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May 2013
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First section of M62 managed motorway scheme becomes fully operational
The first stretch of managed motorway in the north of England has gone live after an extended period of testing, a development which is expected to reduce congestion on a section of the M62 in...
Genetec launches new version of AutoVu LPR system for easy parking payments
Genetec, a provider of physical security and public safety equipment, has developed a new Pay-by-Plate Sync feature for AutoVu, its licence plate recognition (LPR) system, to simplify...
Abu Dhabi inaugurates major underground parking facility
The Department of Transport (DoT) in Abu Dhabi has opened the first underground multi-storey parking facility, Mawaqif, in Al Ain City, with an investment of AED100m...
Serco secures major traffic management contract in Virginia
Serco has announced that it has completed final negotiations with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) for a $355m contract to integrate and operate VDOT's transportation...
HRS’ Intellicone Technology to enhance safety, efficiency on UK motorways
Highway Resource Solutions (HRS) has introduced Intellicone - an integrated safety solution for road maintenance contractors and clients, which is being deployed on some stretches of the...
Virginia announces new project to improve major interstates in Hampton Roads
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has announced a $120m project to improve 163 lane miles of I-264 and I-64 in the southside region of Hampton Roads. ...
US highway administration deploys robotic technology to inspect bridge safety
The US Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is deploying a new robot to help examine the safety and structural integrity of concrete bridge decks across the...
CarCharging partners with Nissan to expand EV quick charging network
CarCharging, a US-based provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, is launching a joint initiative with Nissan to increase the availability of EV charging and expand consumer awareness...
New Zealand awards design contract for major underpass
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has awarded engineering consultancy firm Beca a contract to design the Hairini Link Maungatapu underpass....
BLIP Systems and Peek Traffic partner to ease traffic congestion in Sweden
BLIP Systems, a wireless technology company in Denmark, has entered into a strategic partnership with intelligent traffic services provider Peek Traffic to introduce its BlipTrack service in...
Liberia signs major road construction deal with Chinese firm CHICO
The Government of Liberia has signed a $70.9m agreement with Chinese state-owned China Henan International Cooperation Group Co (CHICO) for the construction of the Gbarnga-Ganta-Guinea Border...
Alabama unveils 250 road and bridge improvement programmes in rural counties
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley has unveiled 254 road and bridge revamp projects in the state's rural counties as part of the Rural Assistance Match Program...
Nigerian state awards major road widening contract
The Osun State Government in Nigeria has awarded a major motorway widening contract, worth NGN29.3bn ($185.8m) to RATCON Construction...
IL&FS secures major highway widening contract in India
India-based transportation infrastructure company IL&FS Transportation Networks (ITNL) has signed a new concession agreement with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for a...
California allocates funds for 114 transportations improvement projects
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) in the US has allocated $878m to 114 transportation projects in order to support job growth, ease traffic congestion, and repair aging roads...
Strabag subsidiary to build new section of Poland’s A4 motorway
A consortium of Heilit+Woerner and Budimex has secured a PLN 981m (€236m) contract from Poland's General Directorate for National Roads and Highways to build a section of the A4 motorway...
Scotland shortlists bidders for major bypass project
Transport Scotland, the national transport agency, has shortlisted four bidders for the new £745m road project, the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route...
Gatso receives type approval for traffic camera system in Netherlands
Gatso, a supplier of traffic enforcement cameras, has obtained type approval for its T-Series STATIO combined red-light and speed enforcement camera system from the Netherlands Institute...
Virginia to award contract for transportation operations centers
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has selected Serco to operate the state's five transportation operations centres and manage the Safety Service Patrol, under a six-year...
Australian state allocates funds for first stage of East West Link
The State Government of Victoria in Australia has unveiled plans to build the first stage of the East West Link by 2020, a move which will create 3,200...
Sensys Traffic to supply traffic monitoring systems to Latin America
Sensys Traffic has secured an order to provide speed and red-light enforcement systems to an unnamed customer in Latin...
Real-time traffic information website road.lk launched in Bangladesh
A new traffic information website called road.lk, which uses social media tools and mobile phone technology to help people avoid traffic jams, has launched in...
India approves new major road-widening project
The Government of India is set to launch a Rs31.2bn ($577.7m) road project in the state of West Bengal under Phase II of its National Highways Development Project...
TomTom launches traffic information service in Russia
TomTom has launched its new traffic information service, TomTom Traffic, in...
Swedish researchers develop new integrated charger for EVs
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a new integrated motor drive and battery charger for electric vehicles (EVs) to facilitate cheaper and faster...
Parkmobile unveils enhanced iPhone mobile parking app
Parkmobile USA, a provider of mobile parking payment services, has unveiled its updated app. Available for iPhone and iPad users, the revamped app offers location services to help accelerate...
Park Assist and TKH to provide new parking technology in the Netherlands
Park Assist has collaborated with TKH Group to deliver a new product to be launched in the Netherlands, which combines a parking sensor network and an energy-efficient lighting...
Ireland signs major PPP road contract to ease traffic flow
The Government of Ireland has signed a €282m public private partnership (PPP) contract with a consortium to remove a bottleneck at Newlands Cross in Dublin and upgrade the N11 Arklow-Rathnew...
April 2013
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Australia invites bids for Bruce Highway’s new overtaking lanes
The Queensland Government in Australia is inviting tenders from construction companies for the installation of new overtaking lanes along the Bruce Highway, a major north-south corridor in the...
World Bank to fund Liberian highway project
The World Bank has committed funds of $80m for the construction of Ganta-Fish Town Highway in...
Texas to invite bids for Loop 1604 Western Expansion project
The Texas Transportation Commission in the US approved issuance of a request for proposals (RFP) for a $120m design-build project for the Loop 1604 Western Expansion project in Northwest San...
Sensys Traffic secures procurement contract for traffic-safety cameras in Sweden
Sensys Traffic, a developer of products for traffic safety and informatics, has secured a procurement contract from the Swedish Transport Administration to provide new traffic-safety cameras...
Nigeria requires $5.79bn to complete 195 ongoing road projects
The Federal Government of Nigeria requires NGN921bn ($5.79bn) in order to complete 195 ongoing road programmes across the country, according to the minister of works Mike...
Q-Park partners with Seamless to introduce mobile parking payment service
Sweden-based car park operator Q-Park has signed an agreement with Seamless, a provider of payment solutions for mobile phones, to simplify the parking payment process for its...
Australia announces funding boost for Bruce Highway
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has released a ten-year, $4.1bn capital works programme to further improve safety, reduce travel times, lower congestion and improve flood immunity on...
AECOM secures several road design contracts in Pennsylvania
US-based AECOM has been awarded several contracts, worth up to $37.5m, by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to offer design services for repairing corridors and...
Jiangxi Ganyue Expressway and iSoftStone to develop smart transportation system in China
Chinese highway company Jiangxi Ganyue Expressway Co has partnered with iSoftStone Holdings, an IT services provider, to develop a smart transportation system for the Jiangxi Province in...
INRIX Analytics expands access through partner programme
INRIX, a US-based provider of traffic information and intelligent driver services, is expanding access to INRIX Analytics and its historical traffic archive through a partner programme with...
ROK launches mobile phone-based ANPR system
ROK Homeland Security (RHS), a mobile phone-based technology development company, has launched ROK LPR, a hand-held Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)...
Daktronics to introduce new high-resolution Dynamic Message Signs
Daktronics, a US-based designer and manufacturer of computer-programmable display systems, is introducing its new full-colour 20mm Vanguard Dynamic Message Signs (DMS) at the ITS America...
African Development Bank approves loan for Tanzania-Kenya road project
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has sanctioned two loans totalling $232.5m for the 157.5-km road project from Arusha to Holili in Tanzania, and Taveta to Voi in...
India approves two new major road-widening projects
The Government of India is set to launch two road projects in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, with an investment of Rs12.29bn...
TomTom redesigns GO series of portable navigation devices
Dutch firm TomTom has redesigned its GO series of portable navigation devices (PND) to offer a new interactive map, more in depth traffic information and 3D...
Municipality of Koege in Denmark to use Bluetooth system to ease traffic flow
The Municipality of Koege, near Copenhagen in Denmark, is set to use Blip Systems' Bluetooth service, BlipTrack, in a bid to ease traffic...
McCain to debut new traffic management system at ITS America
McCain, a manufacturer and supplier of intelligent transport solutions in the US, has announced plans to unveil its new and improved Transparity Traffic Management System (TMS) to the...
Logistics company Samskip backs EC’s proposal on container weight
Global logistics company Samskip Multimodal has announced its support to the European Commission's (EC) plan to amend the 'Maximum Authorised Vehicle Weight' article, allowing maximum...
San Miguel secures major Philippines expressway contract
Philippines-based Optimal Infrastructure Development, owned by San Miguel (SMC), has been awarded a contract for the PHP15.52bn ($375m) Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Expressway Phase...
Q-Park shifts to CreditCall for parking payment processing in the UK
Q-Park, a leading provider of parking facilities in Europe, has begun using CreditCall's payments services for parking machines and its Virtual Terminal for season ticket payments in the...
New Jersey announces new programme for transportation improvement in fiscal 2014
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) in the US has announced a $3.8bn proposed capital programme for fiscal 2014 in order to help local governments with vital transportation...
Telenav to add major updates to navigation app Scout for Phones
Telenav, a wireless location-based services company, is set to add major updates, including 3D landmarks and traffic content improvements, to its free Scout for Phones personalised GPS...
New York to install 360 EV charging stations
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced plans to install 360 electric vehicle (EV) and plug-in hybrid charging stations across the state, as a part of the Charge NY...
Indian state launches country’s first RFID technology-based ETC system
India's Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways CP Joshi has launched the country's first interoperable radio frequency identification device (RFID) in the Thane district of...
Costain JV wins highway maintenance contract extension in UK
A-one+, a joint venture between Costain, Halcrow and Colas, has been awarded a two-year extension to its five-year managing agent contractor (MAC) contract, by the UK's Highways...
UK to commence 58 new road improvement projects to ease congestion
The UK Highways Agency is set to undertake 58 new projects with an investment of £98m to reduce congestion, improve safety and local...
Efkon secures tolling system order in Germany
Efkon, an Austria-based provider of intelligent transportation systems and electronic toll collection services, has secured a major order to provide on-board modules for Germany's truck...
Gatso wins new speed and red-light enforcement contract in Netherlands
Gatso, a supplier of traffic enforcement cameras in the Netherlands, has secured a second contract for the implementation of its combined speed and red-light enforcement cameras in the...
GreenRoad launches new fleet tracking service
US-based driver performance management company GreenRoad has launched a new fleet tracking service, GreenRoad Advanced Tracking, which is powered by GPS Insight, a technology supplier of...
Indra secures two traffic management contracts in Philippines
Spanish technology company Indra has been awarded two new contracts in the Philippines for the implementation of its urban traffic management technology on the Metro Manila and the migration of...
California begins construction on new interchange to ease traffic flow on US 101
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) have broken ground on a new interchange at US Highway 101/San Juan...
Oman cancels Al Batinah Expressway contract
Oman's Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) has terminated the contract awarded to the joint venture (JV) between two construction firms, WCT and Oman Roads Engineering Co, for...
Virginia completes I-95/I-495 Telegraph Road Interchange project
The Virginia Department of Transportation has completed the $265m I-95 / I-495 Telegraph Road Interchange, the final stretch of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge...
Belfast and Bristol most congested UK cities
Belfast and Bristol are the most congested cities in the UK with the slowest moving traffic, according to the 2012 Congestion Index published by...
New Zealand awards contract to build new section of Waikato Expressway
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has awarded a new contract to civil engineering firm HEB Construction to build the $250m Tamahere-Cambridge Section of the Waikato...
Developers of I-See autopilot system receive Volvo Technology Award
The developers of I-See, a system for Volvo Trucks that operates on autopilot by handling gear-changes, have received the 2013 Volvo Technology...
India approves major highway widening projects in Assam and Madhya Pradesh
The Government of India is set to launch four road-widening projects worth Rs46.2bn ($849.14m) on the national highways in the states of Assam and Madhya...
York to install UK’s first pay-as-you-go EV charging point network
York, UK, is set to become the first city in England to install a network of pay-as-you-go charging points for electric vehicles...
IVRCL to divest stake in three Indian road projects
India-based infrastructure company IVRCL has entered into an agreement with TRIL Roads, a unit of Tata Group, to sell stakes in three road projects in the state of Tamil...
California begins new phase of Marin-Sonoma Narrows Project
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the Sonoma County Transportation Authority and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission have commenced construction on the next phase...
New Zealand launches new real-time travel information service
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has launched a free travel information service, called OnTheMove, which provides users with personalised email alerts on the latest conditions, incidents...
California city set to complete installation of smart parking meters
Manhattan Beach in California, US, is set to complete the installation of an additional 420 smart parking meters from IPS...
March 2013
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IRB Infrastructure signs deal for new road project in India
India-based IRB Infrastructure Developers has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, IRB Westcoast Tollway, has entered into a concession agreement with the National Highways Authority...
Australia opens NSW’s Kempsey Bypass to traffic
The Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Anthony Albanese has officially opened the $618m fully-federally funded Kempsey Bypass, in New South Wales (NSW)....
Sensys Traffic to supply traffic monitoring systems to Washington DC
Sensys Traffic, a Swedish developer and marketer of products for traffic safety and informatics, has received an order to supply speed and red-light enforcement systems from Sensys America,...
Illinois announces Spring Construction Program for transportation systems
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has announced the $486m Spring Construction Program, which covers 200 road and bridge projects across the...
UK Government to revise young driver rules to improve safety
The UK Government has announced its plan to publish a green paper this spring on improving road safety for young...
Dubai RTA opens new interchange to ease traffic flow
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has opened a AED940m ($256m) interchange connecting Hessa Road, Al Khail Road and Al Barsha with Sh Mohammed bin Zayed...
Arizona completes major highway traffic camera upgrade project
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) in the US has announced that it has completed the upgrade of more than 200 highways traffic cameras in the Valley and Tucson...
UK DfT launches road safety comparison website
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a new website that allows people in the South West to compare their local highway authority's road safety performance with other parts of...
Sadbhav Engineering secures major road construction project in India
India-based infrastructure company Sadbhav Engineering has been awarded a Rs12.1bn($222.91m) road construction project by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)....
AA and TomTom launch traffic data mobile app for UK drivers
The AA and TomTom have teamed up to launch a new mobile app that provides traffic information to drivers in the...
AGD to launch new intelligent radar detectors in UK
AGD, a UK-based traffic detection product designer and manufacturer, is set to launch two new intelligent detection systems at Traffex 2013, from 16-18 April in Birmingham,...
Contractors shortlisted for major Australian highway upgrade project
Thiess and a joint venture between Abigroup and Baulderstone have been shortlisted to design and build the Oxley Highway to Kundabung Pacific Highway upgrade in New South Wales (NSW),...
UK approves major Heysham to M6 link road project
UK Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has granted approval for the £123m project to construct a Heysham to M6 link road in Lancashire,...
Michigan announces major investment in transportation improvements for 2013
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) in the US is set to invest $120.8m in transportation improvements as part of its 2013 construction...
India approves major road projects in four states
The Government of India is set to launch Rs79.15bn ($1.46bn) road projects in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Haryana, under the National Highways Development Project...
Abu Dhabi launches Crash Analysis and Reporting System
The Department of Transport (DoT) in Abu Dhabi has announced the new Crash Analysis and Reporting System (CARS), as a part of continued efforts to enhance traffic...
AfDB to fund major road improvement project in Uganda
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a $144.89m loan for a road improvement project in Uganda to increase mobility in the...
New Zealand announces completion of major viaduct replacement project
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has officially announced the completion of the $244m Newmarket Viaduct Replacement Project in...
MVIS develops new solar-powered variable message sign system
Mobile Visual Information Systems (MVIS), a supplier of mobile and solar-powered monitoring and visual information systems, is launching a new solar-powered variable message sign (VMS) system...
Hyundai New Zealand to offer real-time traffic updates
Hyundai Motors New Zealand is set to become the first vehicle manufacturer in the country to offer real-time traffic updates as an integrated feature of its vehicle satellite navigation...
New Zealand awards contract for major Causeway Upgrade Project
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has awarded a new contract for the $220m Causeway Upgrade Project on State Highway 16, a development which marks a major step towards the completion...
AECOM JV wins new highway contract in London
US-based technical and management support services provider, AECOM, has announced that it has secured an eight-year highways contract worth around $500m from Transport for London (TfL)....
MacKay Meters and Streetline collaborate to provide integrated smart parking service
MacKay Meters and Streetline have entered into a partnership to provide a fully-integrated smart parking...
IL&FS secures major expressway contract in India
India-based IL&FS Engineering and Construction has received a letter of intent for a major National Highway expressway project in India, valued at 14.36bn...
RInfra launches new online toll recharge facility on Indian highway
Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra), part of India-based conglomerate Reliance Group, has launched a new online recharge facility for smart card users on the Hosur-Krishnagiri road corridor in...
New Jersey breaks ground on major road construction project
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) in the US has broken ground on a $900m federally funded Direct Connection project in order to lower congestion on the Rt-42/I-295/I-76...
IAM urges to lift ban on Saudi Arabian women drivers
The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM), an independent road safety charity in the UK, has launched an initiative that aims to lift the ban on women driving in Saudi...
ChargePoint and ECOtality to make EV charging more accessible in the US
ChargePoint, an online electric vehicle (EV) charging stations network, and ECOtality, a storage technologies company, have formed a new venture, Collaboratev, in a bid to make EV charging...
California allocates funds for 91 new transportation projects
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) in the US has allocated $333m to fund 91 transportation projects in order to improve the state's transportation system and strengthen its...
AECOM to design major road project in Western Australia
US-based technical and management support services provider, AECOM, has announced that a consortium, which features its Australian subsidiary, has secured a $1.05bn contract for a major...
Michigan announces new road construction projects for 2013
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) in the US is set to invest $75.4m to improve 141 miles of pavement and repair 21 bridges in the southwest Michigan region in...
Jenoptik to supply traffic safety systems to Poland
German optoelectronics company Jenoptik Traffic Solutions is set to supply more than 100 stationary measuring systems for new traffic monitoring programmes in...
Schneider Electric to implement Multi-Lane Free-Flow tolling service in Brazil
France-based Schneider Electric is set to implement one of Brazil's first three multi-lane free-flow (MLFF) systems for highway concession company...
Maine Turnpike E-ZPass highway speed toll lanes to open in April
The Maine Turnpike Authority in Maine, US, is set to open a new E-ZPass highway speed toll facility at the mile 67 New Gloucester Toll Plaza between the Gray and Auburn exits, on 1 April 2013....
Dubai to install 100 new speed radar systems
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai, in partnership with the Dubai police force, is planning to deploy 100 new speed radar systems, in order to monitor speeding on the emirate's...
StarTraq wins new traffic enforcement contract in the UK
StarTraq, a provider of road traffic enforcement software, has won a competitive tender from North Yorkshire Police (NYP) for the provision of a safety camera back-office service, in order...
Ireland gives final clearance for major motorway project
Ireland's National Roads Authority (NRA) has announced that the €550m Gort-to-Tuam motorway project in County Galway has received final approval from the country's...
Texas awards new contract to upgrade part of US 77 highway
The Texas Transportation Commission has awarded a contract to a joint venture between construction companies Austin Bridge & Road and Bay (Austin Bay JV) for improving the US 77 highway...
Waze navigation app launches latest version with new features
Traffic and navigation app Waze has launched an update with new feature that allow drivers to report and close roads in real-time via its...
Texas announces new project to ease congestion on State highway 71
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the US is set to execute a new $141m plan to ease congestion and improve safety along State Highway 71 near Austin Bergstrom International...
February 2013
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TomTom signs long-term partnership with Telmap
Dutch supplier of location and navigation products TomTom has entered into an agreement to supply maps and road data to mobile location-based services provider...
European Commission approves funding for major Bulgarian motorway project
The European Commission (EC) has approved funding of €274m for the development of Struma motorway, an infrastructure project in the Yugozapaden region of Southwestern...
INRIX and Navfree introduce real-time traffic information service
INRIX, a US-based provider of traffic information and intelligent driver services, and Navfree, a global navigation app, have introduced a new real-time traffic information service at the...
IBM and Deutsche Telekom to provide integrated solutions portfolio for cities
IBM and Deutsche Telekom, a German telecommunications company, have entered into a partnership to provide integrated solutions that allow cities to make smarter use of their services...
ALK Technologies to launch CoPilot GPS navigation apps for Microsoft platform
ALK Technologies, a US-based developer of mobile navigation, and transportation and travel technology solutions, is set to launch its CoPilot GPS navigation smartphone and tablet apps for...
US opens new express lanes on California’s I-10 San Bernardino Freeway
The US Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has opened Metro ExpressLanes on the I-10 San Bernardino Freeway in Los Angeles, California, in a move to...
Momentum Dynamics develops wireless EV charging technology
Momentum Dynamics, an advanced electronics company in the US, has developed a method to wirelessly charge electric vehicles through snow, ice and...
Thailand launches new intelligent transport project
The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Thailand, has introduced a new intelligent transport technology project in order to improve the country’s traffic and transportation system. ...
California breaks ground on major road upgrade project
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in the US has broken ground on an $86m project to replace the existing Interstate 5 (I-5) / Ortega Highway interchange and boost the...
McCain introduces new NEMA traffic controllers
McCain, a manufacturer and supplier of intelligent transport solutions in the US, has launched two new traffic controllers, the 2070EN1 NEMA and the 2070EN2...
Florida announces major road development project
The Governor of Florida, Rick Scott, has announced a $78m project to enhance the safety and mobility on Interstate 95 (I-95) and J. Turner Butler Boulevard (JTB) in...
ABM selects ParkMe to provide real-time parking information
ABM Parking Services, a US-based car park facility operator in the US, has entered into a partnership with real-time parking data provider ParkMe to provide drivers with real-time occupancy...
India considers compensation for highway contractors
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is mulling on providing compensation to road project contractors in case of delays in obtaining statutory clearances and land acquisition....
