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The Czech capital Prague has been chosen to host the headquarters of Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation programme which is expected to begin initial services in 2014 with a limited number of satellites.

Sri Lanka’s roads continue to present high risks for users. This past weekend, 17 people were killed due to road accidents between 6.00am on Saturday 28th January and 6.00am on Monday 30th January.

An imminent €500million plus cash injection into Northern Ireland transport infrastructure will lead to lower fuel costs, quicker journey times and greater overseas investment, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA).

Mexico's federal tolling authority, RFID technology specialist Sirit, and Axiompass, an integrator and supplier of tolling equipment and RFID systems, have announced they have successfully installed the first toll-free system for residents in the country using Sirit RFID readers.

Boomerang Systems, a designer and manufacturer of automated robotic parking and self-storage systems, has been contracted to supply 249 parking spaces utilising its RoboticValet parking system in the Metropolitan Project in Atlantic City,

The EU-funded 'Golden Ice' project has demonstrated a new EGNOS-guided system for safer, more economical and more ecologically responsible salt distribution on winter roads.

Up to 10,000 Belgian construction jobs could be lost after tax deductions for roof insulations are abolished, according to Confédération Construction (CC).

Developments in air-conditioning technology could help boost the range of electric vehicles. Studies suggest that ancillary units such as air-conditioning can impact on the range of electric vehicles.

According to information obtained by Handelsblatt, a German daily newspaper, the German Federal Government and the Toll Collect consortium of Daimler, Deutsche Telekom and Cofiroute have largely agreed on a contract to extend the HGV motorway toll to about 1,000 km of four-lane federal roads with effect from 1 August 2012.

Barbara W Reese, former deputy secretary of transportation for Virginia and CFO of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDoT), has been named a principal consultant in the strategic consulting group of Parsons Brinckerhoff.

CI-Motords, a scooter and motorcycle users pressure group in Switzerland, has called for the right of freely choosing modes of transport to become part of the constitution.

Telvent GIT has been awarded a contract by the Transcity JV, with Brisbane City Council as the end customer, to implement the ITS for Legacy Way (formerly Northern Link) in Australia.

A Chinese contractor is to build a major expressway link in Nigeria.

The 400km stretch of A9 autobahn connecting the German cities of Munich and Leipzig looks likely to be one of the first major highway links in Europe with charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.