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November 16, 2015
A loan from the World Bank (WB) will help fund repair work to a key road link in Bolivia. The US$225 million loan will be used to improve roads in…
November 16, 2015
Brazil’s road death rate could be reduced with safer vehicles. This has been highlighted by a new research report from the UK’s Transport Research…
November 16, 2015
A new road safety strategy for powered two wheelers in Europe has been set out jointly following discussions. The results of analysis have been set…
November 13, 2015
London requires a radical new strategy to delivering the transportation development the city will need to cope with its fast growing population.…
November 13, 2015
The planning of strategic highways in England is locked into a two-tier mentality that is not good for the economy or for society. It is time to…
November 13, 2015
Work is now underway on a new highway in Mexico’s Baja California State. The Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transport (SCT) has invested…
November 13, 2015
Poland’s road authority GDDKiA has signed 13 road deals and has secured European financing worth a combined total of €1.91 billion. These works are…
November 13, 2015
Financing from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) will help develop Tunisia’s road network. A 34 year loan worth nearly…
November 12, 2015
God willing, two nuns in northern Slovakia caught on camera speeding managed to get home, or to the church, safely and on time. The sister,…
November 12, 2015
Italian global infrastructure group Salini Impregilo has agreed to buy 100% of Lane Industries, an American highways contractor and the “top private…
November 12, 2015
A wheelchair user was recently caught hitching a ride up a hill in the Brazilian city of Salvador. It’s slow progress, as the video shows, and care…
November 12, 2015
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) will consider approval of seven Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects, two of them…
November 12, 2015
French construction group Vinci has been named preferred bidder for construction and operation of the previously canceled western motorway bypass in…
November 12, 2015
A series of major highway and road projects have been proposed for Vietnam. Investors have submitted a proposal to build North-South road costing an…
November 12, 2015
Data from the UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) shows that motor vehicle traffic has increased, for the tenth quarter in succession. Motor vehicle…
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