UK announces funds to boost EV charging infrastructure
The UK Government has announced £37m of funding for the installation of new home and on-street charge points as a part of its plan to encourage the purchase of electric vehicles (EVs) in the...
Gravesend in the UK introduces new solar-powered parking terminals
Gravesham Borough Council (GBC) in England, UK, has announced that it deploying new solar-powered Parkeon Strada Transfer parking terminals in Gravesend,...
US DOT releases funds to restore roads in New York
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced $287m in emergency relief funds for New York to restore roads and bridges damaged by natural...
VDOT awards new traffic management contract to TransCore
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in the US has announced that TransCore, a unit of Pennsylvania-based conglomerate Roper Industries, will design and build its I-66 Active...
Nigeria launches major road expansion project
The Federal Government of Nigeria has inaugurated the construction of the first and second sections of the expanded Lokoja - Benin Expressway project, with a combined investment of...
UK city to trial new technology to ease traffic congestion
Newcastle City Council and Newcastle University in the UK have developed a new technology in order to reduce city centre congestion and pollution related to stop-start...
AZRB signs concession deal for major Malaysian expressway
Malaysian construction company Ahmad Zaki Resources (AZRB) has entered into a concession agreement with the Malaysian Government for the MYR1.55bn ($501.6m) East Klang Valley Expressway,...
Italian firm develops new EV charging station design
Italian firm Giulio Barbieri has developed Volt Point, an electric vehicle (EV) charging station with a brand new...
Streetline introduces new ParkerMap for easy availability of parking data
Streetline, a US-based provider of smart parking services and real-time parking data, has introduced ParkerMap, a tool that enables parking providers, cities, merchants and universities to...
Ghana to install intelligent traffic management system
Ghana's Department of Urban Roads (DUR) is set to commence a new $135m project for the deployment of a centrally controlled and coordinated traffic signal system in the country's capital...
ChargePoint installs networked EV charging stations in Atlanta
ChargePoint, an online network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, has installed networked EV stations in Atlanta, Georgia, US, a move which marks its entry into the...
Brekford wins contract for automated speed enforcement systems in Crisfield, Maryland
Brekford, a US-based provider of mobile technology and traffic safety solutions, has been awarded a contract to provide automated speed enforcement services to the Town of Crisfield in...
CarCharging to develop new mobile app for easy EV charging payments
CarCharging, a US-based provider of convenient electric vehicle (EV) charging services, has partnered with mobile retail service provider, DoubleBeam, to develop its proprietary mobile...
Idaho upgrades electronic highway signs to improve safety
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is installing upgraded highway signs in certain southwest Idaho regions with heavy population, to improve public safety and drivers’ access to information....
Visionstream wins intelligent transport system contract for Australian freeway
Visionstream Australia has been awarded a contract to provide an intelligent transport system (ITS) and communications infrastructure to the West Gate Freeway Managed Motorway Project in...
Australia begins construction on major parkway project
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has begun construction on the $288m Majura Parkway project, which will provide a vital continuous freeway link between the Federal Highway and Monaro...
Jacksonville in the US and Streetline partner to introduce smart parking system
Jacksonville in Florida, US, has partnered with real-time parking services provider Streetline to introduce a smart parking system to certain sections of the Downtown area of the...
Royal HaskoningDHV to conduct feasibility study for major Zimbabwe road project
The Department of Roads in Zimbabwe has appointed European project management and engineering consultancy firm Royal HaskoningDHV to carry out a feasibility study to determine the viability of...
ISS introduces new automated license plate recognition technology
Image Sensing Systems (ISS), a provider of above ground detection and information management services for the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) sector, has introduced its new CitySync...
Finnish capital to regulate traffic with intelligent vehicle access control system
Finnish capital Helsinki is planning to expand the vehicle restricted zones in its city centre in 2013, following the successful implementation of an intelligent vehicle access control system...
Alabama approves 302 new road projects
Robert Bentley, the Governor of Alabama, has approved 302 road and bridge projects, valued at a total of $397.78m, under the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program...
Canadian province introduces new road information service
Canadian province Alberta has launched an improved road report system, 511 Alberta traveller information service, to provide people with up-to-date data on road conditions....
MAG launches automated parking facility in Dubai
MAG, a business conglomerate in the UAE, has launched an automated parking facility in...
Sri Lanka set to award major highway contract to Chinese company
The Government of Sri Lanka is set to award an LKR66.69bn ($528m) highway development contract in the country's capital city, Colombo, to a Chinese engineering and construction firm...
Nissan to triple EV fast-charging infrastructure in the US
Japanese automaker Nissan has announced its plan to add at least 500 quick-charging stations across the US over the next 18 months, which will almost triple the electric vehicle...
UK slashes spending on road safety campaigns
The UK Government has slashed its spending on road safety campaigns to just £4m in 2011/2012, compared to £19m in 2008-09, a cut of about 80%, according to road safety charity the Institute...
Golden Gate Bridge in California trials electronic toll system
The Golden Gate Bridge in California, US, has begun testing of a new tolling system as it gets ready to become the first in the state to go...
January 2013
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Abu Dhabi begins construction on major parking project
The Department of Transport (DoT) in Abu Dhabi has commenced construction on a major underground three-storey parking facility, which is expected to have the capacity to hold more than 800...
Kenya and South Sudan begin talks for major road development
The governments of South Sudan and Kenya have begun consultative discussions with a number of international donors to finance the KES90bn ($1.02bn) Juba-Eldoret development...
IPS deploys 400 single-space parking metres in US city
IPS Group, a US-based parking technologies and wireless communications company, has deployed 400 IPS parking metres in the Brookline,...
StarTraq wins contract to provide traffic offence management systems in UK
StarTraq, a provider back office services, has been awarded a competitive tender to deliver a road traffic offence management and enforcement system across the three police forces in the UK....
Skanska awarded contract to build E6 highway section in Sweden
Engineering and construction company Skanska has been awarded a SEK453m ($70.12m) contract by the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) to build the last section of the E6 highway in...
Greater Manchester to establish intelligent transport system
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has placed a tender for a £15m contract to develop an intelligent transport system, which can ultimately lead to the efficient management of traffic flow...
Bids invited for 10km dual carriageway from A6 to Manchester Airport
Stockport Council in the UK has invited bids for the construction of a 10km dual carriageway from the A6 to Manchester...
Fuji Electric to introduce slimmer EV charging stations in North America
Fuji Electric Corp. of America is set to introduce a new UL-Certified 25kW DC Quick Charging Station for electric vehicles, which will be available for sale in North America in February...
Transport Scotland invites bids for Aberdeen bypass project
Transport Scotland has officially initiated the bidding process for the construction of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route...
Concateno releases in-built vehicle breathalyser to prevent drink driving
Concateno, a UK-based drug and alcohol testing provider, has introduced Alcolock GB Breathalyser Immobiliser System, a breathalyser which immobilises the vehicle if the driver fails an alcohol...
Nokia expands availability of navigation app to all Windows phones
Nokia has expanded the availability of its turn-by-turn navigation application Nokia Drive+ to all Windows Phone 8 customers in the US, UK and...
Indian state launches scheme to boost road infrastructure development
Tamil Nadu, a southern state in India, has launched a five-year performance-based maintenance contract scheme for road...
Suffolk County Council reopens tender process for highway maintenance contract
Suffolk County Council in the UK has restarted the tender process for its £500m highway maintenance and improvement...
Iteris introduces video detection solution for span wire intersections
Iteris, a US-based provider of traffic management solutions, has introduced SmartSpan, a new product that offers video detection of vehicles at span wire...
NJDOT unveils new travel time signs on highways
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has launched a new initiative to provide motorists with information on how long it could take them to reach destinations along the...
Scotland to upgrade road safety camera network to digital technology
Scotland is set to upgrade its network of road safety cameras to digital technology with an investment of...
SemaConnect and MobileNow! introduce new EV recharge payment service
SemaConnect, a US-based electric vehicle (EV) charging company, has entered into a partnership with MobileNow!, the provider of the ParkNOW! digital permitting and mobile payment service, to...
India approves major upgrade of NH-232 section
India's Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a project for the widening of a section of National Highway 232 (NH-232 from Tanda to Banda in the state of Uttar Pradesh) to...
IBM and German city complete smarter traffic pilot
IBM and the City of Cologne in Germany have announced the new traffic pilot, which forecasts and manages the city's traffic flow and congestion, has been...
India to build new 357km Delhi-Ludhiana Expressway
India is set to construct a six-lane expressway that will connect Ludhiana in the state of Punjab with the capital Delhi, at an estimated cost of $200bn...
Petrowest bags contract to complete twinning of Canadian highway
The Government of Alberta in Canada has signed a $78m contract with Petrowest Construction, the construction division of energy services and infrastructure firm Petrowest, to build the...
ODOT launches new website for real-time traffic updates
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) in the US has unveiled a new website, Ohgo.com, which is designed to provide travellers with real-time traffic...
GVK ends major highway contract in India
India-based GVK Power and Infrastructure has announced that its subsidiary, GVK ShivpuriDewas Expressway, has ended its concession agreement with the National Highways Authority of India...
Imtech secures multiple traffic technology contracts
European technical services provider Royal Imtech has been awarded new orders valued at more than €43m, to provide hi-tech traffic technology....
IRD secures commercial vehicle e-screening deal in US
International Road Dynamics (IRD), a Canadian highway traffic management technology company, has been awarded a contract to implement and operate a commercial vehicle electronic screening system...
Indian State approves two rural road development projects
The Karnataka State Government in India has approved two road development projects across 189 rural assembly constituencies with a total investment of Rs36.59bn...
Illinois awards five new contracts for works on I-90
The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority has approved five new contracts that total $124.5m for rebuilding and widening works on Jane Addams Memorial Tollway...
India to launch two major road projects across three states
India is set to launch two road widening highway projects in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa, with a combined investment of Rs56.52bn...
INDOT selects Miovision for automatic traffic data collection
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) in the US has purchased 42 Scout Video collection units (VCUs) from intelligent traffic data services provider Miovision Technologies, in a bid...
EBRD to fund major road upgrade project in Kazakhstan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to lend $196.5m to Kazakhstan for the reconstruction and upgrade of a section of road linking the city of Shymkent with...
ChargePoint and DBT USA to expand EV charging platform in North America
ChargePoint, an online network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, and DBT USA, a manufacturer of EV charging solutions, have partnered to significantly expand the networked EV...
TomTom unveils latest version of HD Traffic service at CES
TomTom, the Dutch supplier of location and navigation products, has unveiled its latest version of HD Traffic service at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas,...
GMR Infrastructure exits major Indian highway project
India-based GMR Infrastructure has ended its concession agreement to build the Rs72bn ($1.3bn), 555km highway project linking Rajasthan and...
INRIX and CenNavi to provide real-time traffic services across China
INRIX, a US-based traffic information and intelligent driver services provider, has entered into a partnership with Chinese traffic information company CenNavi, to deliver real-time, predictive...
Skanska JV wins M25 upgrade contract in UK
Engineering and construction company Skanska UK, in partnership with global infrastructure firm Balfour Beatty, has been awarded a new £321m contract to upgrade sections of the M25 London...
INRIX introduces new global parking navigation service
INRIX, a US-based provider of traffic information and intelligent driver services, has launched its new global parking navigation service at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show...
iOnRoad releases real-time navigation app for iOS 6
iOnRoad has launched its real-time navigation application, which is designed to improve the driving experience, for Apple's iOS 6 operating...
Balfour Beatty secures contract to maintain Wiltshire motorways
Balfour Beatty, an infrastructure group headquartered in London, UK, has been awarded a five-year contract worth £150m by the Wiltshire Council to maintain motorways in the...
Drivewyze launches automated bypass service in Nevada
Drivewyze, a US-based provider of technology services for the transportation industry, has launched its automated commercial vehicle bypass service in Nevada,...
KEuro’s subsidiary signs concession deal for Malaysian highway project
West Coast Expressway (WCESB), an 80%-owned subsidiary of Malaysian investment holding company Kumpulan Europlus (KEuro), has entered into a concession agreement with the Government of...
Nigerian state launches new project to boost infrastructure
Osun State of Nigeria has launched a NGN16.21bn ($103.71m) road project as part of its efforts to improve the state's infrastructure...
Ramky Infra secures funds for major road project in India
India-based Ramky Infrastructure (Ramky Infra) has announced the financial closure of its Agra-Etawah Road Tollway Project, which will be developed in the Indian state of Uttra Pradesh at...
Zambia awards major road contract to Chinese firm
The Road Development Agency (RDA) of Zambia has awarded a ZMK1.1trn ($210m) contract to design and construct a road connecting Mansa and Luwingu, to China Henan International...
FLIR Systems acquires Belgian company Traficon
US-based sensor systems manufacturer FLIR Systems has acquired Belgium-based Traficon International, a provider of video detection technologies for traffic applications, for nearly...
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UK announces £215m for local road maintenance
The UK Department for Transport has announced allocation details of £215m funding for local authorities for maintenance of roads....
IBM develops new technology to simplify EV charging in Europe
IBM has unveiled a new project, B2B Marketplace, to make electric vehicle (EV) charging and payment easier for consumers across...
Motorists spend 18% of journey time not focusing on the road
Motorists take their eyes off the road for almost 18% of their time behind the wheel as they get distracted by clouds, scenery and advertisements, according to a new study on driver...
Colonial and ParkMe launch real-time parking service in Washington, DC
Colonial Parking, a US-based parking services provider, has introduced its new website location finder map and iPhone mobile app, to provide motorists in the Washington, DC metropolitan area...
UK roads to be hit with Christmas traffic
The M6 motorway in the UK will be the worst hit with traffic this Christmas, with a usual ten-minute journey through Walsall expected to take almost six times longer, according to the latest...
Michigan County unveils high-tech command centre to assist drivers in the winter
Wayne County Roads Division in Michigan, US, has unveiled a high-tech command centre, which will allow drivers greater awareness of road conditions, especially in the winter...
New Mexico DOT chooses Autodesk software for design of road and highway projects
The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) in the US has selected Autodesk, a cloud-based design and engineering software company, for the design of road and highway...
San Francisco to test energy-saving wireless streetlight technology
Californian city San Francisco will test streetlights that save energy and their wireless systems in three areas in 2013, and if successful, the technology will be used to control 18,500 lights...
Two major highway projects inaugurated in Utah
The Utah Department of Transportation in the US has completed two major highway projects in the state, I-15 Corridor Expansion (I-15 CORE) and Mountain View...
HTS wins patent for license plate character recognition systems
HTS, a developer and supplier of optical character recognition (OCR) and advanced image processing solutions, has been awarded a patent for its license plate character recognition systems by the...
IRD’s Chilean subsidiary wins intelligent transport system contract in Paraguay
International Road Dynamics (IRD), a Canadian highway traffic management technology company, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary in Chile, PAT Traffic, has been awarded an...
Carillion Canada secures major highway maintenance contracts
Construction services and facilities management company Carillion Canada has won long-term contracts, worth nearly £525m, to provide routine maintenance services for provincial highways in...
ParkMe partners with two California cities to provide real-time parking data
ParkMe, a US-based provider of real-time parking data, has partnered with the cities of Los Angeles and Santa Monica in California, to offer motorists an easier way to find data on...
BSI recognises Mark Group for best practice in road traffic safety management
British Standards Institution (BSI) has awarded certification to fleet operator Mark Group for best practice in road traffic safety...
Indian city to install web-based parking system
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the civic body that governs the city of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India, is set to introduce a web-based system to improve parking in the...
Traffic congestion on roads costs UK economy £4.3bn a year
Traffic congestion is costing the UK economy nearly £4.3bn a year, according to new report from traffic information provider INRIX and the Centre for Economics and Business Research...
California allocates funds for 44 new transportation projects
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) in the US has allocated $306m for 44 new transportation projects to improve safety, economic growth and reduce traffic congestion in various...
ChargePoint introduces new EV charging station app
ChargePoint, an online network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, has launched its new smartphone app for iPhone and Android. The ChargePoint EV charging station app features an...
L&T IDPL secures funds for two major road projects in Indian state
L&T Infrastructure Development Projects (L&T IDPL) has secured a financial closure for two major road construction projects, which require a total investment of Rs45bn ($828m), in the state...
Parking Concepts and QuickPay partner for new parking payments services
Parking Concepts, a US-based parking services company, has teamed up with mobile parking payment services provider QuickPay to introduce new payment options and value-added services to...
Scotland introduces new technology to ease traffic flow on M90 in Fife
Scotland has introduced a new motorway management technology designed to reduce congestion on roads on the M90 in Fife....
QuickPay, T2 partner for enhanced mobile parking payment services
QuickPay, a US-based provider of mobile parking payment services, has integrated with parking management systems provider T2 Systems to deliver improved mobile parking services....
TomTom launches latest version of navigation app for Android
Global supplier of location and navigation services TomTom has launched a new update to its smartphone navigation app for Android in order to make it available to more...
SemaConnect launches remote EV charging service in US
SemaConnect, a US-based electric vehicle (EV) charging company, has introduced its new Remote Charging service at all public EV charging locations across the...
Endesa unveils new wireless EV charging system in Spain
Spanish electricity company Endesa has unveiled a new wireless charging technology for electric vehicles in...
Streetline and Cisco launch smart parking system in two California cities
US-based parking services provider Streetline and networking services company Cisco have introduced a new application whereby Apple and Android-based smartphone users in the cities of San Mateo...
IVRCL secures major road construction contract in Indian state
IVRCL, an India-based infrastructure company, has won a Rs16.5bn ($302.5m) contract for the construction of Rai Malikapur-Kharak road corridor in Haryana, a state in...
Point Grey introduces two new camera models for traffic surveillance
Point Grey, a Canada-based designer and manufacturer of digital cameras for traffic and other applications, has introduced two new camera...
Indonesia commences construction on Cisumdawu toll road project
The Indonesian Government has started construction on the first phase of the Cileunyi-Sumedang-Dawuan (Cisumdawu) toll project at a cost of IDR1.02trn...
Older drivers are as safe as younger counterparts
Older drivers are typically as safe as drivers of other age groups, according to research published by an independent road safety charity in the UK, the Institute of Advanced Motorists...
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Scotland awards two major trunk road maintenance contracts
Transport Scotland has awarded two trunk road maintenance contracts, worth a combined £230m, following the removal of the court-imposed...
All Traffic Solutions selects ThingWorx for advanced traffic control applications
All Traffic Solutions, the traffic safety division of US-based Intuitive Control Systems, has selected the ThingWorx application development platform to support enhanced application development...
CCTV technology can help road transport industry tackle cargo theft
Use of live CCTV technology can help tackle the problem of cargo thefts from lorries in the European Union (EU) region, which according to a recent European Commission report costs the...
CarCharging files patent for improved inductive EV charging services
CarCharging, a US-based provider of convenient electric vehicle (EV) charging services, has filed a utility patent application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for an inductive...
More efforts required to meet EU targets to reduce traffic pollution
Transport in Europe is contributing to increased levels of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and most of the consequential environmental problems can be dealt by boosting efforts to...
Nigerian state awards road construction contracts to four companies
Ogun state in Nigeria has signed contracts, valued at NGN90.3bn ($568m), with four companies for the construction of roads running across three senatorial...
Tata in talks to acquire three constructed toll road projects in India
India-based Tata Realty and Infrastructure (TRIL), real estate unit of the $100bn Tata Group, is holding negotiations with developers to acquire three completed toll road projects for a total...
Tolling plan for UK’s A14 faces road block
Plans of levying toll fees on a 20-mile section of the heavily-congested A14 road in the UK have run into rough weather after a 100-page study commissioned by the government could not come up...
Macmahon JV wins major road contract in Australia
Mining and construction company Macmahon Holdings has announced that the joint venture between its subsidiary, Macmahon, and Thiess has been selected to upgrade a section of Pacific Highway...
Nigerian state Zamfara launches 128km road project
The governor of Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara in north-western Nigeria has launched a 128km road project, estimated to cost NGN15.4bn...
Nokia launches new Here map application for Apple iOS
Finnish communications company Nokia has released its new mapping and navigation application, Here, on Apple iOS...
WVB East End Partners wins major transport infrastructure project in Indiana
WVB East End Partners, the consortium led by construction company Vinci Concessions with Walsh Investors and Bilfinger Berger PI International Holdings, has won a $1bn contract for East...
Georgia’s NaviGAtor 511 partners with Waze for enhanced real-time traffic data
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) in the US has entered into a partnership with mobile navigation application, Waze, to deliver an improved service through its NaviGAtor 511...
US announces major loan for construction of I-95 Express Lanes
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced a $300m loan for the construction of new I-95 Express Lanes in Northern Virginia, which is expected to ease traffic congestion in...
Louisiana announces major project to widen segment of I-49 South
US state Louisiana has announced its plans to commence a project to widen and construct a two-mile segment of I-49 South with an estimated investment of between $90m and...
EBuggy’s EV battery concept wins European Satellite Navigation Competition 2012
Germany's Ebuggy e-mobility project has won the Hessen region's European Satellite Navigation Competition...
Sri Lanka receives ADB loan to fund Northern Road Connectivity Project
Sri Lanka has received an additional loan of $98m from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to fund the Northern Road Connectivity Project, which aims to improve national and local roads in...
Danish city selects BlipTrack Bluetooth-based system for traffic management
BLIP Systems, a wireless technology company in Denmark, has announced that the second-largest city in the country, Aarhus, has selected its BlipTrack Bluetooth-based monitoring system for...
Easytrip and O2 launch mobile toll payment service in Ireland
Easytrip, an Irish electronic toll payment services provider, has launched its Charge2Mobile toll payment service in collaboration with...
Gatso secures speed and red-light enforcement contract in Netherlands
Gatso, a supplier of traffic enforcement cameras in the Netherlands, has been awarded a new contract to provide speed and red-light enforcement cameras in the...
IBM and French city to pilot new traffic management technology
American technology and consulting firm IBM is piloting new technology that provides real-time support to reduce traffic congestion and facilitate faster incident response in the French city of...
BBFS teams up with Masternaut to deliver new telematics service
Balfour Beatty Fleet Services (BBFS), a UK-based fleet management and fleet contract hire services company, has entered into a partnership with Masternaut to deliver a new telematics service...
