A technical web talk on Recent Trends in Transport Infrastructure was organized jointly by the Civil Engineering Department and SLNCE Alumni Association, on Sunday 2nd August 2020. The resource person was Shri. Abhishek Patil Sr. Traffic Engineer and Transport Modeler, Parsons, Kingdom of Bahrain. All the students of Civil Engineering attended the web talk online.

The resource person Mr.Abhishek Patil is also Alumini of our Institute. His presentation focused on following points in relation to latest trends in Transportation Planning & Design.

1. Components of Transportation Engineering: Addressed Roads, Rails, Airports and Seaports
2. Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning
3. Types of traffic surveys
4. Bidding process for highways for tolled and un-tolled roads
5. Brief on Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP)
6. Brief on Multi Modal Integration (MMI)
7. Brief on Public Transport (PT)
8. Brief on Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC)
9. Software's used in Transport Planning. The discussion was supplemented by Videos, Software Modules and Design methodologies practiced in Transportation Consultancy Projects.