November 22, 2013
UK drivers using mobile phones will face a police crackdown, after it emerged that 575,000 were prosecuted for using a handset whilst driving or…
November 22, 2013
A consortium led by the European construction group Strabag has signed the €178 million contract to build the 10.4km long section of the R2…
November 22, 2013
Major Polish transport projects connected to the TEN-T transport network and the Connecting Europe programme are to receive €4 billion of European…
November 22, 2013
Wiener Linien, a public transport operator in Vienna, Austria, is to carry out a research project in cooperation with SLR Engineering and the…
November 22, 2013
The transport corridor created by the Transistmico project, linking the port of Coatzacoalcos (Veracruz) with Salina Cruz (Oaxaca) in Mexico, should…
November 22, 2013
The International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD, an intergovernmental organisation for the transport sector with 54 member countries, is calling…
November 19, 2013
Martin Weissburg has been appointed new president of Volvo Construction Equipment. The 51-year-old is currently president of the Volvo Group’s…
November 15, 2013
The Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) this week held its 16th and largest annual conference at Eastwood Hall in Nottingham, England. Under the…
November 15, 2013
Guatemala is to negotiate a loan of US$400 million with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) to develop rural roads. The loan…
November 15, 2013
Vietnam received around US$2.07 trillion (PHP90 trillion) between 2011 and 2013 from private investors for major transport infrastructure projects,…
November 15, 2013
Delcan, the Canadian multi-disciplinary engineering, planning, management and technology firm, has won the Global Road Achievement Award (GRAA) for…
November 15, 2013
The Chinese Exim Bank is providing much of the funding for two highway projects in Macedonia. The construction work will be carried out by a Chinese…
November 15, 2013
A new development looks set to offer an efficient alternative to lithium ion batteries for use in electric vehicles (EVs). At present the current…
November 15, 2013
Work is starting in Nepal on a new tunnel project worth some US$347 million. The new tunnel forms part of the 58km route between Hetauda and…
November 15, 2013
According to market analysis by global advisory firm KPMG, the value of global transactions in the transport infrastructure sector has risen steeply…
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