US opens 495 Express Lanes in Northern Virginia
The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has opened the 495 Express Lanes in Northern...
Costain secures three new highway contracts in the UK
Costain, a UK-based construction and civil engineering company, has been awarded a £15m technology contract by the Welsh government and two Highways Agency asset support framework...
UK roads minister urges drivers to prepare for severe winter weather
Stephen Hammond, the UK roads minister, has urged drivers to prepare for severe weather conditions this...
Streetline launches Florida’s first sensor-based smart parking system
Streetline has launched Florida's first sensor-based municipal smart parking system in the City of Fort...
Tasmania officially opens major road infrastructure project
Tasmania has officially opened A$191m Brighton Bypass on the Midland Highway between Bridgewater and Pontville in the Australian province....
GDOT to invest in new Georgia road improvement projects
Georgia Department of Transportation in the US is set to invest $113m in new road improvement projects across the...
Kenya opens first superhighway from Nairobi to Thika
Kenya has opened its new $360m Nairobi-Thika superhighway, which is set to boost trade in the East African...
Geolux launches new radar speed sensor for traffic applications
Geolux, a Croatia-based developer and manufacturer of Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS) equipment, has launched a new radar speed...
Parkmobile introduces PayPal payment option
Parkmobile, a US-based mobile parking payment company, has teamed up with global e-commerce business PayPal to provide a new payment option for its parking...
Transport for London awards four new joint highway contracts
Consolidated London Highways Alliance contracts worth close to £2.6bn have been awarded to deliver road maintenance and infrastructure improvements across the city, which could save £450m...
Boomerang to provide robot-powered parking to residential development in Miami
Boomerang Systems, a US-based designer and manufacturer of automated robotic parking garages and self-storage systems, has entered into an agreement to provide 480 parking spaces for...
Kenya begins Turbi-Moyale road upgrade project
Kenya has started construction of the KES15bn ($176m) road upgrade project that links the country with the Ethiopian...
NRG Energy’s eVgo to provide EV fast-charging network in California
American energy company NRG Energy, through its wholly-owned subsidiary eVgo, is set to provide a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging network across...
Carmanah to provide sustainable lighting system for Mexican highway
Mexico City has awarded Canadian technology company Carmanah Technologies a contract to supply its EG500 solar-powered outdoor lighting system for the country's new superhighway, Supervia...
World Bank to fund road improvement project in Indian state
The World Bank has entered into an agreement with the Indian and Assam state governments in order to provide $320m for the improvement of the state’s...
Abu Dhabi completes construction of major tunnels project
The Department of Transport (DoT) in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has completed works on the AED700m ($190.6m) Ras Al Akhdar and Bainunah Street...
Indonesia to launch two major toll road projects
The Ministry of Public Works of Indonesia is set to launch two new toll road projects in the North Sumatra and West Java provinces once it receives a $240m loan from the Export-Import Bank of...
India to witness major upgrade in border roads by 2014-15
Close to 2,000 Border Road Organisation (BRO) projects in India will be concluded by 2014-15, leading to an enormous change in the country's highways network along the...
OpConnect introduces smartphone payment system for network EV charging stations
OpConnect, a US-based provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging station technology, has introduced a smartphone payment service for its network of EV charging...
Heijmans and Studio Roosegaarde to develop smart highways in Netherlands
European construction company, Heijmans Infrastructure, has teamed up with Dutch design firm Studio Roosegaarde to develop Europe's first Smart Highway concept in the...
California opens Brawley Bypass to traffic
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in the US has opened a new $236m Brawley Bypass in Imperial...
US DOT releases funds to help states restore hurricane-damaged roads
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced $17m in quick-release emergency relief funds for the states of New York, Rhode Island and North Carolina to restore roads that were damaged...
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Q-Park and MasterCard team up to provide secure parking payment service
European parking facility provider Q-Park has entered into a partnership agreement with payment solutions company MasterCard Europe to deliver a safe and convenient parking payment...
L&T IDPL signs MoU with SenSen for road tolling technology
Larsen & Toubro Infrastructure Development Projects (L&T IDPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has signed a Rs1bn ($18.47m) memorandum of...
Veidekke wins contract for Swedish four-lane motorway
The Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) has awarded a SEK540m ($80.7m) contract to construction company Veidekke Entreprenad to build a four-lane motorway on Road 40, between Borås...
INRIX launches traffic app on Windows 8
INRIX, a US-based provider of traffic information and intelligent driver services, has launched its traffic application on Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system for tablets, PCs and Windows...
Indra wins new traffic and toll management contracts in India
Spain-based technology company Indra has won three contracts from GMR, an Indian infrastructure company, to implement toll technology on motorways across four Indian...
Canadian university researchers develop new wireless EV charging technology
Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada have developed a safe technology for wireless electric vehicle (EV) charging with the use of remote magnetic...
TomTom presents historical traffic data study at ITS World Congress
Global supplier of location and navigation services TomTom has showcased the results of a historical traffic data study at the annual ITS World Congress in...
California approves 23 new road improvement projects
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) in the US has allocated $287m for 23 new transportation projects that will improve roads, transit, and bridges across the...
CGGC protests cancellation of road contract in Pakistan
Chinese state-owned construction company China Gezhouba Group Company (CGGC) has criticised the cancellation of its contract to carry out the Jaglot-Skardu road project in...
INRIX to provide real-time information for UK Highway Agency’s NTIS
INRIX, a US-based provider of traffic information and intelligent driver services, has secured a £57m contract from Network Information Services (NIS) in the UK to deliver real-time traffic...
INRIX launches new traffic app for Android users
INRIX, a provider of traffic information and intelligent driver services, has developed a new traffic application for Android...
Siemens and Streetline launch smart parking technology in German city
German multinational conglomerate Siemens and parking services provider Streetline have launched a new smart parking project in Braunschweig,...
Dubai set to improve residential road network
Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has received government approval to commence an AED1bn ($272.24m) project to improve the residential road network in the...
Philippines begins Samar road rehabilitation project
Philippines has broken ground on $214m project to rehabilitate the road that connects Western Samar and Eastern Samar provinces in the...
Indian state begins construction on major highway project
Indian state of Rajasthan has laid foundation for a Rs9.14bn ($169.6m) four-laning road project in the state’s Udaipur...
Michigan opens I-94/I-69 highway after major overhaul
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has opened Interstate 94/69 (I-94/I-69) in the city of Port Huron, following a $90m...
Battelle wins three US DOT contracts
Battelle, a US-based research and development organisation, has been awarded three indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts by the US Department of Transportation's (DOT)...
Abu Dhabi launches mobile parking payment service
The Department of Transport in Abu Dhabi (DoT) has introduced new mobile parking fee payment...
US 460 Mobility Partners wins design-build contract for Route 460 in Virginia
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in the US has awarded a contract to construction consortium US 460 Mobility Partners to finance, design and build Route...
Streetline and Amano team up to provide new real-time parking service in US
Real-time parking services provider Streetline has entered into a partnership with Amano McGann, a subsidiary of Japanese company Amano, to provide automation services to parking...
RInfra commences widening and tolling of Delhi-Agra road in India
Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra), part of India-based conglomerate Reliance Group, has started work on widening and tolling the Delhi-Agra road with an investment of Rs29.45bn...
Sensys’ US partner to supply traffic monitoring systems to Washington
Sensys America, an exclusive distributor in the US for Sensys Traffic, has been awarded a contract to supply speed and red-light enforcement systems to Washington...
World Bank funds major highway project in Kazakhstan
The World Bank has approved a $1.07bn loan to Kazakhstan for the construction of a new highway connecting Almaty city with Khorgos, a Chinese town close to the Kazakhstan - China...
CarCharging files provisional patent for EV charging station with toggle unit
CarCharging, a US-based provider of convenient electric vehicle (EV) charging services, has filed a provisional patent application for an EV charging station with a toggle...
Northern Ireland officially launches work on A8 dual carriageway
Northern Ireland has officially launched the construction of the £100m A8 Belfast to Larne Dual...
Vehicle Probe Project expands to 14 US states
The I-95 Corridor Coalition, the University of Maryland (UMD) and US-based traffic information provider INRIX have expanded the Vehicle Probe Project (VPP), nearly a year after the announcement...
Belarus to install ETC system on three motorways in 2013
Belavtodor Department of the Ministry of Transport and Communications in Belarus is set to introduce an electronic toll collection (ETC) system on three motorways, Brest-Minsk ?1/?30,...
Indian state launches Green Roads Mission for sustainable road construction
The Public Works Roads Department (PWRD) of Assam state in India has launched a new Green Roads Mission, which aims to promote the use of environmentally friendly technology for the construction...
Indonesia to begin construction of Trans-Sumatra toll road
The Indonesian government has appointed state-owned builder Hutama Karya to construct a 2,700km-long Trans-Sumatra toll road, with a total investment of IDR330trn...
EST Scotland offers funds to install EV charge points
Energy Saving Trust (EST) Scotland, a non-profit organisation jointly funded by the UK government and the private sector, is providing 100% funding for the installation of publicly...
INRIX launches real-time freight traffic data archive in US
INRIX, a provider of traffic information and intelligent driver services, has developed a US-wide archive of real-time freight traffic...
Drivewyze introduces automated bypass service in Rhode Island
Drivewyze, a US-based provider of technology services for the transportation industry, has introduced its commercial vehicle bypass service in Rhode Island,...
Smart Money and Wi-Tech launch cashless parking system in Philippines
Smart Money, an electronic wallet service provided by Philippines-based Smart Communications in collaboration with parking operator Wi-Tech Solutions & Development, has launched its new...
Chile to invest in major road improvement project
Chile is set to invest $83m for road upgrades across Route G-21, also known as the Camino a Farellones, in the Santiago...
UK to begin major road improvements to ease traffic
The Highways Agency of the UK Department for Transport is set to undertake 57 key road improvement projects to reduce traffic congestion, with an investment of...
TomTom launches navigation app for Android
Global supplier of location and navigation services TomTom has launched its first smartphone navigation application for...
Parkeon and POM to provide mixed parking metre service in US
Parkeon, a France-based provider of parking and transport management services, has entered into a partnership with US parking metres manufacturer POM to provide a mixed parking metre solution...
Indian state to construct new tunnel for all-weather road connectivity
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in India has laid foundation for a Rs26.8bn ($516.89m) tunnel construction project, which will provide an all-weather road connectivity between...
POD Point and ABB collaborate for networked EV rapid chargers in Europe
UK-based electric vehicle (EV) charging company POD Point has teamed up with ABB, a Swiss power and automation technology firm, to provide networked rapid chargers across...
Philippines to roll out major road construction projects
The Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to launch multiple infrastructure projects, estimated to be at least $5.5bn, over the next four...
Canada’s Route 1 Gateway project set to open this month
New Brunswick Government in Canada is set to officially open the $540m Route 1 Gateway on 25 October...
Duncan and TNS to provide EMV-certified parking payment service in Australia
American parking management products and services company Duncan Solutions has entered into a partnership with US-based Transaction Network Services (TNS) to introduce Europay, MasterCard and...
IBM and ESB team up to introduce EV smart charging system in Ireland
American technology and consulting firm IBM has partnered with Irish energy company ESB to develop a fully integrated electronic vehicle (EV) smart charging IT system in...
Nigerian state Kaduna to improve road network
Nigerian state Kaduna is planning to invest NGN28bn (178.1m) for the construction of 31 township and rural...
Siemens to provide traffic control technology to Turkey’s suspension bridge
German multinational conglomerate Siemens has been awarded a contract to provide traffic control technology equipment to a suspension bridge in...
Salt Lake City introduces new mobile parking payment solution
Salt Lake City in the US and Aparc Systems, a North American developer of parking and enforcement technologies, have entered into a partnership with mobile payment platform provider QuickPay...
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Q-Free wins electronic tolling system contract in Australia
Norway-based electronic toll collection technology (ETC) development company Q-Free has been awarded a contract to provide electronic tolling system in...
Ford and Schneider to offer electric vehicle charging solution in Europe
American automaker Ford Motor Company has partnered with energy management company Schneider Electric to provide a new electric vehicle charging solution for homes and establishments in Europe....
Indian state to build new ring roads to ease traffic congestion
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir, India, has given approval for Rs30bn ($561.3m) road construction project in the state....
UK’s Isle of Wight roads to undergo major upgrade
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has approved funding of £487.3m for the upgrade of roads in the Isle of...
Zambia launches ‘Link Zambia-8000’ roads project
Zambia has unveiled a new ZMK27 trillion ($5.3bn) roads project proposed to link outlying areas of the country to its ten...
MNTC to raise funds for expressway extension project in Philippines
Manila North Tollways (MNTC) is seeking $400m over the next four years to fund the Northern Luzon Expressway (NLEX) extension project in the...
US opens Gateway Project to ease traffic flow
The US Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration has officially opened the $258m Gateway Project at the US / Canada boarder in Detroit, Michigan....
Ferrovial, Lagan and Costain consortium to build A8 toll road in Northern Ireland
Ferrovial Agroman, a construction subsidiary of Spanish multinational company Ferrovial, in consortium with equal partners Lagan and Costain, has been awarded a £102m road construction contract...
World Bank approves funds for road improvement project in Ukraine
World Bank has approved a $450m loan for the Second Roads and Safety Improvement Project (RSIP2) in...
NEC provides traffic control system for Japanese expressway
Japanese provider of motorway traffic systems, NEC, is supplying the Central Nippon Expressway (NEXCO Central) with traffic control systems for the Shin-Tomei...
Georgia’s Northwest Corridor project receives funding boost
The first public private partnership (P3) transportation project, Northwest Corridor (NWC) in Georgia, US, has received a boost after the state's transportation board agreed a financing...
Canada opens first phase of Highway 104 Antigonish bypass
The Nova Scotia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal in Canada has opened the first phase of Highway 104 Antigonish...
NCDOT awards highway widening contract to Lane Construction
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) in the US has awarded an $83.3m road-widening contract to Connecticut-based civil contracting company Lane...
Netherlands selects BAM JV as preferred bidder for N33 road project
Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch directorate general for public works and water management, has named a BAM PPP joint venture as preferred bidder for a €120m road-widening...
Sri Lanka to extend road restoration project in northern provinces
Sri Lanka is set to extend a road rehabilitation project in the north of the country with an investment of...
TomTom to provide real-time traffic information in Italy
Global supplier of location and navigation services TomTom has entered into a partnership with traffic management firm DUEL to provide location and traffic information in the Lazio region of...
Massachusetts researchers develop new app to avoid red lights
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US have introduced a new smartphone application, known as SignalGuru, which helps to reduce fuel consumption and avoid red...
CA Traffic combines two systems to detect violations
CA Traffic, a UK-based supplier of traffic monitoring equipment, has combined its Evo8 Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera with Black Cat traffic monitoring technology to provide...
Jenoptik to provide new traffic safety technology to Oman
German optoelectronics company Jenoptik has received an order to provide new traffic safety measurement technology to over 600 destinations in...
AECOM JV to conduct engineering studies for Chicago’s Circle Interchange project
US-based provider of technical and management support services, AECOM Technology, has received a two-year contract from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to conduct...
South Sudan opens 192km Juba-Nimule highway
The South Sudan government has inaugurated the 192km-long Juba-Nimule highway, which connects the country's capital Juba with Nimule on the Ugandan...
Sri Lanka to build new roads with Chinese funds
South Sri Lanka is set for new roads and flyovers in a LKR40bn ($303m) investment. The construction contract has been awarded to China State Construction Engineering, which will build roads...
Sensys Traffic supplies red-light monitoring systems to Oman
Sensys Traffic, a Swedish developer and marketer of products for traffic safety and traffic informatics, is supplying systems for red-light enforcement to the Royal Oman Police...
NDDOT improves road safety with concrete overlay technique
The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) in the US is using overlay, a new cost-effective technique, to improve load carrying capacity and enhance safety in road rehabilitation...
Cohu launches new video surveillance cameras for traffic monitoring
Cohu Electronics, a division of California-based Cohu, has developed new video surveillance solutions for car parking security, traffic monitoring and various other remote...
Confused.com launches new app to address parking problems
UK-based price comparison website Confused.com has launched a new smartphone application to tackle the cost of parking your...
Oman seeks bids for Section 2 of Bidbid-Sur dualisation project
The Oman Ministry of Transport and Communications has invited bids from contractors for the construction of Section 2 of the Bidbid-Sur dualisation...
Indian state modernises border checkpoints with automatic control system
Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) in India is modernising the state's border checkpoints with a new fully automatic border control system provided by Confidex, a...
Texas city awards traffic control equipment contract McCain
The City of Fort Worth in Texas, US, has awarded a one-year contract to McCain, a manufacturer of traffic, transit and parking management systems, to supply traffic control...
GDOT upgrades Advanced Traffic Management System to ease traffic flow
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has upgraded its advanced traffic management system (ATMS) with TMC video wall hardware and intelligent network-based visualisation...
AECOM wins design contract for final leg of Canadian highway project
AECOM, a US-based provider of technical and management support services, has won a design contract for the final stretch of the Anthony Henday Drive project in Edmonton, Alberta,...
Nigeria approves reconstruction contract for Abuja expressway third phase
The Federal Executive Council of Nigeria has approved a NGN65.2bn ($412.2m) contract for reconstruction of the third phase of the Benin-Ofosu-Ore-Ajebandele-Shagamu expressway in the capital...
3M closes acquisition of Federal Signal Technologies
American multinational conglomerate 3M has completed the acquisition of Federal Signal Technologies (FSTech) from Federal Signal in an all-cash deal of...
Caltrans awards Willits Bypass first phase construction contract
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has awarded a $107m construction contract to the partnership of DeSilva Gates Construction and Flatiron West to build the first phase of...
Saudi Arabia to boost road networks with 41 new contracts
Saudi Arabia has awarded 41 new road contracts, valued at SAR2.96bn ($789m), as part of the present national...
Texas plans to outsource interstate highway maintenance
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the US is planning to outsource complete routine maintenance of interstate highway stretches in an attempt to save at least $120m over the...
Kapsch secures Incident Detection System project for US vehicular tunnel
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the US has awarded a contract to Kapsch TrafficCom IVHS to execute and provide an integrated incident detection system (IDS) for the...
Oman to improve road safety with new traffic enforcement technology
Oman is installing traffic enforcement technology on its streets in an effort to improve safety and reduce the number of...
UK’s Hounslow roads set for major upgrade
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has approved a funding of up to £349.5m for improvements of roads in the London borough of...
Central Texas to implement pay-by-mail system on toll roads
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), US, has approved implementation of a permanent pay-by-mail system, replacing cash payments on Central Texas toll...
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Sacyr Concesiones signs new funding agreement for Chilean motorway
Sacyr Concesiones, an infrastructure construction company, has signed a new €262m funding agreement with Chilean firms Corpbanca and Banco del Estado, for its fourth motorway in Chile - Ruta...
Garmin, INRIX to provide faster traffic updates
Satellite navigation provider Garmin is pairing up with INRIX, a provider of traffic intelligence technology, to develop faster, accurate, detailed and subscription free real-time 3D...
Kapsch to supply new tolling system for Australian motorway
Interlink Roads, the operator of the M5 South West Motorway in Sydney, Australia, has awarded a contract to Kapsch TrafficCom Australia, a subsidiary of Kapsch...
NZTA to invest $9bn in road transport system over next three years
The New Zealand Transport Authority (NZTA) has announced investments of about NZD$12.28bn ($9bn) under its 2012-15 National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) to build, improve, and upgrade...
Oman calls for bids to manage Batinah Expressway project
The Oman Ministry of Transport and Communications has invited bids from project consultancy companies to manage the 265km-long Batinah Expressway...
NZTA announces funds for Manawatu/Whanganui roads
The New Zealand Transport Authority (NZTA) has announced a package of NZD230m ($185m) under its National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) 2012-2015 to maintain Manawatu / Whanagnui roads for...
Netherlands to renovate A50 motorway bridge over River Waal
The Netherlands Ministry of Public Works and Water Management has awarded a €68m contract to a joint venture (JV) for the renovation of the existing A50 motorway bridge over the River Waal...
Australia begins construction work on Cloncurry bypass
The Department of Transport and Main Roads in Queensland, Australia, has started construction work on a heavy vehicles bypass in Cloncurry to improve driving conditions, support heavy...
Bosnia Serb Republic to construct part of Banja Luka-Doboj motorway
The Serb Republic, political entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has signed €180m ($227m) deal with a group of companies to construct 36km section on the Banja Luka-Doboj motorway to improve...
PennDOT to seek excavation bidders for route 219 in thet US
The Pennsylvania Department of Transport (PennDOT) in the US will soon seek bidders for excavation work to be carried out ahead of the federal-funded $300m project to construct a four-lane...
Australia to upgrade Peak Downs Highway
The Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Australia, has approved A$13.5m ($14.1m) for completion of detailed planning and design work on the A120m ($126.1m) upgrade project of Peak...
Australia to equip M4 motorway with freeway management technology
The Federal government of Australia and the state government of New South Wales (NSW) will each contribute A$8.5m ($8.8m) to install an electronic freeway management system on M4 motorway in...
Confused.com launches MotorMate app to rate drivers
UK-based price comparison website, Confused.com, has launched a new smartphone application, MotorMate, to monitor individual drivers' performances and rate them...
Calgary Parking Authority to launch new parking feature
The Calgary Parking Authority (CPA) in Canada is launching a new parking feature called Text to Park in a bid to make car parking faster and more...
MnDOT uses new construction technology to move bridge
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), US, has used innovative time-saving construction technology, the Self-Propelled Modular Transporter (SPMT), to move the newly built...
USDOT road tests connected vehicle crash avoidance technology
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has begun the road test of about 3,000 intelligent vehicles that are equipped and interconnected with Wi-Fi technology to check the practicality of...
City of Atlanta to improve airport roadways
The US city of Atlanta, Georgia, has hired C.W. Matthews Contracting Company to improve inbound access roads to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, as well as increase...
Fiji Roads Authority to construct Dreketi-Nabouwalu highway
Fiji Roads Authority is set to begin construction on the $120m Dreketi-Nabouwalu highway project in October 2012, connecting the town of Labasa and Viti Levu Island through the port of...
