While BharatBenz buses are sold and registered across India, surprisingly an issue has come out from the state of Kerala. Citing safety and non compliance to regulations, a RTO has denied registration of a…
The need was felt to specially address the requirements pertaining to school buses, giving importance to the safety of school children, and so a specific standard related to school buses were released by ARAI….
Former Ministry of Surface Transport now called Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, requested the CMVR-Technical Standing Committee to frame requisite guidelines on Standardization of the Bus Body during early 2000. A Sub-Committee…
Sleeper Buses are becoming one of the preferred choice for Intercity bus transportation. Though Volvo, Scania and Mercedes are yet to offer to fully built sleeper buses, they are somehow been built, registered as…
Ten years back, there wasn’t JNnurm funds for bus procurement, Urban Bus Specification wasn’t formed, there was nothing called AIS 052. But there was a need for fully built buses, and Tata motors understood…
Background The long distance Intercity bus market is basically divided into two, one is Premium segment with a TIV of around 800 to 1000 nos, completely dominated by global bus giants like Volvo, Mercedes…
Bus Body Code Beginning The Code of Practice for Bus body Design and Approval – AIS 052 was first discussed in the 10th CMVR-Technical Standing Committee meeting held on July 5 and 6, 2001….
Volvo, a name not just synonymous with Luxury but was forefront in bringing new technologies and features way beyond what is been mandated by laws. ABS, Front Under run Protection systems, ECAS are few…