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April 26, 2012
Capita Symonds’ Technology team has been appointed by the UK’s Highways Agency (HA) to provide three regional training venues which will ensure that…
April 26, 2012
The world's leading manufacturers of heavy-duty commercial trucks and engines have called for further progress in regulatory harmonisation and closer…
April 26, 2012
Dutch technical services provider Imtech has announced it has been awarded contracts totalling US$48.25 million in the fields of traffic…
April 26, 2012
The 2012 Transport Achievement Award Call for Applications has now been launched in Paris. This forms part of the run-up to the International…
April 26, 2012
PLN 26.4billion (US$7.6billion) was spent on new roads in Poland in 2011, according to a report prepared by the Polish General Directorate for…
April 26, 2012
The Chilean authorities have had to re-launch the tender process for the 187km La Serena – Vallenar highway project. A consortium, Azvi-Copasa,…
April 26, 2012
An innovative future fuel source could be provided by bacteria, according to researchers working with the US Department of Energy (DOE). Strains of…
April 26, 2012
Sustained public information campaigns on road safety can play a crucial role in reducing road fatalities on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) roads,…
April 26, 2012
The Kosovan Government has ambitious plans and aims to have finished building the new Route 6 highway linking with Macedonia as well as rebuilding…
April 26, 2012
An announcement is due shortly with regard to the Corridor Vc highway in Bosnia. Several talks have been held with Turkish companies for the…
April 26, 2012
Slovakia had received €979million (US$1.28billion) from the European Commission's Operational Programme Transport (OPD) by the end of November 2011,…
April 26, 2012
Plans are in hand in Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar for a series of road and bridge projects that will improve the city’s connectivity with the rest…
April 26, 2012
The local authorities in China's Sichuan Province are planning a massive expansion and improvement programme targeted at rural roads. Over US$12.7…
April 26, 2012
The latest official statistics from the US on road accidents show that fatality levels on the nation's roads have dropped to the lowest figures seen…
April 26, 2012
The annual societal cost of traffic crashes is $299.5 billion, more than three times the $97.7 billion cost of congestion, according to a report…
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