German city selects TomTom real-time traffic technology
VMZ Berlin, operator of the city's traffic information centre, has selected TomTom for a ten-year partnership to provide the German capital and parts of the state of Brandenburg with...
CRBC to start Maputo-Catembe bridge construction next month in Mozambique
China Roads and Bridges (CRBC) are set to start construction work on the $725m Maputo-Catembe Bridge Project in the Maputo province of Mozambique in September...
VDOT selects Baker to design intersection on Military highway
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in the US has selected Michael Baker, a design, engineering, planning and construction services firm, to plan and prepare the preliminary design...
New bridge to free up New Zealand SH 1
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) will construct a bridge around the Wellington's Basin Reserve, as a part of improvements to the State Highway (SH) 1, to reduce traffic congestion and...
UAE to invest in road projects
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will invest Dh271m ($74m) in internal and external road projects, following approval from a President Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan-backed follow up...
NJ Authority awards contracts to widen Garden State Parkway in the US
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority in the US has awarded four construction contracts worth $330.3m to widen and improve a 16-mile stretch on the Garden State Parkway from milepost 83.5 in...
Jamaica awards South Coast Road contract to Asphaltic Concrete Enterprise
The Government of Jamaica has awarded a road rehabilitation contract to Asphaltic Concrete Enterprise to improve the roadway between Ferris Cross and Belmont in...
IBM and Kenya join forces to solve traffic congestion
The Kenyan Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology and US-based IBM have joined forces to set up an information technology research lab in...
ODOT seeks funds to upgrade I-70
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) in the US will seek around $68m to upgrade a 6.8-mile-long stretch through Clark County, as well as widen the road to allow easy movement of...
VicRoads invites proposals for freeway management project
The Roads Corporation of Victoria (VicRoads) in Australia has invited proposals from interested companies to deploy electronic freeway management technology along the West Gate Freeway in...
NJDOT to rehabilitate I-80 in US
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), US, will rehabilitate interstate 80 (I-80) between Route 202 / Littleton Road interchange and the Beverwyck Road interchange to improve...
India grants loan to Myanmar for tri-lateral highway
India has extended a loan of $500m to Myanmar to help the country construct a trilateral highway linking India, Myanmar and Thailand to improve connectivity, increase trade and develop the...
NABARD approves loan for rural roads in India
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), India, has approved a loan of Rs10.98bn ($198.8m) to develop rural roads and the Chambal canal in the state of...
European Commission to make autonomous emergency brakes mandatory by 2014
The European Commission (EC) is considering making Autonomous Emergency Braking systems (AEBs) technology mandatory for all new vehicles across the continent by...
VDOT begins construction on I-95
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in the US and 95 Express Lanes, a joint venture between Transurban DRIVe and Fluor Enterprises, has started construction work to build 29 miles...
White-Skanska JV to replace Fore River Bridge in US
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) in the US has awarded a $244.6m contract to the White-Skanska joint venture (JV) to replace the existing and temporary Fore River...
UK Highways Agency pilots new system for real-time traffic information
The UK Highways Agency is piloting a new system that adds traffic data to its existing real-time traffic source, providing improved updates to users and monitoring the traffic flow on...
USDOD approves grants for road improvements
The US Department of Defense (USDOD) has approved grants of $40m and $5.7m to the states of Maryland and Washington respectively to improve transportation access and mend the Freedom Bridge...
Transport Canada widens highway 69
Transport Canada has widened highway 69 into a four-lane road between Highway 637 and Estaire, near Sudbury, to ease traffic congestion, reduce travel time and increase user...
Ford begins road test of intelligent vehicles in Germany
Ford Motor Company has begun a four-year trial test of a fleet of intelligent vehicles in Germany under the Safe Intelligent Mobility - Testfield (simTD) project to check the practicality of...
UK Highways Agency to provide traffic updates for hands-free application
The UK Highways Agency has reached an agreement with Information Logistics to use its traffic update information for the Hands Free Traffic Talker England...
Costain JV to construct A8 road in Northern Ireland
The Department for Regional Development (DRD) in Northern Ireland has awarded a road construction and service contract valued at £102m to a joint venture (JV) between Costain, Lagan...
US FHWA receives grants for highway projects
The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has received grants of over $363m, under the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, Part II, to fund state highway projects, aimed at...
Gohmann to construct section 4 of I-69 in the US
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), US, has awarded $90m contract to Gohmann Asphalt & Construction to build the section 4 of the Interstate 69 (I-69) in the state to improve...
VDOT and 95 Express to build express lanes in the US
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in the US has signed a comprehensive agreement with joint venture (JV) 95 Express Lanes to construct 29 miles of express lanes on interstate 95...
Canada introduces new regulations for International Bridges and Tunnels Act
The Government of Canada has introduced new regulations, known as the Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations, to strengthen and address any violations under the International Bridges...
Northern Ireland to upgrade A5 corridor
The Department for Regional Development (DRD) in Northern Ireland has approved £330m to upgrade the A5 corridor into a dual carriageway, in a bid to increase the capacity of the road,...
Kapsch TrafficCom wins managed lane system contracts in the US
The Texas Department of Transportation, US, has awarded Kapsch TrafficCom IVHS two contracts totalling $79m to design, build and integrate the managed lane system (MLS) for the North...
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NZTA to replace Mangere Bridge
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and the Auckland Council will replace the existing 97-year-old Mangere Bridge across the Manukau Harbour in New Zealand in the next five years for safe...
CDOT and RTD begin construction of US 36 express lane
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Regional Transportation District (RTD) along with local governments in the US have started the construction of $312m multi-modal...
MoDOT to open Page extension phase 2 next month
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) in the US will open phase two of the Page Avenue extension (Highway 364) in St. Charles County on 30 August 2012....
Transport Scotland to improve road maintenance services
Transport Scotland and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) in the UK will improve road maintenance services and efficiency in the country, following a National Roads...
US city selects Iteris for traffic signal synchronisation
Iteris, provider of intelligent traffic management information solutions, has secured a traffic signal synchronisation services contract from the city of Anaheim in California,...
Amey awarded traffic operations and infrastructure service contract in UK
Transport Scotland has selected Amey for a six-year contract to provide traffic operations and infrastructure services to help the country's trunk road and motorway network run smoothly....
Inrix to provide traffic updates during London Olympics
Inrix, a provider of traffic information and intelligent driving services, will supply real-time traffic updates to drivers during the London Olympics to help provide smoother routes and...
SFI JV wins Gerald Desmond Bridge contract in US
The Long Beach Port Authority in the US has awarded a $650m contract to the SFI joint venture (JV) for engineering and construction of the new Gerald Desmond Bridge in...
UK Highways Agency suspends non-essential road work during London Olympics
The Highways Agency in the UK has suspended all non-essential road works along Olympic routes until 14 September 2012, to allow a smooth and unhindered transit for athletes, officials and...
VaaaN Infra wins tolling system contract from ETA-KMC consortium
The consortium of Emirates Trading Agency (ETA) and KMC Construction has selected VaaaN Infra's tolling automation solution for the Pink City Expressway, a six lane highway project in...
Congestion doubled due to Olympic lane restrictions in UK
Traffic intelligence network INRIX has seen congestion double on some of London's key routes in the wake of Olympic lane restrictions implemented by authorities in the...
HNTB to implement all-electronic tolling system in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in the US has selected HNTB, an architecture, civil engineering consulting and construction management firm, to convert a turnpike system to a...
Arup-Opus JV wins Hertfordshire highway network management contract
The Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) in the UK has selected the joint venture (JV) between Arup and Opus International for a highway network management services contract worth up to...
TomTom extends Map Share service for London Olympics
TomTom, a supplier of location and navigation products and services, has broadened the functionality of its Map Share service to help ease traffic congestion during the London Olympics....
TransCore secures toll system contract in Texas
TransCore, a subsidiary of Roper Industries, has won a toll systems integration and maintenance contract by the Texas Department of Transport...
NY port authority to raise Bayonne Bridge roadway ahead of schedule
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) in the US has announced that it will finalise the removal of the deck portion of Bayonne Bridge and raise the roadway ahead of...
UK DfT proposes A14 corridor upgrade
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has proposed an improvement of the A14 corridor in Cambridgeshire to address capacity and congestion...
Washington to open second flyover ramp between I-5 and SR18
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US is set to open the second flyover ramp between Interstate 5 (I-5) and State Route 18 (SR18) on 23 July...
Qatar to pilot QMIC intelligent transportation solution
The Qatar Ministry of Interior (MoI) and the Qatar Mobility Innovations Centre (QMIC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the viability of QMIC's intelligent...
US and Canada install border wait time technology
The Federal Highway Administration and the Customs and Border Protection of the US, along with the Canada Border Services Agency and Transport Canada, have completed the installation of new...
USDOD and DOT approve funds to upgrade route 1
The US Department of Defense (USDOD) and the Department of Transportation (USDOT) have approved funds of $180m from the Office of Economic Adjustment to upgrade route 1 through Fort Belvoir...
UK TfL to share traffic updates via social media during Olympics
Transport for London (TfL) in the UK is gearing up to use different social media networks and digital channels before and during the London 2012 Olympic Games to provide drivers with...
UK Highways Agency opens section of M1 managed motorway
The Highways Agency in the UK has opened the first section of the M1 managed motorway between junctions 11 and 10 near Luton, to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion....
ADB approves loan for road projects in India
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a new $800m loan as part of a $1.2bn programme to help to improve safety and connectivity on India's...
Two US counties install BlueTOAD travel time system
Cobb County and Fulton County in Georgia, US, have rolled out TrafficCast's Bluetooth Travel-time Origination And Destination (BlueTOAD)...
NZTA to upgrade SH1 and SH57
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) will upgrade state highway 1 (SH1) and state highway 57 (SH57) as part of the Wellington Northern Corridor upgrade....
NYSDOT upgrades 511NY online travel information service
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) in the US has upgraded its online travel information service, 511NY, to provide real-time road and highways traffic data to drivers...
US city upgrades advanced traffic management system
McCain, a manufacturer and supplier of intelligent transportation systems, traffic control equipment and parking guidance solutions, has upgraded QuicNet Pro 2.0 central control software in...
Warsaw is most congested city in Europe
TomTom, a supplier of in-car location and navigation products and services, has named the Polish capital of Warsaw as the most congested city in Europe in its latest quarterly traffic...
Lemminkäinen led consortium to construct first stage of VT12 Tampere tunnel in Finland
The Finnish Transport Agency along with the City of Tampere and a Lemminkäinen-led consortium have signed an alliance agreement to develop the first stage of the VT12 Tampere tunnel...
Philippines to begin Secondary National Roads Development Project next month
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Philippines will commence construction work of the Secondary National Roads Development Project (SNRDP) on 15 August 2012, after...
Dubai RTA to open Trade Center Bridges project in November
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai has completed almost 50% of the AED719.37m ($195.8m) Trade Center Bridges project at Zaabeel and has set November 2013 for the project opening....
Ashtrom to construct Ayalon freeway section in Israel
Israel National Roads Company has selected Ashtrom Group to design and construct the southbound section of Road 20, the Ayalon freeway, in the city of Herzliya at a total cost of NIS750m...
UK Highways Agency and emergency services sign CLEAR initiative
The UK Highways Agency, as well as the police, fire and ambulance services, have all signed up for Collision, Lead, Evaluate, Act, Reopen (CLEAR) booklet, an initiative aimed at improving...
European Parliament calls on EC to make emergency call system mandatory by 2015
Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have passed a resolution whereby all cars in the EU must be upgraded with emergency eCall devices, which automatically alert rescue services in the event of...
Birmingham to upgrade Urban Traffic Control system
Birmingham City Council in UK along with its city highways maintenance service partner Amey has selected Siemens to upgrade the existing Urban Traffic Control (UTC) system to the new PC Split...
China to install Telvent SmartMobility technology
China has selected Telvent's SmartMobility technology for three of its cities Nanning, Fushun and Erdos to optimise urban mobility and upgrade and centralise real-time traffic...
Australian Transfield Services wins road maintenance and service contracts in NZ
Transfield Services, an Australian operations, maintenance and construction services provider, has won operations, maintenance and upgrade service contracts worth almost $154m in the US and...
US state launches new real time traffic management system
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) in the US has launched its real time traffic management (RTTM) pilot system, which uses message boards and online cameras to provide...
Bouygues led consortium signs highway finance agreement in Ivory Coast
Bouygues Travaux led Publics, part of the Socoprim project company, has signed a finance agreement to design, construct operate and maintain a 6.4km highway in the Ivory Coast....
RInfra upgrades Gurgoan-Faridabad highway in India
Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra), a part of Reliance Group, has completed the widening of the Gurgaon to Faridabad and Ballabhgarh to Sohna sections of road at a cost of INR8bn ($143.8m)...
Oklahoma Transportation Commission approves I-44 upgrade project
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission in the US has approved the fourth and final phase of construction to widen Interstate 44 (I-44) between Riverside Drive and Yale Avenue in Tulsa, as a part...
Australia opens Mountain Park Bridge on Bulahdelah Bypass
Australia has opened the Mountain Park Steel Truss Bridge, the first of 12 planned bridges on the Bulahdelah Bypass in New South Wales....
California to use digital traffic management visualisation platform
Barco and CompView have developed the Barco video wall, a 100% digital traffic management visualisation platform, for Garden Grove, California,...
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Texas Transportation Commission approves additional funds for projects
The Texas Transportation Commission has approved additional funds of around $1.9bn for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to move ahead with transportation projects in the US...
Skanska-Branch JV to build US bypass
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has awarded a $135.9m contract to Skanska and Branch Highways joint venture (JV) to construct a bypass for Route 29 in Albemarle County, near...
World Bank approves additional funds for Georgian highway project
The World Bank has approved a $43m loan instalment for the Third East-West Highway Improvement Project (TEWHIP) in Georgia,...
Veolia Transdev and IBM develop new transport mobility solution
IBM and Veolia Transdev are developing a smarter mobility solution to reduce traffic congestion, make optimal use of the transportation infrastructure and improve the overall travelling...
Lend Lease to upgrade M5 south west motorway in Australia
Lend Lease Group has received a A$315m ($316.6m) contract from Interlink Roads to design, construct and widen the M5 south-west motorway in Sydney,...
UK Highways Agency starts M6 upgrade work
The UK Highways Agency has started construction on the M6, between junctions 5 and 8 near Birmingham, in the West Midlands, to increase the capacity of the section, reduce congestion and...
USDOT announces funding for 47 TIGER projects
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has announced funding of $500m for 47 projects under its fourth round of Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) 2012...
Australia invites bids for Wrights Creek bridge project
The government of Queensland, Australia, has invited bids from construction companies for the widening of Wrights Creek bridge and straightening the approaches to the...
Connecticut opens Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) in the US has completed the construction of the northbound section of the new $714m Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge and opened it to...
Skanska-JMT JV wins CTB road contract
The Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) has selected the joint venture (JV) of Skanska-Branch/JMT in a bidding process for a $136m contract to design, engineer and build the Route...
UK Highways Agency to upgrade A23
The UK Highways Agency will upgrade the A23 road in West Sussex between Handcross and Warninglid, as a part of a £1.4bn funding grant, which includes 14 improvement...
INRIX reports 17% decrease in European traffic congestion
INRIX, a provider of traffic information and intelligent driver services, has revealed the contents of its traffic scorecard study which show that European congestion decreased by 17% in...
RIDOT installs new traffic technology
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT), in the US, has installed new traffic technology, which features a flashing yellow arrow signal at the intersection of Langworthy Road...
Ohio River Bridges project moves ahead
The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has approved the construction of the $2.6bn Ohio River Bridges Project following a review of the environmental...
ConnDOT to widen Interstate 95
The Connecticut Department of Transport (ConnDOT), in the US, is set to begin the widening of Interstate 95 between Interchange 14 (Route 1) and Interchange 15 (Route 7), as well as improvements...
Philadelphia selects Xerox parking management programme
The Philadelphia Parking Authority in the US has awarded a seven year, $75m contract to Xerox for its parking management...
UK Highways Agency widens M25
The UK's Highways Agency has completed the widening of two sections of the M25 motorway in Hertfordshire and Essex as part of a £6.2bn...
Australia opens Frederickton Interchange on Kempsey Bypass
The Australian government has completed and opened the Frederickton Interchange on the $618m Kempsey Bypass in New South Wales....
USDOT approves credit facility for Presidio Parkway
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved a credit facility of $150m to allow the Californian Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to construct the second phase of the...
UK Highways Agency awards asset support contract to Balfour Beatty JV
The UK's Highways Agency has selected Balfour Beatty and its joint venture (JV) partner Mott MacDonald for the £300m Area 10 Asset Support Contract (ASC) in Northwest...
FDOT awards highway contract to Skanska-Ajax JV
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has selected a joint venture (JV) between Skanska and Ajax Paving Industries to design and reconstruct Interstate 275 in Tampa, Florida, US, for...
Parsons Brinckerhoff to design Burlington Canal Lift Bridge in Canada
Parsons Brinckerhoff has received a design contract to replace the controls, drives and overhead cables at the Burlington Canal Lift Bridge in...
NHTSA study says better vehicle designs reduce roadway deaths
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) study has revealed that better designed and safer vehicles have helped to decrease crashes and deaths on the...
CAMPO allocates funds for transportation projects
The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) Policy Board has approved a $130m fund for the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's transportation project in Texas,...
Norwegian Public Roads Administration selects Veidekke to upgrade Highway 2
Veidekk has been selected to upgrade Highway 2 by constructing a 9.6km-long extension between Kongsvinger and Slomarka, which is set to cost NOK566m...
Australia to construct Bega bypass
The Australian government has finally started construction on the Bega bypass in New South Wales for a total cost of A$60m...
Indiana to build tunnel as a part of Ohio River Bridge
The US state of Indiana is set to begin building a $255m tunnel as part of the Ohio River Bridge in Kentucky....
Atkins to design Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge link road
China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) has selected Atkins for a four-and-half-year contract to design the Hong Kong Link Road (HKLR) at a total cost of £750m...
Indian state Bihar sanctions funds for two-lane road project
The state government of Bihar has sanctioned INR25.52bn ($458.9m) for the construction of a 552.3km two-lane road project in the Indian...
Hertfordshire County Council awards road management contract to Opus and Arup
Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) in the UK has awarded a seven-year client support term contract for road network management services to the joint venture team of Opus International...
USDOT launches strategy to end distracted driving
The US Department of Transport (USDOT) has released the Blueprint for Ending Distracted Driving, a strategy to reduce the use of mobile phones while on the road....
Bouygues Construction JV wins Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge contract
A joint venture (JV) between Dragages Hong Kong and VSL, subsidiaries of Bouygues Construction, and China Harbour has won a contract worth €1.25bn to construct a section of the...
Larsen & Toubro wins two NHAI projects
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has selected Larsen & Toubro Infrastructure Development Projects (L&T IDPL) in a bidding process to upgrade two adjacent road sections on...
HTS to support ferry crossings upgrade in Brazil
Desenvolvimento Rodoviário (DERSA), a partially state-owned company, has selected HTS to supply over 30 LPR systems to upgrade the operational control centre for costal ferry crossings in Brazil....
New Zealand to invest $6.8bn in land transport
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) will invest NZD9bn ($6.8bn) in the country's land transport between 2012 and 2015, under the National Land Transport Programme...
Malaysia fits SMART Tunnel with wireless communications system
Comba Telecom Systems has completed the implementation of a wireless communications system for Malaysia's Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART...
Australia to upgrade Yeppen roundabout and bridge on Bruce highway
The Government of Queensland, Australia, will upgrade Yeppen roundabout and bridge between the Bruce and Capricorn highways for a total cost of A$85m...
Vermont to upgrade highways
The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans), a state agency aimed to develop and execute policy on transportation for the US state of Vermont, will begin construction and repair work on a...
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UAE upgrades Al Ain-Dubai Road
The United Arab Emirates has upgraded the two-lane carriageway Al Ain-Dubai Road to a four-lane expressway at a cost of AED1.1bn ($299.4m)....
Pinellas County in Florida to upgrade advanced traffic management system
Pinellas County in Florida, US, has selected Telvent to upgrade its advanced traffic management system (ATMS) and intelligent transportation system (ITS) over the next three...
Volvo tests self-driven cars on Spanish motorway
Volvo has tested a convoy of a lorry and three self-driven cars over 200km on a Spanish motorway, in what is the first ever public test of self-driven...
UK council selects Vinci for road infrastructure projects
The Isle of Wight Council in England has selected Vinci Concessions and Vinci Ringway as its partners for Highways PFI, a road infrastructure and engineering project....
Australia upgrades Nerang South-Worongary stretch of Pacific Motorway
The Government of Queensland, Australia, has upgraded the Nerang South to Worongary section of motorway from four lanes to six in a bid to ease traffic congestion and improve driving...
Bulgaria, Turkey and Qatar join forces to construct new highway
Bulgaria, Turkey and Qatar will form a common project company to construct a 300km-long highway on Bulgarian territory for a total cost of BGN1.5bn...
Hochtief-ACS consortium to build Canadian Ring Road
A Hochtief Solutions and ACS consortium has reached a financial closing deal to build the north-east Anthony Henday Drive, a public private partnership (PPP) project in Edmonton, Alberta,...
Caltrans to invest $1.7bn in Californian transportation projects
The California Transportation Commission (Caltrans) in the US has allocated $1.7bn in funding to improve the state's transportation and strengthen the...
US city deploys multi-space parking pay stations
The Digital Payment Technologies (DPT) has deployed 61 LUKE II multi-space parking pay stations in the city of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin,...
Australia begins construction work on Gateway Motorway
Seymour Whyte Constructions has started work on adding an additional lane along the 2.5km Sandgate Road and Barrett Street section of the Gateway Motorway in Queensland,...
Virginia launches state-wide traveller information system
The Virginia Department of Transport (VDOT) has launched the 511 Traveler Information System across the US state to provide drivers with immediate travel times, which help to avoid congestion...
Indra to implement intelligent traffic systems in Mexico
Road concessionaire Ideal awarded a €17m contract to Indra to implement its intelligent traffic systems (ITS) on three motorways, known as South Pacific Package in...
