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July 12, 2012
Vehicle GPS provider TomTom is revealing details of a study into traffic congestion it had carried out across Europe. This quarterly Congestion Index…
July 12, 2012
A partnership between AirSage and Citilabs has announced Cube Cloud, which is claimed to be the world’s first cloud-based traffic analytics solution…
July 12, 2012
IRF's Washington Programme Centre provides an update on some latest developments in the 2010 Budget plan There has been further recent action from…
July 12, 2012
Fifty local councils in England saw more than a ten per cent increase in killed and seriously injured (KSI) crash rates between 2010 and 2011,…
July 12, 2012
The UK Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has appointed Dr Howard Robinson as its new chief executive, taking over the role from retiring…
July 12, 2012
Following the adoption yesterday of the European Commission's proposals to reduce CO2 emissions from cars and vans, the European Automobile…
July 12, 2012
A series of key road and highway projects will boost China’s network. A series of rural roads will be constructed in Tibet autonomous region, with…
July 12, 2012
The newly-opened High Orchard Bridge in Gloucester, south-west England, links the city's inner relief road to the new south-west bypass and provides…
July 12, 2012
A major road building programme is expected in Peru in due course. The country’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) in Peru is planning…
July 12, 2012
Major cost reductions are being seen on some key highway projects in Russia including the new ring road project in St Petersburg, where the reduction…
July 12, 2012
Nynas is investing nearly €2.7 million in new research and development facilities at the company's refinery in Nynäshamn. This investment forms part…
July 12, 2012
A very different road safety picture is emerging in two European nations, France and Germany. In France, the road fatality rate fell 4.7% for the…
July 12, 2012
Tunnel workers have now connected the two bores for the new highway linking Albania with Kosovo. The 5.6km tunnel forms part of the Rreshen-Kalimash…
July 12, 2012
Port connections and infrastructure will be improved in the Chinese city of Yichang, following completion of a series of projects now underway. The…
July 12, 2012
In Spain the authorities in the Castilla y Leon region are planning to invest €1.21 billion in the construction of 15 highways up until 2020. As part…
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