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August 30, 2013
Scottish Roads Partnership (SRP) has been announced as preferred bidder for the design, construction, financing and operation of a major…
August 29, 2013
Ian Webb is taking over as director general of the IRF Geneva Programme Centre. This is a six month appointment and involves continuing the…
August 29, 2013
Problem tyres played a role in nearly 15% of fatal passenger car and van accidents in Finland from 2000-2009, based on the accident database kept by…
August 29, 2013
Poland is to benefit from a €17.5 billion investment in its transport infrastructure from 2014-2020, according to the country’s Deputy Minister for…
August 29, 2013
The Algerian Minister of Public Works, Amar Ghoul, has called for the swift completion of studies related to the building of a new 220km motorway…
August 29, 2013
Problem tyres played a role in nearly 15% of fatal passenger car and van accidents in Finland from 2000-2009, based on the accident database kept by…
August 29, 2013
Nissan is working on an innovative intelligent vehicle technology it calls autonomous drive. The company believes it can make this ready for the…
August 29, 2013
A new highway in Ethiopia will provide a key link for the country’s future economic development. The 218km Modjo-Hassan highway is expected to cost…
August 29, 2013
A new highway will connect Cameroon’s key cities of Doula and Yaoundé. The 215km highway will be constructed by the Chinese contractor China First…
August 29, 2013
Estonia-based TMB (formerly Tartu Maja Betoontooted), one of the leading producers of precast reinforced concrete elements in the Baltic states, is…
August 29, 2013
Republican Congressman Bill Shuster has told a gathering of public and private sector leaders that improving and maintaining the American transport…
August 29, 2013
The Smart Transport market is forecast to rise at a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 23.6% to US$102.31 billion between 2013 and 2018, according…
August 29, 2013
A new panel has been created in support of the €2.28 billion (CHF 2.8 billion) plan to build a new road tunnel alongside Switzerland’s Gotthard…
August 29, 2013
Liebherr has started building a new components development and manufacturing plant in Biberach an der Riss (Baden-Württemberg) in southern Germany.…
August 28, 2013
A new strategy aimed at reducing pedestrian deaths is being introduced in the US. The move was introduced by US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx…
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