Abu Dhabi to install i-TINS system
The Abu Dhabi Department of Transport (DoT) in UAE has awarded a contract to Iteris, a provider of intelligent traffic management solutions, to design, implement, operate and maintain the...
US DOT Study says drivers support connected vehicle technology
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has released a new study, indicating that most drivers who use vehicles fitted with connected vehicle technology favour...
NJMC to deploy adaptive signal control in Hackensack Meadowlands
The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) has selected TransCore to deploy Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS) in Hackensack Meadowlands District, New Jersey,...
Dubai RTA awards two construction contracts
The Board of Directors of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has awarded two contracts as part of Phase I of the AED1bn ($272.2m) five-year internal roads construction plan in Dubai,...
Australian Capital Territory invites bids for Majura Parkway
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has invited bids from construction companies for the A$288m ($284.3m) Majura Parkway project, which will provide an important north-south transport...
Galliford Try wins Kingskerswell Bypass contract in the UK
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has selected Galliford Try to construct the A380 South Devon Link Road (Kingskerswell Bypass) for Devon County Council and Torbay Council, in south-west England....
Philippines invites bids for road rehabilitation project
The Millennium Challenge Account-Philippines (MCA-P) has called for tenders from investors to build and restore roads and bridges in the province of Samar, Philippines, under the first phase of...
USDOT proposes new safety rule to prevent heavy vehicle crashes
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), an agency of the US Department of Transportation (USDOT), has proposed a new safety rule to mount electronic stability control...
MDOT opens first phase of Gateway project in US
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has opened a two-lane truck road on the plaza leading to Ambassador Bridge, connecting the US and Canada, to provide incoming Canadian...
Australia to install smart technology on West Gate Freeway
The federal government of Australia and the state government of Victoria will together provide A$25m ($24.8m) to deploy smart technology on the West Gate Freeway in Victoria,...
EIB funds East-West highway upgrade in Georgia
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide €170m ($218.3m) to upgrade and rehabilitate the east-west highway in...
Queensland TMR upgrades Ipswich Motorway in Australia
The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) has completed the Ipswich Motorway upgrade in Australia, at a total cost of A$5bn ($4.9bn)....
Nordis Signs installs road signs for Olympic road-race events
Nordis Signs, a division of infrastructure company May Gurney, has begun installing almost 2,000 temporary road signs along the 250km London Olympic 2012 road race events route to direct...
UK DfT launches Highway Code application for smartphones
UK Department for Transport (DfT) has lunched an interactive Highway Code application that can be downloaded on smartphones to improve road safety and to keep drivers up to date with the rules...
Cubic and UC San Diego to explore next generation travel technologies in US
Cubic Transportation Systems has entered into a collaborative partnership with the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California San Diego to research next generation...
Parsons Brinckerhoff to manage Desmond Bridge project in US
The Port of Long Beach has selected Parsons Brinckerhoff to provide programme and construction management services for the $950m replacement of the Gerald Desmond Bridge in California, US....
Louisiana DOTD to raise funds for rural roads upgrade
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) will raise $325m to repair and upgrade rural roads across the state of Louisiana, US....
California launches first free toll pay mobile application in the US
The Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA) has launched the US's first free mobile phone application for the FasTrak pre-paid electronic toll collection...
Colorado begins work on northwest road projects
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) in the US has begun construction on over $100m worth of road projects in the north-west part of the state....
India's road authority to award $2.8bn in road contracts to small firms
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) plans to award Rs150bn ($2.8bn) worth of road contracts to small construction firms on a cash or engineering, procurement, construction (EPC)...
UK DfT to begin work on six road schemes
The Department for Transport (DfT) in the UK will start development work on six road schemes over the next three years to improve the country's strategic road...
UK Kingskerswell Bypass moves ahead
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has received the final approval to construct the £109.2m ($176.1m) Kingskerswell Bypass, between Newton Abbott and Torbay in Devon, south-west England,...
Shimmick, FCC and Impregilo JV to build replacement bridge in California
The California Department of Transport (Caltrans) and Port of Long Beach have selected a joint venture led by Shimmick Construction, FCC Construction and Impregilo as the best proposal for...
Infralink invites proposals for Plumtree-Mutare highway in Zimbabwe
Infralink has invited local companies to submit proposals for the $206m rehabilitation of the 800km Plumtree-Mutare highway in...
MCDOT and University of Arizona unveil high-tech traffic management system
The Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), University of Arizona researchers and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) engineers have demonstrated a high-tech traffic...
World Bank approves $1bn loan for Kazakhstan road project
World Bank has approved a $1.068bn loan for the East-West Roads Project in Kazakhstan to increase transport efficiency along the section of the Western Europe-Western China (WE-WC) Road...
Spain to open San Pedro underpass next month
The San Pedro underpass between Marbella and the western Costa del Sol, in Andalusia, Spain, is set to be open for the public in June 2012....
McCain and Phoenix Pacific to upgrade traffic signals in Hawaii
McCain has partnered with Phoenix Pacific to upgrade local intersection control software in Honolulu, Hawaii, US....
Victoria allocates $566m to upgrade Melbourne's suburban roads
The Victorian Coalition Government has allocated A$548m ($566.7m) in the 2012-2013 state budget to reduce road congestion in the suburbs of...
Hindustan Construction Company wins NHAI road contract
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has selected Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) Concessions for the six-laning of a stretch along the Vadodara-Surat section of national highway (NH)...
Illinois Tollway seeks construction management services
The Illinois Tollway in the US has invited proposals from construction management service firms to rebuild and widen its $2.2bn Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) in the state it is...
IDOT launches multiyear highway improvement programme
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), US, has launched ‘Transforming Transportation for Tomorrow’, a new $9.2bn multiyear highway improvement...
UK develops technology to study traffic impact during London Olympics
Researchers from the University of Leicester have developed a new technology called CityScan, to measure the impact of additional traffic during the London...
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Texas allocates $2bn for Unified Transportation Plan
The Texas Transportation Commission, US, has revised funding of $1.6bn to $2bn as part of its Unified Transportation Plan...
Construction on Chinese-funded Uganda toll road to begin in July
The state-owned China Communications Construction Company will start construction in July of the $350m toll road between Entebbe Airport and the capital Kampala in...
NRA awards toll consultancy services contract to Arup
The National Roads Authority (NRA) in Ireland has selected Arup Ireland to facilitate pan-European traffic using Irish toll roads under the 2004 European Electronic Toll Services (EETS)...
Saudi Arabia deploys first intelligent transportation system
Telvent has installed Saudi Arabia’s first intelligent transportation system, the SmartMobility Road Suite, on King Abdullah Road in...
FDOT selects Activu collaboration technology for traffic management
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has selected Activu's visualisation and collaboration technology for integrated traffic management operations across locations in District Two,...
HK Legislative Council approves $1bn for Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau road
The Legislative Council's transport panel in Hong Kong has approved an additional HKD8.8bn ($1.1bn) for work related to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge in...
US city deploys license-plate-enabled parking technology
Flint Downtown Development Authority in Michigan, US, has deployed 30 Digital Payment Technologies (DPT) LUKE II License-Plate-Enabled parking pay...
Mott MacDonald to design Indian national highway project
IVRCL Raipur-Bilaspur Tollways, has selected Mott MacDonald, a management, engineering and development consultancy, for the design of the Raipur-Bilaspur national highway 200 in...
Canadian province earmarks $582m for highway improvement projects
Canadian province Saskatchewan allocated $581.5m to maintain and repair more than 1,200km of its highway network for safety, improved accessibility and economic...
URA explores satellite solution for car parks in Singapore
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) of Singapore is looking at the use of the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) as a solution for better planning and management of car parks in...
Cost of China's Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge road soars
The cost of the 12km link road between Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge has risen by 50% to HKD25bn ($3.2bn), according to the Sing Tao...
Oman hands out contracts for eleven road projects
Oman's Ministry of Transport and Communications signed agreements for the construction and rehabilitation of 11 roads at a cost of RO158.37m ($410.3m) to help develop infrastructure and...
IMechE report says 'blind-spot' safety technology a must in UK
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), UK, has suggested in its 'Intelligent Transport Intelligent Society' report that collision avoidance technologies for all heavy goods...
Streetline, Dinosaur Capital to set-up park and charge facility in Boston
Dinosaur Capital Partners and Streetline have collaborated to set-up ‘Green Park & Charge’, a smart parking and charging facility for electric vehicles (EV) in Boston in Massachusetts,...
VicRoads, Swinburne University to develop traffic management strategies
Swinburne University of Technology, in collaboration with VicRoads, a state government agency, has launched a traffic management centre known as the Swinburne Intelligent Transport...
Australian Pacific Highway upgrade moves ahead
The Australian Government has awarded contracts to different companies for the detailed design and geotechnical investigation services for the upgrade and duplication of the Pacific...
India to open first RFID electronic toll plaza
India will inaugurate the country's first radio frequency identification (RFID) technology-based electronic toll collection plaza on 19 April 2012, at Chandimandir, Panchkula,...
Inrix operating world's largest crowd-sourced traffic network
Traffic information and connected driver services provider Inrix said its crowd-sourced traffic network has become the largest network in the world across public sector, automotive and...
ICA signs highway concession agreement in Mexico
Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, has signed a concession agreement for a 104km-long toll road between Barranca Larga-Ventanilla in the state of Oaxaca,...
HCM City begins construction on Sai Gon Bridge No 2 in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh’s (HCM) City Infrastructure Investment (CII) Joint Stock Company has started construction on the VND1.5 trillion ($71.5m) Sai Gon Bridge No 2 between HCM City's Districts 2 and...
Tennessee transport department launches $1.5bn infrastructure plan
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), US, has launched a three year, $1.5bn road infrastructure improvement programme for 96 individual project phases in 55 counties in the...
USDOT approves loan for Virginia's tunnel project
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has approved a loan of $422m for Virginia, to aid construction of a new Midtown Tunnel and rehabilitate other tunnels, to provide congestion...
Cubic introduces new payment platform for AFC systems
Cubic Transportation Systems have introduced Nextaccount, an open payment platform for automated fare collection (AFC)...
New coal haulage road to support Indonesian mineral boom
PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada Tbk (CMNP) has won a contract to construct a 100km long coal hauling road, with an estimated cost of Rp7trillion ($763m) in South Sumatra,...
Bolivia to cancel $420m Amazon highway contract
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales said he will cancel the $420m Amazon highway contract awarded to a Brazilian firm,...
Amey wins £2bn highway maintenance contract in UK
Sheffield City Council, UK, has awarded Amey a contract worth £2bn to improve and maintain the city's infrastructure for the next 30...
Denver metro area road construction projects announced
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), US, announced plans to construct more than 40 projects in the Denver metro area in 2012, for a cost of more than...
HDOT to deploy phone-based 511 information service
The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), US, will install a phone-based travel information service with the number 511 to offer traffic and weather facts for...
OUES, Soares da Costa JV wins Oman road construction project
A joint venture (JV) between Oman United Engineering Services (OUES) and Portugal's Sociedade de Construções Soares da Costa has won a contract to build a road linking the Muscat Expressway...
Bangladesh, Malaysia sign MoU for Padma Bridge
Malaysia's Government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh for the construction of the Padma Bridge in...
Iteris wins Research and Innovative Technology Administration contract
Iteris has received a contract valued at $12.4m from the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), a division of the US department of transportation, for the National...
Ayala signs agreement for Philippine Daang Hari-SLex link road project
The Philippine's Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Ayala, a holding company, have signed a 30-year concession agreement for construction, operation and maintenance of the...
Siemens and Streetline partner for new parking solution
Siemens and Streetline have revealed plans to develop a new advanced parking solution, integrating smart parking metres, sensors and...
Elgin data clears path for Olympic torch route
UK-based transport data company Elgin has announced that the Olympic torch route for the 2012 London Olympic Games has been published on roadworks.org, its roadworks information...
ISTHA begins construction work on Central Tri-State Tollway I-294
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA), US, has started construction work on the Central Tri-State Tollway I-294 Resurfacing...
IVRCL wins two national highway projects from NHAI
IVRCL Assets and Holding has won two national highway projects from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for a total of Rs32.03bn...
NJDOT proposes $3.2bn funding for improvement projects
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), US, proposed a budget of $3.2bn in 2012-13 to be spent on highway, mass transit, bridge and public work...
India's Yamuna Expressway to open this month
India's Yamuna Expressway, a major six lane highway connecting Noida and Agra, will open to traffic later this...
Australia begins M80 Ring Road upgrade
Australia's state of Victoria has started construction work to upgrade the M80 Ring Road between Edgars Road, Thomastown, and Plenty Road, Bundoora, in...
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Atkins to use TomTom's historic traffic database
Engineering and design firm Atkins will use TomTom's Custom Travel Times to analyse road traffic schemes, on behalf of its clients in the...
Scotland to upgrade central motorway network
Transport Scotland has announced plans to upgrade the motorway network in the central region of the country at a cost of...
Morpho unveils average speed control solution
Morpho, a supplier of integrated road safety solutions, has unveiled its average vehicle speed control solution, Mesta Smart, at the Intertraffic trade show in Amsterdam, the...
Ringway wins UK county highways contract
Ringway Infrastructure Services has won a £420m contract to maintain and repair roads in Hertfordshire County Council,...
Construction to begin on SR 520 floating bridge in Lake Washington
Washington's State Department of Transport (WSDOT) along with contractors Kiewit / General / Manson, a joint venture (KGM), is set to start construction on the State Route 520 floating bridge...
Gammon Infrastructure wins Indian road widening contracts
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded two contracts, worth $330m to Gammon Infrastructure Projects to widen highways in the state of Haryana and...
India approves $1.9bn for road projects in six states
India has approved eight road projects worth $1.9bn in the states of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Punjab to improve infrastructure, connectivity...
Australia completes F5 Freeway widening
Australia's Government has completed a A$116m ($121m) project to upgrade and widen a section of the F5 Freeway, between Brooks and Narellan in New South...
EU ministers finalise roadmap for $660bn TEN-T transport network
European Union transport ministers have reached an agreement on proposals to transform existing roads, railways, airports and canals into a unified European transport network by...
World Bank funds Chinese city transport project
The World Bank has approved a loan worth $100m to China to improve urban transport in Changzhi within the province of...
Washington DoT to install traffic cameras along Interstate 5
Washington's State Department of Transportation, US, has awarded a contract to the Valley Electric Company to install 15 miles of fibre-optics and 21 new traffic cameras along Interstate 5,...
Ontario selects preferred bidder for new Highway 407 East project
The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) and Infrastructure in Ontario, Canada, has selected the 407 East Development Group as preferred bidder to design, build, finance and maintain the first phase...
Mott MacDonald delivers urban traffic management system in UK cities
Mott MacDonald has delivered its urban traffic management and control (UTMC) system to the Tyne and Wear Integrated Transport Authority (ITA) in the...
Kapsch TrafficCom to unveil tunnel incident detection system (IDS)
Kapsch TrafficCom will unveil its incident detection system (IDS) 2.0 for traffic events in tunnels at the traffic trade fair in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to be held from 27 to 30...
London expands SCOOT technology deployment to cut traffic delays
Transport for London (TfL) is expanding the deployment of its split cycle offset optimisation technique (SCOOT) to make road signals more efficient and adaptive to help traffic flow and reduce...
IL&FS wins Indian highway widening contract
Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) has won a contract from the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to widen a section of National Highway-21 at a cost of Rs18bn...
AfDB funds Mombasa-Nairobi-Addis Ababa road corridor
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has extended a $186.7m loan to Kenya for the construction of the Turbi-Moyale section of the Mombasa-Nairobi-Addis Ababa Road Corridor...
New Zealand to complete Victoria Park tunnel early
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is expecting to complete the NZ$340m ($284m) Victoria Park tunnel project in Auckland by 26th March, three months ahead of...
Cameron proposes sale of UK roads
UK Prime Minister David Cameron is to propose the semi-privatisation of UK roads, allowing sovereign wealth funds to lease roads in order to trigger investment into...
US Senate approves $109bn MAP-21 transport bill
The US Senate has approved a $109bn highway bill which will set a roadmap for investment over the next two...
Telvent to deliver SmartMobility management system to Quito, Ecuador
Telvent GIT has won a $27m contract from Quito, in Ecuador, to develop a smart mobility management...
Australia shortlists bidders for two stretches of its Pacific Highway project
Australia has shortlisted bidders for two sections of the A$5.1bn ($5.34bn) Pacific Highway duplication project from Frederickton to Eungai and Woolgoolga to...
Indra's OAS to improve public transport management in Polish city
Wroclaw's Public Transportation Municipal Company, Poland, has awarded a €1.7m contract to Spanish company Indra to install an operations assistance system (OAS) including a one year execution...
World Bank funds Indian state road project
The World Bank has extended a $320m loan to the Indian state of Assam to improve and effectively manage the state road...
UK borough approves Mersey Gateway bridge modification plan
Halton Borough Council in the UK has approved series of modifications to the £600m (€721m) Mersey Gateway toll bridge project to reduce its overall cost and impact on local...
Oman allocates funds for rural road projects
Oman's Government has allocated RO40m ($103.8m) for the construction of 253.6km of asphalt roads in rural areas of the...
Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam plans traffic control system
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, has prepared a plan to set up a $187m traffic control system and sought permission from the government for the...
Ontario selects SNC-Lavalin as preferred bidder for $1bn highway project
The province of Ontario, in Canada, has selected a three-member consortium led by SNC-Lavalin Group as the preferred bidder to build a $1bn extension of the Toronto toll road Highway...
Sadbhav Engineering to secure Indian highway project
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has selected Sadbhav Engineering as preferred bidder for a Rs9.1bn ($183m) project in Rajasthan for four-laning the Gomati ka Chauraha - Udaipur...
NJDOT begins Interstate 78 rehabilitation project
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), US, has started a $72m rehabilitation project involving construction of three linear miles of eastbound and westbound travel lanes on...
Clearview wins traffic equipment contract from TfL
Clearview Traffic Group has won a contract from Transport for London (TfL) in the UK for installation and maintenance of automatic traffic monitoring...
Vinci / Ringway JV wins PFI highways maintenance deal in UK
The borough of Hounslow in London, the UK, has selected the Vinci / Ringway joint venture (JV) as the preferred bidder for its £800m PFI highways maintenance...
Parsons Brinckerhoff to design USDOT's connected vehicle pilot project
The US Department of Transport (USDOT) selected Parsons Brinckerhoff to design and supervise deployment of technology infrastructure for its pilot programme to study the potential of...
Indiana, Kentucky finalise Ohio River bridge funding plan
The states of Indiana and Kentucky in the US have signed an agreement on a financing plan for two bridges across the Ohio River, which is expected to cost $1.5bn less than the original estimate...
North East Texas RMA selects Telvent to implement electronic toll collection
The North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority (NET RMA) in the US has selected Telvent to integrate an electronic toll collection (ETC)...
Oman awards 15 transport projects
Oman's Transport and Communications Ministry has awarded 15 transport projects worth OMR203m ($527m) in order to improve transportation networks in the...
Ecomouv selects EC Harris to implement French Ecotaxe toll system
Ecomouv has selected UK-based EC Harris to supervise the construction work, expenditure and testing on the new French Ecotaxe lorry tolling system, which is scheduled to be introduced across...
Western Australia to add extra lane to Mitchell Freeway
Western Australia's (WA) government unveiled plans to invest A$57m ($60.9m) to build an additional lane on the Mitchell Freeway to improve gridlocks in...
Abu Dhabi to complete Ras Al Akhdar tunnel projects in 2012
The Department of Transport (DoT) in Abu Dhabi, in the UAE, is expected to complete a tunnel and infrastructure development project worth Dh800m ($217.8m) around Baynounah Street by the end of...
Kapsch TrafficCom secures toll system contract in Belarus
Kapsch TrafficCom secured a €267m contract from Belarus's Ministry for Transportation and Communication for the implementation of a toll collection system across the...
Illinois Tollway seeks independent reviewer of its road projects
The Illinois Tollway, in the US, is seeking an independent engineering firm to review the agency's current construction practices and past construction projects, to apply the lessons learned on...
India floats tender worth $4bn for highways projects
The Indian Government has floated a tender worth Rs200bn ($4bn) for the construction of 15 projects covering 2,000km of highways as part of the national highway development plan...
Transport for London shortlists contractors for £1.8bn highway work
Transport for London (TfL) and London boroughs have shortlisted ten bidders for a £1.8bn package of road maintenance and the construction of four new highway contracts over the next eight...
Israel floats tenders for Jerusalem - Tel Aviv highway tunnels
The National Roads Company of Israel has floated a tender worth ILS2.5bn ($662m) for the construction of twin tunnels under the Harel Interchange at Mevasseret Zion on the Jerusalem - Tel...
Vitronic to unveil latest tolling system
German machine vision solution provider Vitronic will launch its new tolling system, TollChecker, and a speed and red light enforcement system at Intertraffic 2012 in Amsterdam, Netherlands,...
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UK Highways Agency awards asset support contract to Atkins-Skanska JV
The UK Highways Agency has awarded £400m asset support contracts (ASC) to an Atkins and Skanska joint venture (JV) to maintain and improve the network of motorways and major 'A' roads in...
John Holland secures Western Highway upgrade contract in Australia
John Holland Group, a subsidiary of Leighton Holdings, has secured a A$152m ($162.6m) contract from VicRoads, the Victoria state road and traffic authority, to upgrade the Western Highway (A8)...
Singapore approves two road projects
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore has approved the construction of two new road projects in the northern part of the island...
Oman awards Al Batinah Expressway contract
Oman's tender board has approved RO138.9m ($359.7m) worth of projects as part of the 45km Al Batinah South Expressway...
ICA secures Tepic bypass project in Mexico
Mexico-based Empresas ICA has signed a MXN$2bn ($157m) contract with Concesionaria Autopista Guadalajara - Tepic, to build 30km, two-lane Tepic Bypass in the state of...
Auckland Transport begins work on $1.2bn AMETI project
Auckland Transport in New Zealand has started construction on NZ$1.5bn ($1.2bn) Auckland Manukau Eastern Transport Initiative (AMETI) project which will ease traffic in Panmure, Mt...
