December 8, 2014
A study carried out in Argentina by NGO Luchemos por la Vida reveals that female drivers are safer than male drivers. The study was based on data…
December 4, 2014
Simply banning cars in parts of major cities will not necessarily greatly improve the air quality over time, a new report has found. The answer for…
December 4, 2014
The Slovak Finance Ministry has confirmed that it has earmarked two projects for which it will apply to the EU for funds from the newly created…
December 4, 2014
Construction work started in November on the last part of the Trans-Sahara Highway connecting the Algerian capital Algiers to the Nigerian capital…
December 4, 2014
Changes to the third stage of the planned WestConnex motorway have been announced by Duncan Gay, Roads Minister of Australia’s New South Wales state…
December 4, 2014
The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) is approving a loan worth US$105 million for Paraguay. The loan will cover work along San Juan Nepomuceno…
December 4, 2014
A new report from IDTechEx Research highlights the value of electric vehicle range extenders. This business segment could be worth some $125 billion…
December 4, 2014
In Serbia construction work is on track for the Zemun-Borca road project. The new road link should be open to traffic by the end of 2014. The cost of…
December 4, 2014
Serbia is on schedule with its construction programme for highways and roads. The country looks set to have completed 64km of highways and 15km of…
December 4, 2014
The Polish town of Marki is to benefit from a new 15km ring road, which will be constructed by a consortium comprising the contractors Astaldi and…
December 4, 2014
In the Philippines a new road connection forms part of a wider plan to upgrade the key Subic Bay Port. The work is being planned by the Subic Bay…
December 4, 2014
The Mexican Government says it has managed to boost road investment in 2014, compared with 2013. According to the Secretariat of Communications and…
December 4, 2014
The Moroccan Government is setting a healthy budget for road maintenance during 2015. The budget has been set at some US$486.2 million in 2015,…
December 4, 2014
Thailand’s government is planning to spend nearly US$25 billion in ten years from 2016 on overhauling Thailand’s road and rail transport…
December 3, 2014
Preliminary figures for deaths and serious injuries suggest a worrying increase in casualty rates for the EU’s three largest countries. The data…
catfish1