Since we don't have any such thing in India, we need to know the global safety standards and ensure that these technology companies are following it,” a senior transport ministry official said. “Even for the pilot project, passenger safety is paramount,” the transport ministry official added.The ministry of road transport and highways sought the approval of Niti Aayog to experiment and introduce six latest mass rapid transportation technologies. These technologies include metrino, stadler buses, hyperloop, pod taxis, hybrid buses and freight rail road.The new technologies are being explored as current public transportation is unable to resolve the increasing traffic crisis in the country. “Something like metrino (pod taxis) is almost one tenth of the cost of the metro, so there's a cost advantage as well. We do need to thoroughly probe the safety and other features of the new technology on offer that is expected to vastly improve speeds and efficiency.

Source: Economic Times July 26, 2017 17:32 UTC