated roads from Churchgate to Virar and CST to Panvel.

Analytics is the telecom traffic jam saviour. Are telcos listening?

Technology is not the inhibitor of telecom traffic jams; it is our inability to leverage this technology - and marry it to analytics - that is the principal culprit.