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US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has expressed doubts that the reauthorisation bill will be passed in the current session of Congress, according to the Innovation Briefs report by Ken Orski.

Siim Kallas, VP of the European Commission and commissioner for transport, and Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the EC and Singapore on co-operation in the field of ITS.

BAE Systems and Caterpillar have signed a long-term supply agreement to collaborate on an energy efficient parallel hybrid propulsion system for heavy-duty trucks.

The US city of San Francisco, and Medellin, Colombia have been declared the winners of the 8th annual Sustainable Transport Award by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy.

Nine people have been honoured for their outstanding transport research and education work in the United States. The Council of University Transportation Centres (CUTC) presented awards to the students, educators and transport officials at the 15th Annual CUTC Awards Banquet held in Washington D.C.

A huge investment by Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport will see over US$5 billion spent on the country’s road transport infrastructure by 2020.

NIS Glonass, Russia's national navigation services provider, and Siemens have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate and implement navigation and road tolling solutions based on Glonass, Russia'’s navigation satellite constellation.

An important tunnel project is being put forward for the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Golden River Traffic, part of Clearview Traffic Group, has renewed a five year contract with Sheppey Route Limited to maintain the road traffic monitoring system on the A249 Stockbury to Sheerness, in the UK.

New powers to help UK councils cut the disruption caused by road works, estimated to cost US$6.3 billion a year, have been announced by Transport Minister Norman Baker.

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,