Switzerland allocates $3.3bn to complete motorway project
The Swiss Government has unveiled a plan to invest more than $3.3bn between 2012 and 2015 to complete the remaining 100km part of the national motorway...
Japanese banks fund Hanoi – Hai Phong Expressway Project in Vietnam
Vietnam Development Bank (VDB) has signed an agreement with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking (SMBC) and Citibank Japan to secure a $270m loan for the Hanoi - Hai Phong Expressway Project in the...
The Philippines approves three road projects
The Philippines Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board has approved the construction of three road...
Bidding for Gerald Desmond Bridge project in US to commence in March
Bidding to replace the Gerald Desmond Bridge in the Port of Long Beach in California, US, at a cost of $950m is expected to begin on 2 March...
Visionstream to install freeway management system in Australia
The Australian Government has awarded a A$62.5m ($66.8m) contract to Visionstream Australia to install an electronic freeway management system along the M80 ring road, one of the busiest routes...
C&C Construction to invest in Indian road projects
India-based C&C Constructions has unveiled a plan to invest Rs20bn ($4bn) to widen 200km of national highways in the Indian state of...
Vietnamese city unveils ambitious new roads plan
Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Infrastructure Investment (CII) Joint Stock Company in Vietnam has unveiled plans to build one million m² of new roads this year to reduce traffic...
Strabag-led consortium wins €1.7bn Pedemontana Lombarda motorway in Italy
A consortium led by Austria's Strabag has secured a €1.7bn contract from Autostrada Pedemontana Lombarda to build a section of motorway in northern...
Three bidders shortlisted for Mersey Gateway bridge project in UK
Halton Borough Council in the UK has shortlisted three bidders for the Mersey Gateway bridge project estimated to cost...
US proposes guidelines to limit distractive in-vehicle electronics
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed the first-ever guidelines to encourage automobile manufacturers to limit the driver distraction risk for...
Roadwork Alerts service launched in the UK
UK roadworks information company Elgin has launched a new mobile service to provide advance warning of local roadworks to councillors and parish communities in the...
Telvent secures intelligent transportation system deal in Australia
Telvent has secured a $30m contract from the Transcity joint venture to implement the intelligent transportation system (ITS) for Legacy Way in Brisbane City,...
George Washington Bridge to get major upgrade
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced plans to invest $500m to rehabilitate the George Washington Bridge, which connects New York City with New Jersey in the...
Northern Ireland plans to begin northern road project
The Executive in Northern Ireland is planning to kick off a £491m investment in road projects in the northern part of the country to help accelerate infrastructure development over the next...
IVRCL secures Indian highway contract
IVRCL Assets and Holdings, a subsidiary of IVRCL, has secured a contract worth Rs12bn ($241m) from the government of Haryana state in India to build a 151km-long highway connecting the...
Tasmania to trial new electronic warning signs to improve road safety
The Tasmania state government in Australia has revealed that it will test an intelligent transport system (ITS) designed to improve safety at the northern junction of the Dilston Bypass from...
Vietnam to commence Ca Pass tunnel project in May this year
Vietnam will begin construction of a 14.5km tunnel underneath the Ca mountain pass on 19 May this...
US proposes $74bn transport budget for 2013
US President Barack Obama has proposed a $74bn budget for the country's Department of Transportation for the year 2013, which is up 2% from the 2012...
One third of Australian motorists use hand-held phones, survey shows
More than a third of Australian motorists use a hand-held phone while driving, according to a new survey by the country's...
Japan opens Tokyo Gate Bridge to traffic
The Tokyo Gate Bridge in Japan, built at a cost of JPY113bn ($1.5bn), has been opened to traffic after a decade of...
L&T commences operation on Indian highway project
Larsen & Toubro Infrastructure Development Projects subsidiary L&T Rajkot Vadinar Tollway (L&T-RVTL) has started commercial operations on the Rs10.96bn ($220.6m) Rajkot-Jamnagar-Vadinar...
Navteq map data chosen by Scania for its driver assistance system
Navteq has been selected by Swiss truck manufacturer Scania to deliver detailed map data for its new Active Prediction...
Sri Lanka set to begin second phase of Colombo Circular Highway
Sri Lanka is planning to start construction on the $400m second phase of the Colombo Outer Circular Highway (OCH) later this...
HTS to deliver licence plate recognition systems in Hong Kong
Israel based Hi-Tech Solutions (HTS) has delivered 120 licence plate recognition (LPR) systems for an automatic parking system for a project in Hong...
New York shortlists four firms for Tappan Zee project
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) in the US has shortlisted four bidders for the $5bn Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing...
L&T Construction seals Indian highway deal
Larsen and Toubro subsidiary L&T Construction has won a contract worth Rs19.37bn ($395m) from GVK Power and Infrastructure to carry out a major road project in Madhya Pradesh,...
Abu Dhabi invites bids for the second motorway to Dubai
The Department of Transport of Abu Dhabi, UAE, has invited local and international firms to submit bids for the construction of a new AED2bn ($545m) Abu Dhabi-Dubai motorway...
NSW and Victoria consider advanced speed cameras
Australian police in New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria are considering the introduction of a new type of laser speed camera, which can catch drivers using mobile phones, as well as...
Turkcell unveils road toll payment app for T11 smartphone
Turkish communications and technology company Turkcell has launched a SIM-based, near field technology (NFC) road toll payment app for its smartphone T11, in collaboration with Bank...
Malaysia to fund Padma bridge project in Bangladesh
Malaysia is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh by the end of the month to provide MYR6.6bn ($2.1bn) in funding for the construction of the Padma Bridge, after...
Vaisala unveils mobile sensor technology for road maintenance
Finnish company Vaisala has developed a mobile sensor technology that will allow road maintenance departments to access weather data from their entire network of...
Armenia to begin north-south highway work in April
Armenia has unveiled plans to begin construction work on the north-south highway project in April this year, two years behind...
Argentina secures IDB loan for road upgrades
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has allocated a $300m loan to fund the expansion, refurbishment and improvement of roads in Argentina's Norte Grande...
Vadodara-Mumbai expressway project in India to start by May this year
India is expected to begin construction work of the Rs70bn ($3.4bn) Vadodara-Mumbai expressway project by May this...
Indonesia to begin feasibility study for Sunda Strait bridge
Indonesia is set to start a feasibility study for the $13.9bn Sunda Strait bridge project this year and is planning to complete it within two...
Atlantia and Bertin unite to manage motorways in Brazil
Italian toll road operator Atlantia has formed a joint venture (JV) with Brazil's Bertin Group to manage 1,538km of motorway under a concession...
January 2012
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Kentucky seeks contractors for Ohio River Bridges Project
The US state of Kentucky has invited contractors to design and build a new downtown bridge in Louisville as part of the $2.6bn Ohio River Bridges...
Forth Road Bridge project in Scotland moves ahead
Transport Scotland is set to award a major contract to supply cement for the construction of the new £1.5bn Forth Road Bridge to the German firm Hochtief, despite calls for the contract to...
Nigeria to start Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reconstruction
Nigeria's Bi-Courtney Highway Services (BCHSL) will begin the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway at the Ibadan end, instead of from Lagos as originally...
Europlus unit to build $2.3bn West Coast Expressway in Malaysia
West Coast Expressway (WCE), the Kumpulan Europlus subsidiary, has secured approval from the Malaysian Government to build a 316km highway on the western coast of the country at an estimated...
Design change to New Zealand’s Kapiti Expressway adds to cost
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has unveiled design improvements for the Kapiti Expressway, adding an additional NZ$115m ($94m) to the cost of the...
Abu Dhabi approves fund for motorway projects
Abu Dhabi Executive Council has approved funding for the Mafraq-Ghweifat and Dubai-Abu Dhabi...
New York releases Tappan Zee Bridge environment impact draft
New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) in the US has released a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the Tappan Zee Bridge project, which reveals no significant hurdles...
HTS unveils enhanced vehicle screening technology
Hi-Tech Solutions (HTS), the Israel-based optical character recognition (OCR) computer systems provider, has unveiled a new version of its enhanced SeeDOT technology that will assist in...
Nigeria seeks World Bank funding for Mile 12-Ikorodu Road
The Nigerian Government is in discussions with the World Bank for N30bn ($187m) to fund the modernisation of the Mile 12-Ikorodu road in...
US Senate approves St Croix Bridge project
The US Senate has approved a $700m project to build the new St Croix River bridge between Stillwater in Minnesota and Houlton in...
Australia invites tenders for Yeppen crossing project
The Australian Government has invited tenders for the A$85m ($89m) Yeppen Crossing project at the southern entrance to Rockhampton in central...
Imtech to deliver traffic management solutions in Copenhagen
Imtech Traffic & Infra has secured a contract in Copenhagen, Denmark, to deliver new traffic management applications for each of the capitals 365 road...
Delaware opens Indian River Inlet Bridge
The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) in the US has opened the $150m Indian River Inlet Bridge to...
North Carolina's Mid-Currituck Bridge project moves forward
The North Carolina Turnpike Authority in the US has released the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the proposed $660m Mid-Currituck Bridge in Currituck...
New York earmarks $5bn for Tappan Zee Bridge project
The US state of New York has put forward $5bn in funding to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge and allocated a further $15bn to improve infrastructure across the...
Bruce Highway named Australia’s most dangerous road
Bruce Highway in Queensland has been named as one of Australia's most dangerous roads, according to a report by the Australian Automobile Association...
Brazil awards $1.21bn BR-101 highway concession deal
Brazil's National Ground Transportation Agency (ANTT) has awarded a $1.21bn concession to a ECORODOVIAS-led consortium to expand and operate the 476km BR-101 highway in Espírito Santo...
ECCI-METAG joint venture wins Afghanistan ring road project
An ECCI-METAG joint venture has secured a $477m four-year project from the Asian Development Bank to rehabilitate and construct a 233km stretch of road from Qaisar to Laman in...
Turkey to build North Marmara Highway with own resources
Turkey has unveiled plans to carry out an estimated $5bn road project, that includes building a third bridge over the Bosphorus Strait, with its own budget after the tender for the development...
Orlando approves $1.7bn Wekiva Parkway financing plan
The MetroPlan Orlando board in Florida, US, has approved a $1.7bn Wekiva Parkway financing plan that will complete the beltway around Central Florida, clearing the way for bidding next...
Saudi Arabia allocates $2.87bn for 284 road projects
Saudi Arabia has allocated SAR10.78bn ($2.87bn) for 284 road projects in 2012 in its annual...
Ireland allocates funds for road safety improvement
Ireland has announced €100m in funding for new road safety and upgrade projects to improve accident blackspots on roads across the country this...
India approves $1bn road projects
India has approved three road projects in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh, valued at Rs53.88bn ($1.05bn). ...
Vinci wins A355 western Strasbourg bypass deal in France
Vinci Concessions, a unit of French construction firm Vinci, has been selected by France's ministry for ecology, sustainable development, transport and housing (MEDDTL), as the preferred bidder...
Vietnam receives international loans for Da Nang-Quang Ngai Expressway
The World Bank has provided a $613.5m loan to Vietnam for the Da Nang-Quang Ngai Expressway...
US Interstate 287 highway reconstruction to be delayed until 2013
The reconstruction of Interstate 287 in the US is expected to be complete by August 2013, instead of the original deadline of November...
US FHWA approves North I-25 improvement plan
The Federal Highway Administration (FHA) in the US has given the green light to the Colorado Department of Transportation's $2.18bn plan to improve Interstate 25, a commuter rail service and...
Bahrain unveils road development plan
Bahrain's Works Ministry has unveiled a road development plan which includes the renovation, revamp and expansion of key junctions, and the building of new main highways to connect all parts of...
Turkey cancels $5bn North Marmara Highway tender
Turkey has cancelled a $5bn tender for the North Marmara Highway project as it failed to receive any bids....
STRABAG wins Poland Expressway contract
STRABAG has won a €254m contract from Poland's General Directorate for National Roads & Highways (GDDKiA) to build a 40km stretch of S8 expressway....
Qatar’s Salwa Road project to be completed by December 2012
The QAR1.59bn ($436m) Salwa Road development project in Doha, Qatar is on track to be completed by December...
Mexico has world’s highest cable bridge
Mexico's new cable bridge, built at a cost of MXN2bn ($146m), has been officially recognised as the highest in the...
Leafield Environmental secures Hong Kong bollard deal
Hong Kong Transport Authority has awarded a contract to UK highway traffic bollard manufacturer Leafield Environmental for its Night Owl retroreflective, bounce-back sign...
Traficon to provide automatic incident detection system to Swedish road tunnels
Traficon has won a contract to provide video image processors to help monitor traffic inside the Södra Länken and Norra Länken tunnels in Stockholm,...
Many bids in for Turkey's North Marmara Highway project
The $5bn North Marmara Highway project in Turkey has attracted 18 bidders....
Carillion wins Canadian highway maintenance deal
Carillion Canada, a unit of UK-based support services and construction company Carillion, has won a $156m contract from Ontario's Ministry of Transportation to provide highway maintenance for...
Ghana to complete Tetteh-Quarshie-Mallam road project this month
Work on the $165m Tetteh-Quarshie Interchange-Apenkwa and Apenkwa-Mallam Junction road projects in Ghana are expecting to be complete by the 31 January...
Acciona wins Almanzora highway project in Spain
Acciona has won a €104m contract from the board of the Andalusia regional government agency of public works in Spain to build the Purchena- Mediterranean (A-7) stretch of the Almanzora Highway....
Carillion secures M6 managed motorway contract in UK
Carillion has won a £104.9m contract from UK Highway Agency to transform another section of the M6 in Birmingham, between Junctions 5 and 8 into a managed...
Astaldi Impregilo JV wins Italian road project
Italian road authority ANAS has awarded a €791m contract to a joint venture between Astaldi and Impregilo to build a stretch of the Jonica National Road in southern Italy....
Philippines unveils infrastructure development plan
The government of the Philippines has unveiled a plan to invest PHP141.8bn ($3.2bn) in infrastructure projects, which are expected to begin later this month....
Kentucky and Indiana to share costs of Ohio River bridge project
The US states of Kentucky and Indiana have signed an agreement to share the $2.6bn cost of the Ohio River bridge project, with Indiana building the East End bridge and Kentucky constructing...
December 2011
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AECOM wins Hong Kong Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link project
AECOM Asia Company, a subsidiary of AECOM Technology has been awarded a $148m contract by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s Highways Department for the design and construction of...
Transurban JV to upgrade M5 South West motorway in Sydney
A Transurban Group-led joint venture has signed an in principle agreement with the government of New South Wales in Australia to carry out a $400m upgrade to the M5 South West motorway in...
Kenya to start Lamu Port-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport project in February
The Kenyan Government is planning to start the KES1.4tn ($16bn) Lamu Port-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) corridor in February 2012, which will link the north of the country to...
Tom Tom expands its map services to cover an additional 600,000 km
TomTom, a supplier of location and navigation products, has expanded its latest map and enhancement product to cover an additional 600,000km of roadways....
India to widen Nechipu to Hoj Road in Arunachal Pradesh
The Indian Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has signed a concession agreement with an unnamed company for widening the 311-km road from Nechipu to Hoj in Arunachal Pradesh state to...
Qatar to invest $12.3bn on road projects over five years
Qatar will invest about QR45bn ($12.36bn) on road projects to improve and create new road networks by 2015....
Redflex wins automated enforcement system contract in Malaysia
Redflex Traffic Systems, a subsidiary of Redflex Holdings, has won a $50m contract for the supply of camera systems, back office software and related services for the automated enforcement...
Texas seeks bids for Horseshoe road project
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the US has sought a request for qualifications (RFQ) for the $818m Horseshoe Project, which will provide critical transportation infrastructure...
US allocates funds for 46 transport projects
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has announced grants of $511m for 46 transportation projects in 33 states and Puerto Rico from the third round of the TIGER...
Hong Kong starts work on world’s longest sea bridge
Hong Kong has started construction of the world’s longest sea bridge at an estimated cost of $11bn, linking the city with Macao and Zhuhai, after long delays following legal disputes over...
EBRD funds Azerbaijan road modernisation project
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed an agreement with Azerbaijan to extend a $750m loan for the modernisation of transport projects in the country....
Dong Sang Engineering completes Baku bay bridge feasibility study in Azerbaijan
South Korean company Dong Sang Engineering has completed the feasibility study for a 14km highway bridge to be built over Baku bay in Azerbaijan, estimated to cost...
Georgia cancels $1.1bn West by Northwest project
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) in the US has cancelled its plan to construct a $1.1bn West by Northwest project that would have added toll roads to stretches of Interstates 75...
Citra Group to invest $1.2bn in Indonesian road projects
Indonesia-based Chitra Group, which holds the majority stake in the South Metro Manila Skyway concession, has revealed a plan to invest $1.2bn in road projects throughout the country....
Roadtraffic-technology.com launches transport survey
To understand what our readers view as the most important business issues for 2012-13, roadtraffic-technology.com is launching a major industry survey involving all of its readers worldwide....
L&T wins Indian highway contract
L&T Construction has won a Rs21.6bn ($403m) contract from India-based GMR Infrastructure for the six-laning of stretches of the Kishangarh Udaipur Ahmedabad highway in India....
ADB funds Mongolia road project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has providing $170m in funding to Mongolia for road improvements along a transport corridor in western Mongolia....
EU to fund Demir Kapija–Smokvica section of Corridor X in Macedonia
The European Union has extended €45m grant to Macedonia to finance the construction of a 28.2km dual-lane motorway section between Demir Kapija and...
Indonesia commences Cikampek-Palimanan highway construction
The construction of the Cikampek-Palimanan toll highway in West Jawa, Indonesia, has officially...
EIB lifts funding freeze on Zambia, to fund Great East Road
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has lifted its two year funding freeze on Zambia and agreed to fund €80m for rehabilitation of the Great East...
Québec approves Route 167 Extension project
In Canada, Québec's department of sustainable transport has issued the final authorisation for the Route 167 Extension highway development project in the James Bay region of the...
Scotland unveils ambitious road development plans
The Scottish Government has published a £60bn infrastructure plan of 80 construction projects, with 54 for road and...
Dubai launches Sheikh Khalifa highway
The UAE Ministry of Public Works has opened the new Sheikh Khalifa highway, connecting Dubai to the central region of the UAE and...
West Virginia selects firm for first 511 traveller information system
Open Roads Consulting has secured a contract from the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) in the US to develop and deploy its first statewide 511 traveller information...
Philippines fast tracks Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway work
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Philippines has revealed that construction work of the initial phase of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Toll Expressway (TPLEX) is...
Wales invites tenders for A483-A489 Newtown Bypass
The Welsh Government has invited tenders for a contractor to design and build the A483-A489 Newtown...
Malaysia to open Eastern Dispersal Link to traffic in January
The Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) with direct access to the newly completed Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex in Sultan Iskandar, Malaysia, will open to traffic in...
Virginia reaches deal with Fluor-Transurban for I-95 toll lanes
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in the US has entered into an agreement with Australian firm Fluor-Transurban for the construction of high occupancy vehicle and high occupancy...
Texas to open final Ben White flyover next week
The Texas Department of Transportation in the US will complete the construction of the Ben White / Interstate 35 interchange by next week with the opening of the final flyover running...
Yunnan secures loan for road projects
The Yunnan province of China has been granted a 5bn-yuan ($786m) loan by the China Development Bank to finance construction of three secondary roads in Lijiang city and the Diqing...
Virginia awards Second Midtown Tunnel contract
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in the US has awarded a contract to Elizabeth River Crossings (ERC) consortium to build a new Midtown Tunnel in Hampton...
Mobile phone talking and texting top Californian drivers' concerns
Combined mobile phone talking and texting while driving on Californian roads has increased from 75% to 84%, according to the second annual Traffic Safety Survey by the California Office of...
Oman earmarks funds for roads
Oman has allocated OMR314.9 ($817.9m) for road projects in the state budget for...
Most US drivers drive distracted
The majority of adult drivers in the US admit to being dangerously distracted while behind the wheel, according to a poll by Harris Interactive /...
NAVTEQ enhances map coverage for Argentina's roads
NAVTEQ has expanded its map coverage in Argentina, enabling access to improved data for developing navigation and location-based...
Ethiopia seeks African Development Bank loan
The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) is looking at a $650m loan from the African Development Bank to improve the...
Province of North Holland accesses TomTom traffic information
The Province of North Holland has awarded a contract to TomTom to provide historical congestion and flow information gathered earlier in...
Speed cameras reduced road fatalities in Qatar, study reveals
Qatar has seen a significant decrease in the number of fatal road traffic accidents after rolling out speed cameras in 2007, according to a report by the Weill Cornell Medical College...
Minnesota unveils Shady Oak road improvement plans
The city of Eden Prairie in Minnesota, US, has unveiled plans for the improvement of Shady Oak Road, including rebuilding the interchanges of Highway 62 and Highway...
UK invites bidders for Area 6 maintenance deal
The UK's Highways Agency has invited bidders to submit tenders for £200m of highways and motorway maintenance works in East...
UK unveils £1bn road network development plans
The UK Government has unveiled the major road projects that will receive funding in an autumn...
Balfour Beatty secures Qatar road contract
Balfour Beatty's professional services division has secured a programme management consultancy contract worth £5bn on a roads and drainage scheme in...
Virginia to award Midtown Tunnel expansion contract by next year
The Virginia Department of Transportation in the US is expected to finalise a private consortium to deliver the Midtown Tunnel expansion project by the next...
Canadian province speeds up Trans-Canada Highway upgrades
The series of projects to upgrade the Trans-Canada Highway in British Columbia, Canada, are close to...
Oman awards five road projects
Oman’s Transport and Communications Ministry has awarded five road projects worth OMR264m ($676.5m) in a bid to improve road infrastructure....
Exim Bank of China funds Kenyan road project
Exim Bank of China has extended its KES16.9bn ($184m) loan to Kenya to finance construction of the southern by-pass road project, which will complete the loop of three bypasses easing traffic...
Sinohydro completes Ethiopian road project
China-based Sinohydro has completed the $57.2m project of upgrading the Assela-Dodola section of road, 220km south of Ethiopia's capital, Addis...
Australia completes Ballina Bypass project
Australia has completed the A$640m ($638m) Ballina Bypass project in the New South Wales north coast, six months ahead of schedule after three years of construction....
November 2011
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India plans to introduce electronic toll collection system
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is planning to replace manual toll collections at plazas with electronic toll collection (ETC) systems across the country....
Sri Lanka to receive Japanese funds for electronic toll system on Southern expressway
Japan will provide funds to transform Sri Lanka's 95km Southern Expressway to an electronic toll collection (ETC) system....
US allocates funds to repair disaster damage roads and bridges
The US Department of Transportation has unveiled a plan to provide $215m to states across the country to repair roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters....
Papua New Guinea begins bridge replacement work
Papua New Guinea has started the reconstruction work on the country's old bridges at a cost of...
Peru to invest $20bn in transport infrastructure
Peru Transport and Communications Ministry (MTC) is planning to invest $20bn between 2011 and 2016 in transport infrastructure, with $11bn earmarked for road...
ADB funds Indonesia regional road projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $180m in loans to improve 470km of the road network in northern Kalimantan and southern Java in Indonesia. ...
EBRD funds Albania road projects
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has extended a €53m loan to the Albanian Road Authority for building two bypass roads in the south-west part of the country....
HCC JV wins Brahmaputra bridge contract in India
Hindustan Construction (HCC), in joint venture with VNR Infrastructures and Germany-based DSD Brouckenbau, has won a Rs9.8bn ($187.6m) contract from Indian Rail to build Bogibeel rail-road...
Abu Dhabi plans to upgrade road traffic technology
UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, is planning to invest $100m to upgrade transport and traffic technologies in the...
Australia allocates more funds for Hunter Expressway
Australia has extended an additional A$200m ($195m) for the new 40km Hunter...
Port Mann bridge and highway 1 project to be completed by 2013
Transportation Investment Corporation of British Columbia in Canada is expecting to complete the $3.3bn Port Mann/Highway 1 project by...
Mumbai floats tender for $1.67bn Trans Harbour Link
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) in India has invited tenders for the Rs88bn ($1.67bn) Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) that will connect Sewri to Nhava Sheva...
Brazil's Bahia state seeks funds for Salvador-Itaparica swing bridge project
Brazil's Bahia state is seeking R$7bn ($3.89bn) to carry out a public-private partnership (PPP) project to build a bridge between state capital Salvador and Itaparica...
USDOT grants funds for the New Britain-Hartford busway
US DOT has signed a deal with Connecticut Department of Transport to provide $275.3m grant for the construction of $567m New Britain-Hartford busway....
US DOT opens second segment of Maryland's intercounty connector
US DOT has opened the second segment of the Maryland's Intercounty Connector (ICC) from MD 97 to I-95 between Montgomery and Prince George's...
Dubai to open Sheikh Khalifa Expressway in December
The UAE is planning to open the Shaikh Khalifa Expressway by December 2011, built at a cost of AED2bn ($544m) and stretching from Fujairah to Dubai....
Australia allocates funds for Queensland road projects
Australian Federal Infrastructure and Transport plans to allocate $220m in federal funding for road projects in Queensland....
TT2 consortium completes twin Tyne tunnel project
UK-based concession company TT2 has completed the £260m Tyne crossing project under the River Tyne in...
Lowari tunnel project in Pakistan moves forward
Pakistan's Ministry of Finance and Planning has allocated PKR2bn ($22.5m) to the National Highway Authority (NHA) to resume the construction of the Lowari Tunnel....
North Carolina awards Monroe Connector-Bypass contract
The North Carolina Turnpike Authority in the US has awarded a $368m contract to an unnamed consortium to build the 20 mile Monroe Connector-Bypass....
Plessentiel and ETDE win French City street work and lighting contract
A contract worth €52m for work on the streets and lighting in the French city of Le Plessis-Robinson has been won by Plessentiel, a company owned by three Colas subsidiaries, and ETDE,...
Toronto to use IMS traffic intelligence to improve traffic congestion
The Regional Municipality of York in Greater Toronto, Canada, is planning to use a new technology from Intelligent Mechatronic Systems to monitor and improve traffic congestion from January next...
Vietnam opens Thu Thiem Tunnel and East-West Highway
Vietnam has opened $189m Thu Thiem tunnel built under the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City and VDN16tn ($762m) East-West...
IRD wins border crossing system contract in Arizona
The International Road Dynamics (IRD) has won a $1.8m ($1.7m) contract from the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to install a border crossing system at Mariposa Port of Entry at...
UK invites bids for temporary traffic management framework
The UK Highways Agency has invited tenders for up to £560m in projects to carry out the temporary traffic management on Britain’s...
Ghana secures funding for Eastern Corridor road projects
The Government of Ghana has secured donor funding of $1.5bn for the construction of Eastern Corridor road...
India approves 15 highway projects
The Indian Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure has approved a plan to complete15 highway projects spanning about 1,814 km at an estimated cost of Rs.15.68bn...
Philippines to build 11 expressways under PPP programme
The Philippines is planning to build 11 expressways under its Public-Private Partnership (PPP)...
US county trials prototype of SMARTDrive intelligent traffic signal system
The Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) in Arizona, US, is trialling a SMARTDrive intelligent traffic signal system in...
Efkon wins tolling and intelligent transportation solutions contracts in India
Efkon India, a subsidiary of Austrian EFKON Group, has won four tolling and Intelligent Transportation Solutions (ITS) contracts worth Rs430m...
Madhucon Projects wins Indian road project
India-based Madhucon Projects has won a Rs5.6bn ($109.7m) contract from the National Highway Authority of India to build a 65km four-lane stretch of the NH-9 between Vijayawada and Machilipatnam...
Peak Gain Systems develops new high speed traffic camera
Canada-based Peak Gain Systems has developed a new Simicon Cordon speed camera which can track up to 32 vehicles at the same time....
Massachusetts DOT to reconstruct the Burns Memorial Bridge in 2012
Massachusetts Department of Transport (MassDOT) in the US is planning to reconstruct the Kenneth F. Burns Memorial Bridge at a cost of...
Ontario to expand Highway 417
The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) in Canada has unveiled a plan to widen Highway 417 in the west end of Ottawa at an investment of $86m....
Mumbai to invite bids for Trans Harbour Link project
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) in India is planning to invite bids for the Rs83bn ($1.6bn) Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) project....
Veidekke wins E18 road contract in Norway
Veidekke has won NOK425m ($75m) contract from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to build the second phase of Gulli-Langåker stretch of E18 highway project in Norway....
Ennore-Manali expressway project in India to be completed by March 2012
The Indian state of Tamilnadu is planning to complete the Rs6bn ($118m) Ennore-Manali expressway project by March...
Luzun road project in Philippines moves forward
A major road development in the Philippines has taken a step forward following the approval from the Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)....
Bechtel Enka JV completes first stretch of Kosovo motorway
Bechtel Enka JV has completed the 38km first stretch of 102km Kosovo motorway a year ahead of...
Ontario to complete 224 highway projects this year
The provincial government of Ontario, Canada, is has said it will have completed 224 transport infrastructure projects by the end of this...
Ethiopia and Kenya sign a deal to construct Nairobi-Moyale-Addis Ababa road
Ethiopia and Kenya have signed a $700m agreement to build a 800km Nairobi-Moyale-Addis Ababa road, which will link the two countries....
Princess Margaret Bridge opens in Canada
SNC Lavalin has completed $77.4m reconstruction work on the Princess Margaret Bridge in Fredericton, Canada....
AfDB funds Ethiopian road project
African Development Bank (AfDB) has extended $66.7m loan to Ethiopia to upgrade a 112km Bedele-Metu road corridor...
Washington opens new Manette bridge
The Washington Department of Transport in the US has opened the new Manette bridge built at a cost of $60m, replacing an 80-year-old bridge across Bremerton and...
Skanska wins road and bridge contract in Norway
Skanska has won a Skr390m ($58m) contract from Statens vegvesen, the Norwegian public roads administration, to construct a four-lane road and two bridges in Kongsvinger,...
Arkansas to raise bonds for highway improvement projects
Voters in the US state of Arkansas have approved a proposal to raise $575m in federal bonds to repair around 400 miles of interstate...
EU: Transport pollution in Europe fell due to economic recession
The European Environment Agency's (EEA) latest report said transport pollution fell in Europe during 2009 as recession cut transport demand....
Clark County starts work on Las Vegas Beltway
Clark County in the US has started construction on the $117m project to complete the remaining stretch of the Las Vegas...
Highway 30 in Canada completes Jean-Leman stretch
Transport Quebec has completed the $86m Jean-Leman segment of Highway 30 in...
Louisiana awards ITS contract to Grady Crawford and Gannett Fleming
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) in the US has awarded a contract to Grady Crawford Construction Company and Gannett Fleming to build the Baton Rouge to New...
Alpine Construction completes new Kaiser Wilhelm Tunnel in Germany
Alpine Construction, a subsidiary Austrian company of FCC, has completed the new €80m single track of the Kaiser Wilhelm tunnel on the railway line between Koblenz and Perl in Rhineland-Palatinate....
Romania to complete Bucharest-Ploiesti highway by 2012
Austin awards 342 ITS cabinet contract to McCain
McCain, the manufacturer and supplier of intelligent transport solutions, has won a year-long contract from the US city of Austin to deliver 342 intelligent transportation signal (ITS) cabinets....
India to widen Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is seeking bids to widen the Ahmedabad-Rajkot and Bamanbore-Samakhiyali section of the national highway grid at a cost of Rs30bn...
NCC wins tunnel contract in Norway
Sweden-based Nordic Construction Company (NCC) has won a Skr440m ($67m) contract to build a 2.5km tunnel in the Hordaland region of Norway....
Sri Lanka completes first phase of the Southern Expressway project
Sri Lanka has completed the first section of Southern Expressway running from Kottawa to Galle which is scheduled to open on 27 November...
Sri Lanka completes nearly half of the Colombo circular highway
Sri Lanka has completed 45% of the outer circular highway outside the capital...
Philippines to replace 91 bridges across the country
Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is planning to invest PHP3.18bn ($74m) under its Special Bridges projects to build or replace 91 bridges in two years. ...
Australia’s Hume Highway project nears completion
The reconstruction work of the Hume Highway connecting Sydney and Melbourne in Australia is nearing completion, with two of three remaining sections now...
Imtech to upgrade traffic infrastructure in Europe
Imtech has won orders worth €35m to provide high-tech traffic data solutions and upgrade the existing traffic infrastructure in five European countries....
IRD to provide weigh-in-motion and screening solution to Oklahoma DOT
Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) has awarded a contract to International Road Dynamics (IRD) to install port-of-entry (POE) electronic screening systems (ESS) and virtual weigh...
Strabag to build Kigali-Gatuna Highway in Rwanda
Germany-based Strabag International will build the RWF32bn ($52m) Kigali-Gatuna highway in...
UK city Sheffield to sign £1.21bn road maintenance contract by next year
Sheffield City Council in the UK is set to sign a £1.21bn contract to carry out maintenance works on the city's roads, with the winning bidder planned to be selected by early...
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission opens new bridges in Carbon County
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in the US has opened new bridges over the Lehigh River & Pohopoco Creek on Northeastern Extension on the Interstate 476 in Carbon County, built at a cost of...
Doprastav-Strabag consortium wins highway contract in Slovakia
National Highway Company (NDS) of Slovakia has awarded a €114.6m contract to Doprastav-Strabag consortium to build an 11.2km section of the D1 highway between the country's Fricovce and Svinia...
Chile to concession La Serena-Vallenar highway again
The public works ministry (MOP) of Chile is seeking another bidder to concession the $265m La Serena-Vallenar stretch on north-south highway Ruta 5 after the Spanish consortium Azvi-Copasa...
Larsen & Toubro wins two Oman road contracts
L&T Oman, a unit of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has won two contracts worth OMR68.4m ($177m) to build the Wadikabir-Darsait road and Mahlah-Ghubbrat al Tam-Ismaiyah...
Indra delivers traffic control system to four Chinese cities
Spain-based company Indra has delivered traffic control technology worth €13m to the cities of Changde, Guilin, Korla (Bazhou) and Liaocheng in...
Indian state awards North-South corridor project to IVRCL
The Haryana state government in India has awarded a Rs13.6bn ($275m) contract to IVRCL Assets & Holding to build a 151km North-South corridor on a design, build, finance, operate and...
Korenix unveils real-time traffic management solutions in Taiwain
Korenix has launched 7+3G gigabit managed switches and 2-channel fibre media converters which will be used for intelligent real-time traffic monitoring in...
Walsh Construction wins Blanchette bridge contract in the US
The Missouri Highways and Transportation (MoDOT) in the US has awarded a $62.7m contract to Chicago-based Walsh Construction to repair the Blanchette Bridge over the Missouri River in suburban...
Colombia's Autopistas de la Montaña highway seeks additional funding
Autopistas de la Montaña highway project in Colombia may require additional public funding to meet the project...
World Bank to fund Dhaka road projects
The World Bank will provide a $300m loan to the Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED) of Bangladesh to carry out a project under the Rural Transport Improvement-II (RTIP-II)...
Dubai completes 90% of road projects
The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has invested AED60bn ($16.3bn) in roads, traffic and public transport projects in the last six years and completed 90% of the proposed...
US city approves funds for 290 highway improvement
Galveston Area Council in Texas, US, has approved $170m worth of projects to ease congestion along the US290...
Ringway Jacobs set to bag Essex highway maintenance contract in UK
Essex County Council in the UK has chosen Ringway Jacobs joint venture as its preferred bidder for the £1bn, ten-year highway maintenance and service...
Sunderland seeks bids for River Wear Bridge project in UK
Sunderland City Council in the UK is seeking bids to build a new River Wear Bridge and associated highway work which is estimated to cost between $129m and...
TomTom unveils new device in five more countries
TomTom has unveiled its new GO LIVE 1005 WORLD device in five more countries after launching PND with travel specific apps in the USA and...
US DoD to fund transport projects
The US Department of Defence (DoD) has announced its plans to distribute $299.6m for eight transportation projects to improve access to medical facilities affected by the 2005 Defense Base...
Q-Free to deliver ELE systems to Indonesia
Norway-based Q-Free and PT Rin have signed a Nkr940m ($171m) contract to deliver an Electronic Law Enforcement (ELE) system to Jakarta (DKI) and Bodetabek in...
New Zealand opens Victoria Park motorway tunnel
New Zealand Transport Agency has completed the construction of the $340m Victoria Park Tunnel project three months ahead of...
Iteris to acquire Berkeley Transportation Systems
US-based traffic management solution provider Iteris has signed an agreement to acquire Berkeley Transportation Systems (BTS) for an undisclosed sum....
KFAED funds Bangladesh bridge project
Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) has extended a grant worth $48m to Bangladesh for construction of a bridge on the Paira...
INRIX to provide real-time traffic information to Telmap
Telmap, provider of mobile location-based services, has signed a partnership agreement with INRIX to use real-time, historical and predictive traffic information in its Mobile Location...
Váhostav wins Slovakia D1 motorway project
The NDS (National Highway Company) of Slovakia has signed a €137.7m contract with Váhostav to construct the D1 motorway stretch between Dubná Skala and Turany in Žilina region in Slovakia's...
Lend Lease wins New South Wales road project
Lend Lease has won a A$530m ($560m) contract from the NSW Roads & Traffic Authority (RTA) of Australia for a dualisation of the Pacific Highway from Tintenbar to Ewingsdale in New South...
Siqura launches pressurized dome PTZ cameras
Siqura has unveiled an advanced PTZ dome camera for highway tunnel and seaport surveillance which is capable of withstanding harsh environments....
European Intelligent Transport System market to reach €1.3bn by 2015
The Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) market deployed in Europe is expected to reach €1.3bn by 2015 from €0.65bn in 2010, according to a new report by Berg Insight....
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India to widen Birmitrapur-Barkote section of NH-23
The Indian Government has approved Rs10.9bn ($219.4m) for four / two-laning and construction of a paved shoulder on the Birmitrapur-Barkote section of National Highway-23, which passes through...
Vinci completes Slovakian motorway project
Vinci has opened the first three sections of the R1 expressway in Slovakia, which is known as PR1BINA and has been built on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis at a cost of €900m....
Libelium unveils vehicle traffic monitoring platform
Spain-based Libelium has launched a new vehicle traffic monitoring platform that can sense traffic flow on roads....
Vietnam allocates funds for My Thuan-Can Tho Expressway
Vietnam has allocated VND9.2tn ($441.6m) for the construction of My Thuan-Can Tho Expressway, which passes through two Cuu Long (Mekong) delta provinces, Vinh Long and Dong...
Balfour Beatty wins M4 / M5 motorway contract in UK
Balfour Beatty has won a £77.6m contract from the UK Highway Agency for the M4 / M5 managed motorways scheme near...
India approves four-laning of Vijayawada-Machlipatnam highway
The Indian Government has approved the Rs7.3bn ($147m) project for four-laning of the Vijayawada-Machlipatnam section of National Highway 9 in Andhra Pradesh...
Chile to seek bids for Vespucio Oriente highway project in 2012
Chile's public works ministry (MOP) is planning to begin the bidding process for Vespucio Oriente highway concession in capital city Santiago by the second quarter of...
ebpSource provides Canadian Tolling Company with e-billing solution
ebpSource, a provider of high-volume e-billing and payment solutions, has delivered a web-based billing solution to Canadian Tolling Company International (407...
US opens new Interchange in Denver
The US Federal Highway Administration has completed the $50m I-70 / Central Park Boulevard Interchange in...
Transcore installs ATMS along the I-95 corridors
US-based Transcore will install an Advanced Transportation Management System (ATMS) along the I-95 and Spaulding Turnpike corridors in Massachusetts,...
Alliance to develop smart gates for highways in UAE
Abu Dhabi-based Intelligent Transport Solution provider (ITS) Alliance has signed an agreement with Advanced Interactive Media Solutions (AIMS) and digital signage solution provider SCALA...
NSW commences work on Erskine Park Link road
New South Wales (NSW) Government has commenced work on the $55m Erskine Park Link Road in western...
Bids sought for UK’s Mersey Gateway bridge project
Halton Borough Council in the UK has sought bids for the £590m Mersey Gateway Bridge across River Mersey....
Bidders confirmed for Batinah Expressway in Oman
The third phase of the 265km Batinah Expressway project in Oman has attracted 15 bidders following the floating of bids on 5 October....
Atlantia-led consortium to operate satellite-based toll system for heavy vehicles
Autostrade per l’Italia, through its subsidiary Ecomouv SAS, has signed a €2.8bn contract with the French Ministry of Ecology's Sustainable Development and Transport (MEDDTL) to build and operate...
Atlanta JV wins Indian highway project
Atlanta and joint venture (JV) partner Essar Projects have won a Rs10bn ($206m) contract from National Highways Authority of India for the four-laning of the Lucknow-Sultanpur stretch of highway...
Most road accidents in India are driver's fault, says report
Drivers are responsible for 78% of the accidents that happened during 2009 in India, according to a report released by the Transport Research Wing of the Ministry of Road Transport and...
Perceptics unveils automated license plate reader
Perceptics has launched its new number reader system designed to automate the collection of DOT numbers, improving the rate and amount of inspections at weigh stations in the...
India to complete Bangalore-Chennai expressway by 2012
The Indian Government has approved a proposal to build a six lane highway connecting Chennai and Bangalore which is expected to be completed by March...
STRABAG wins Duqm port road contract in Oman
STRABAG Oman, a unit of STRABAG Group, has won a €150m contract from the Ministry of Transport and Communication of the Sultanate of Oman to build roads and infrastructure at Duqm port in...
India plans four expressway projects
The Indian Government has approved the construction of four expressway projects stretching 1,000km with an investment of Rs166bn ($3.35bn) under the National Highways Development Project...
Alcatel-Lucent to trial ITTS in French city
Alcatel-Lucent has said it will perform a six-month trial of a new system to ease road congestion in the city of Vélizy-Villacoublay, France....
Bulgaria identifies €9bn priority road projects
The Bulgarian Government has unveiled a list of priority road infrastructure projects that it says will require an investment of €9bn between 2014 and...
Proxim expands Tsunami GX800 traffic control system in Los Angeles
Proxim Wireless (PRXM) has expanded the deployment of its Tsunami GX800 licensed point-to-point radios to the existing 13 city-wide traffic control system in Los Angeles, California,...
SQLstream launches real-time transportation analytics tool
US-based SQLstream has launched ITS Insight, a real-time solution that reduces congestion by exploiting low-cost wireless GPS...
TomTom extends real-time traffic products worldwide
TomTom has extended its real-time traffic products to Australia, Canada, Luxembourg and Poland, bringing the total number of countries served to...
Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge III to open in November
Vietnam and Thailand have agreed to open the $60m Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge III on 11 November...
Bangladesh allocates funds for elevated expressway project
The Bangladeshi Government has approved BDT32.17bn ($417m) for the Dhaka Elevated Expressway project, linking the Airport Road to the Dhaka-Chittagong highway to ease congestion in the...
EBRD funds modern traffic management system in Macedonia
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided Macedonia wirh a €5.6m loan to implement a modern traffic management system and upgrade one of the key arteries in...
Mumbai to embark upon six-lane road project in India
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) in India has unveiled plans to construct a 33km six-lane road connecting Nahur near Mulund to Badlapur at a cost of Rs7.7bn...
USDOT allocates funds for transportation projects
The US department of transportation (USDOT) has allocated grants worth $928.5m for 300 transit projects in urban, suburban and rural areas across the...
Orlando trials real-time traffic monitoring system
The city of Orlando in the US is trialling new technology from Alcatel-Lucent that will monitor, manage and predict traffic patterns on roads and highways....
Hitachi to deliver tunnel boring machines for Seattle Tunnel
Japan-based Hitachi has signed a letter of intent worth $80m with Seattle Tunnel Partners and the Washington State Department of Transportation in the US to supply tunnel boring machines for...
China completes highway lighting project in Shenzhen
China has completed the largest highway lighting upgrade in Shenzhen by installing more than 10,000 street lights, featuring a million US-based Cree +1.05% XLamp(R) XP-G and XP-E High...
Jupiter delivers video display control systems to Florida
US-based Jupiter systems, the supplier of display wall processors for traffic management centres, has been selected by Florida DOT in the US to supply a display wall processor for Traffic...
Vietnam to open Thu Thiem tunnel next month
The six lane Thu Thiem Tunnel connecting Districts 1 and 2 in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, will open to traffic next month and is expected to ease traffic flow from the western to eastern side of the...
UK opens Aston Webb Boulevard relief road
The UK Government has opened the £61m Selly Oak relief road project, which is designed to reduce congestion in Birmingham’s Selly...
Iteris launches iPerform traffic management solution
US-based Iteris has unveiled iPerform, an information management solution for measurement and management of Intelligent Transportation...
AfDB funds road project in Ethiopia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has allocated a grant worth $125m to finance the second phase of construction of the Mombasa-Nairobi-Addis road in...
NAVTEQ and M/A-COM unveil map and positioning engine module
NAVTEQ has collaborated with M/A-COM Technology Solutions (M/A-COM) to create a commercial map and positioning engine (MPE) module, which will provide vehicle control systems with predictive...
Answer develops communication-based iPhone app for DBi Prismo
UK-based Answer has developed an iPhone application for DBi Prismo, a contractor of road marking products and road safety solutions, that provides communication between the company's...
Arup and URS Scott Wilson sign up to UK traffic management framework
Arup, in partnership with URS Scott Wilson, has been appointed by the UK Government to become part of the new national Government Procurement Service framework for traffic management...
Protea Parkways Consortium wins Winelands toll highway project in South Africa
The South African National roads agency SOC (SANRAL) has selected Protea Parkways Consortium (PPC) as the preferred bidder for the Z10bn ($1.27bn) N1-N2 Winelands toll highway project, which...
Massachusetts to complete Whittier memorial bridge ahead of schedule
Construction work on $285m Whittier memorial bridge replacement project in the US is expected to be completed earlier than planned following the US Government's assurance to expedite the...
Elmore Group to install traffic system in Ireland
Galway City Council in Ireland has awarded Elmore Group a €1.26m contract to install a high-tech computerised traffic control system in the...
Inrix expands traffic data partnership in US
US-based traffic information technology company Inrix has signed a three-year contract with transport agencies in the US to use traffic data to assess the best way to spend transport funds...
Kerala state in India to invest in road projects
The Indian state of Kerala has unveiled plans to invest Rs51bn ($1bn) to develop and reconstruct 1,000km of state highways and major district...
Bolivia suspends construction of Beni-Cochabamba highway
Bolivia has passed a bill to suspend construction of the Beni-Cochabamba highway project through the Amazon following month-long protests against the project by the indigenous...
Nevada DOT to invest in Clark County road project
The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) in the US has unveiled plans to invest $552.4m on Clark County road projects by next...
Slovakia seeks bids for highway construction
Slovakia’s National Highway (NDS) is seeking bids for the construction of a stretch of the D1 motorway between Hubová and Ivachnová near...
World Bank suspends $1.2bn Padma Bridge funding to Bangladesh
The World Bank has suspended a $1.2bn loan to Bangladesh to carry out the Padma Bridge project following allegations of irregularity in bidding...
Bids submitted for north-south transport corridor in Armenia
Two Spanish and four Chinese companies have submitted bids for the construction of the first two segments of the north-south transport corridor in...
Kazakhstan to complete six transit corridors by 2015
Kazakhstan is planning to complete the reconstruction of six international transit corridors by...
Cambridge Consultants develops system to boost traffic information
Cambridge Consultants has developed Olio, a data analysis system to improve intelligent transport systems...
Astaldi wins Florida road contract
The Astaldi Group has won a $59m contract from Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in the US to upgrade the NW 25th Street in Miami-Dade...
Chennai-Ennore-Manali road to be completed by 2013
The Chennai-Ennore-Manali road improvement project (EMRIP) in Tamil Nadu state of India is expected to be completed by 2013, according to the state...
TomTom to roll out its HD Traffic system in Canada
TomTom has unveiled plans to launch its LIVE services and HD Traffic in Canada, which will help drivers to reach their destinations...
Chile MOP to fund Carretera Austral paving project
Chile's Ministerio de Obras Públicas (MOP) has unveiled plans to finance 89% of the $400m Carretera Austral paving project, connecting southern regions X and...
Servidone-Anthony JV wins New York road project
New York State Department of Transportation in the US has awarded a $73m contract to a Servidone- Anthony joint venture (JV) to reconstruct Exit 122 on NYS Route 17 in Wallkill, Orange...
Kansas unveils plans for highway modernisation
Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) in the US has unveiled a plan to invest $651m in state-wide road and bridge projects that are scheduled to start during the next two...
Jamaica to upgrade roadways
Transport and works minister Mike Henry has signed a contract worth A$279m (US$267m) for the rehabilitation work on 13.7km of roadway between Scotts Cove and Belmont main road in Westmoreland...
New York launches 511 travel information service
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) have launched the 511 New York state travel information line to help the public with...
Coastin completes viaduct strengthening in London
UK-based Coastin has completed work on the M53 Bidston Moss viaduct strengthening project, three months ahead of the 31 December 2011 contract...
Skansa wins road contract in Poland
Skanska has won a zl198m ($64m) construction contract for the stretch of the S8 express road near Lódz and the A1 motorway near Wroclaw,...
BAM-Per Aarsleff JV wins extension of Tanzanian highway contract
A joint venture between BAM International and Danish firm Per Aarsleff has won an extension to its €38.5m Tanzanian road...
Saudi approves funding for Makkah highway projects
The Saudi Arabian Government has allocated SAR1.3bn ($346m) to implement several highway projects in Makkah within the next...
ADB approves funds for Vietnam road project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $80m loan to upgrade the road network in...
Oxford reports biggest increase in traffic congestion in UK
Oxford has witnessed the biggest increase in traffic congestion in the UK in the past six months, with 31.2% of its main roads clogged with traffic, according to a new report by...
Pakistan installs modern traffic control system
Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) in Pakistan has deployed software from Tollink to control traffic in the city, under a new...
Galfar awarded Izz-Adam road project in Oman
Muscat-based Galfar (SAOG) has been awarded a RO51m ($131m) contract for the dualisation of the Izz-Adam section of the Nizwa-Thumrait road in...
Saudi Arabia approves major road contracts
The Saudi Government has approved 16 contracts worth SAR2.24bn ($597m) to build 969km of roads in the...
GVK wins highway project in India
India-based GVK Group has been awarded the contract for the four-laning of Shivpuri-Dewas section in Madhya Pradesh by National Highways Authority of India...
Iteris to provide traveller information services to VDOT
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in the US has selected Iteris to provide the core services of implementing 511 interactive voice response, aggregating transportation video,...
UK approves funding for Mersey gateway bridge
The UK Department of Transportation has approved up to £470m of funding for a new gateway bridge across the River Mersey between Runcorn and...
ADB funds road project in Papua New Guinea
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated loan and grant funds worth $90m for the Bridge Replacement for Improved Rural Access Sector Project in Papua New Guinea...
Sanjose wins Indian state ring road development contract
The Indian state of Rajasthan has awarded a €157m concession contract to the Spanish- Indian Consortium between Sanjose and Supreme for the Jaipur ring road...
Qatar’s QUWIC launches traffic information system
The Qatar University Wireless Innovations Centre (QUWIC) has launched Masarak, a system that uses the university’s Labeeb data processing system to provide real-time and historic...
Texas approves funds to upgrade road projects
The Texas Transportation Commission in the US has approved distribution of $3bn to address congested highways, rehabilitate bridges and upgrade connectivity between the state’s metropolitan...
Inrix to provide real-time traffic data to Google
Google has partnered with traffic information services provider Inrix to add real-time traffic data to its navigation and mapping...
India unveils plan to expand highways
India has unveiled a plan to build a six-lane 6,500km of highway, a four lane 24,700km highway and will upgrade 20,000km of highways, as well as develop 1,000 km of expressways under the...
Inrix to provide traffic navigation app to Fullpower-MotionX
Inrix, a provider of real-time traffic information and connected driving services has been chosen by Fullpower-MotionX to provide traffic information for its MotionX-GPS Drive navigation app...
Florida completes US 1 highway reconstruction
The Florida Department of Transportation in the US has completed a $330m road project to rebuild an 18-mile section of US 1 connecting the South Florida mainland with the Florida...
Ecuador completes segmental bridge project
Ecuador has inaugurated its longest segmental bridge, which was built by China-based Gaungxi Road & Bridge Engineering and funded by the Inter-American Development Bank...
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SuperGIS to deliver traffic management solutions to Indonesia
SuperGeo, a provider of GIS software and solutions, has won a contract to deliver its SuperGIS Desktop 3 and SuperPad 3 and enhance traffic development and transportation management in...
EIB to fund Polish road project
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to extend two loans worth €300m to finance road infrastructure in Poland....
GMR wins $1.4bn Indian highway project
India-based GMR has won a Rs72bn ($1.4bn) contract from the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to widen the 555km Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad highway from four lanes to six...
Ringway wins Yorkshire highway maintenance contract
The North Yorkshire County Council in the UK has awarded a £250m contract to Ringway Infrastructure Services to carry out highway maintenance over the next ten...
Malaysia to rebid $1bn Sri Lanka highway project
The Malaysian Government is planning to resubmit a proposal to construct a 110km Colombo-Kandy Toll Expressway project in Sri Lanka, which is estimated to cost...
European Commission funds Romanian highway projects
The European Commission has approved €724m to build the Nadlac-Arad and Orastie-Sibiu highway in Romania, which will form a part of the pan-European Corridor...
UK starts M62 motorway traffic improvement project
The UK Highway Agency has started a £150m project to open up the hard shoulder of the M62 motorway in Yorkshire, which will ease congestion and improve...
Beirut opens new traffic control centre
The Lebanese capital Beirut has opened a new traffic control centre to deal with traffic problems in the Greater Beirut...
Canadian province floats tenders for highway projects
The Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has unveiled its first phase of highway tenders worth $157m for the year...
Trapeze to replace intelligent transportation system in Delaware
Trapeze Group, a unit of Constellation Software subsidiary Volaris Group, has signed a deal with Delaware Transit in the US to replace its legacy intelligent transportation...
Brazilian Government invites bids for Espírito Santo highway
The Brazilian Government has floated bids for a 25-year concession of highway BR-101 in the south-eastern state of Espírito Santo that requires an investment of...
Abertis and Goldman Sachs-led consortium to manage two toll roads in Puerto Rico
Abertis and Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners II-led consortium Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico has signed a $1.1bn concession contract with the Puerto Rican Government to manage...
IVRCL wins Indian road project
The India-based IVRCL consortium has won a Rs14.8bn ($294m) contract from the Indian Ministry of Road Transport to upgrade a highway in the state of Arunachal...
Mostotrest to rebuild Businovskaya traffic interchange in Moscow
Russia-based Mostotrest has won a $530m contract from Russian Highways Company to rebuild the Businovskaya traffic overpass system in northern Moscow,...
Cowi to design Izmit Bay Bridge in Turkey
Cowi has signed a contract with Japan-based IHI to design the $1.1bn Izmit Bay Bridge in Turkey, which will become the fourth longest suspension bridge in the...
Astaldi wins motorway contract in Romania
The National Roads and Highways Company of Romania (CNADNR) has awarded a €119m contract to Italian-German consortium Astaldi-Max Boegl to design and construct a section of the...
Via Gateway Thüringen secures funds for German motorway project
Via Gateway Thüringen, a consortium consisting of Vinci subsidiary Eurovia and Royal BAM subsidiary Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau, has secured funds for a €220m Federal Motorway A9 in...
GCC countries invest $142bn in road and bridge projects
The total value of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries' existing and planned road and bridge construction projects has been estimated to be $142bn, a study by Ventures Middle East...
Granite secures expressway widening project in Florida
US-based Granite Construction has won a $64m contract from the Florida Department of Transportation to widen approximately 1.5 miles of the existing Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway in...
Oman announces tenders for road projects
Oman has awarded several tenders, which are valued at RO25.6m ($66m), to carry out road projects across the...
IPL to provide weather information to UK Highways Agency
The UK Highways Agency has selected IT company IPL to operate its forthcoming weather central service, which will provide reliable and real-time weather...
Abu Dhabi to improve road safety with intelligent traffic system
UAE capital Abu Dhabi is to implement an intelligent traffic system as part of its 2030 plan to reduce traffic...
Ohio begins highway reconstruction project
The Ohio Department of Transportation has launched a $200m project to reconstruct the Interstate 71 / Interstate 670 interchange in Columbus, Ohio, US....
US Federal Highway Administration approves tolling of I-95
The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has granted the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) preliminary approval to toll I-95 near the North Carolina border in order to pay...
AfDB funds Medenine-Jdir highway project in Tunisia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has extended a TND 268m ($188m) loan to Tunisia for the construction of the Medenine-Jdir Highway. The project will improve access to the south-eastern parts...
ADB funds Bishkek-Naryn-Torugart road project in Kyrgyzstan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to extend $55m of grants for the completion of Bishkek-Naryn-Torugart road in Kyrgyzstan, which is currently undergoing repairs. The repair works on...
Georgia seeks contractor for West by Northwest lanes project
The Georgia DOT (GDOT) in the US has floated tenders for the $1bn West by Northwest project, a public private partnership project to deliver a new managed lanes system to Interstates 75 and 575...
India to widen Gujarat and Rajasthan highways
The Indian Government has approved a Rs60bn ($1.28bn) project to widen the national highways in Rajasthan and Gujarat, under the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP). The project...
Hill International to manage ringroad project in Afghanistan
US-based Hill International has received a four-year $37m contract from the Afghanistan Ministry of Public Works to provide project management and supervision consultant services for...
Georgia to open expanded I-85 express lane in October
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) in the US is set to open the Interstate-85 express lanes in Gwinnett and DeKalb counties on 1 October. The expressway lane is Georgia's...
Rutgers and UCLA to develop smart traffic management technology
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $2m to Rutgers University and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) to develop an intelligent traffic management technology that...
Radwin delivers HPMP traffic solution in Ireland
Radwin, a provider of backhaul and broadband wireless solutions, has delivered its high-capacity point-to-multipoint solutions (HPMP) to Kildare county council in Ireland, in order to...
Florida's Alachua county installs new intelligent traffic signals
The Alachua county in Florida, US, has completed 75% of the installation of its intelligent traffic signal system, which will improve traffic in the county. Under the $18m project, which began...
India plans major highway projects
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has announced plans to construct two highways, which will link Amravati to the Maharashtra / Gujarat border and Mumbai to JNPT port in India. ...
EIB to support Croatian motorway project
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will support the extension of the Vc motorway corridor in Croatia with a €60m fund. The scope of work involves the construction of 13km of motorway...
São Paulo starts prequalification for Norte section of the Rodoanel beltway
Brazil's São Paulo state highway department Dersa has started the process to award a tender for the construction of the R$6.51bn (US$3.8bn) Norte section of the Rodoanel Mário Covas...
TRW introduces next-generation vehicle radar concept
US-based TRW Automotive has unveiled its new radar technology, which will provide 360° sensing around a vehicle, ensuring driver safety and reducing road accidents. The new technology is from...
Aecom wins Russian motorway contract
Aecom has won a $23m contract from North-West Concession Company (NWCC) to provide design review and construction supervision services for the Moscow-St Petersburg M11 Highway project in...
India plans 1,000km of expressways
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has unveiled plans to construct 1,000km of expressways on the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model. The expressway plans include the four sections...
Essar and Atlanta JV wins India road-widening project
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded a Rs104bn ($219m) contract to the Essar and Atlanta JV to widen the 125.9km Lucknow-Sultanpur highway in Uttar Pradesh state. ...
Habtoor Leighton wins Oman road contract
Australian Habtoor Leighton (HLG) has won a OMR117m ($300m) contract from Oman’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) for the dualisation of a section of the Bidbid-Sur highway. HLG,...
Strabag wins Duqm port road project in Oman
Strabag Oman has won a OMR81m ($209m) contract to build access roads to Duqm Port & Drydock at the Arabian Sea. The scope of work includes the construction of 30km of road as well as...
Rhythm Engineering installs real-time adaptive traffic system in the US
US-based Rhythm Engineering has installed its InSync real-time adaptive traffic control system at 500 intersections in 13 states across the country. The InSync system gives traffic...
Indian state to award highway project
Haryana is all set to award a contract for the construction of a 156km highway, which will connect the southern region to the northern parts of the Indian state. The Rs12bn ($253m) project,...
Puerto Rico converts roadways to all-electronic toll collection
The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) and its technology partner TransCore have started a $26m conversion of two of the country's busiest roadways to all-electronic...
Sri Lanka to start $1.2bn Colombo-Kandy expressway in 2012
Sri Lanka is planning to commence construction on the SRs160bn ($1.4bn) Colombo-Kandy expressway early next year. The 98.9km expressway will be a four-lane highway with provision to expand it...
Oman to expand road network
Road projects totalling more than 2,000km in length are currently under various stages of design and development across Oman, according to the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC). ...
IHI, Itochu sign deal for gulf suspension bridge
A consortium between Japanese company IHI and Turkey-based company Itochu has won a $6.5bn contract to construct a 3km gulf suspension bridge that would shorten the way between Istanbul and Izmir....
Tutor Perini to construct bored tunnel project in Seattle
The US Federal Highway Administration approved a plan to begin the final design and construction on the SR99 Bored Tunnel Project to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct in downtown Seattle, US. ...
Skanska wins road project in Norway
Skanska has won a NOK764m ($137m) contract from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration Statens Vegvesen to widen a 10.2km section of the E18 highway in Norway. Under the contract,...
Early finish for Michigan Southfield Freeway project
The reconstruction work on the $80m Southfield Freeway project in Michigan, US, will be completed on 15 October, two weeks ahead of its original schedule date. The Southfield Freeway...
Mumbai plans $2.1bn sea link project
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) in India is planning to invite bids for the Rs100bn ($2.1bn) Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL). The project will connect Sevri in...
Iteris partners with Sutec to supply video detection technologies
California-based Iteris, a traffic management solutions company, has partnered with Sutec Holding to supply non-invasive video detection technologies for its traffic signal control systems...
Indra to deliver toll management systems in Texas
Spain-based Indra won a €10.6m contract from US-based Tex Toll Services (a subsidiary of Cintra, a unit within a brance of Ferrovial) to implement electronic toll collection office systems...
Louisiana opens new Interstate 10 twin span bridge
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development in the US has completed the $803m I-10 Twin Span Bridges replacement, replacing the original bridge that was badly damaged by...
Astratel Nsuantra to acquire majority stake in Indonesian toll company
Astratel Nusantara, the highway construction unit of Astra International in Indonesia, has reached an agreement to acquire a 95% stake in PT Marga Hanurata Intrinstic, which will operate...
Arakansas selects bidders for road projects
The Arkansas state Highway and Transportation Department has selected bidders for $120.7m in road projects. The road project includes $56.3m of work on a ten-mile stretch of Interstate 40...
Adanti wins Tuscany road contract
Austrian construction company Strabag's Italian subsidiary Adanti has won a €105m contract from Italy's state road company ANAS to upgrade about 11km of road between Grosseto and Siena...
Colombia plans $8.6bn Autopistas de la Montaña highway project
Colombia state power company ISA has completed a full report on the scope on Autopistas de la Montaña highway project and presented it before the National Institute of Concessions (INCO). ...
Taiwan to open Taipei Expressway No. 2 next month
Taiwan is planning to open the provincial Highway No. 65 section in Taiwan, connecting Sianmin Boulevard in New Taipei City's Banciao District and the Tucheng Interchange on Freeway No. 3 by...
Majority of Londoners plan to avoid roads during the Olympics
Almost 70% of Londoners are planning to avoid roads during the Olympics, according to research released by triOpsis. About a quarter complained about more roadworks in London and 42%...
Chinese firm starts Vietnam highway project
China-based Guangdong Provincial Changda Highway Engineering has commenced work on a highway project that will link the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi with Haiphong city. The 105km highway project...
Columbus city trials new traffic detectors to monitor traffic flow remotely
The Columbus State Department of Roads in the US is planning to install traffic detectors with state-of-the-art technology at road intersections. The devices, unlike cameras, will monitor...
Ten companies vie for construction of Kenyan road project
Ten international companies are keen to get the Sh5bn ($52.8m) Timboroa-Eldoret road project, the remaining section of Kenya's main trunk road. The bidders include Zhongmei, China Road and...
Mexico invests in highway projects
Mexico has completed the construction of 16,500km of highways over the last five years. The country earmarked about Mex$78.9bn (US$6.39bn) to be invested in highway infrastructure during...
New South Wales unveils road project budget
New South Wales (NSW) in Australia has unveiled a budget of $6.3bn to upgrade roads across the state. Under the roads plan, about $468m will be allocated to upgrade the Pacific Highway and...
Astaldi and Max Boegl win Romanian highway contract
Romanian highways company CNADNR has awarded a €141m contract to Astaldi and Max Boegl Construction Company to construct the Cernavoda–Medgidia highway in Romania. Under the contract,...
Vietnam to open Cau Gie-Ninh Binh Highway next year
Vietnam is planning to complete construction of the Cau Gie-Ninh Binh Highway, which is being built at a cost of VND8.9tn ($428m), by next year. The six-lane highway covers 50.3km from...
Baulderstone secures Queensland road project
Lend Lease subsidiary Baulderstone has won a A$115m (US$122m) contract from Queensland Department of Transport in Australia to design and build the Mains Road Kessels Roads intersection upgrade...
Work starts on India's longest road tunnel
Leighton Welspun Contractors has started work on the Rs37.2bn ($809.5m) project to build a 9km Chenani-Nashri road tunnel in the Jammu and Kashmir states of India. The project...
Mississippi completes Highway 30 bypass project
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) in the US has completed the construction of the Highway 30 Bypass. The project provides an eight-mile southern bypass of the city of...
407 ETR adds new lane to world's first open access electronic tollway in Canada
407 Express Toll Route (ETR), owned by Cintra Infraestructuras, has opened a new lane in each direction between Highway 401 and Trafalgar Road in Canada. The new lanes, spanning 13km in...
Mississippi launches new traffic monitoring system
Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) in the US has launched a new website that allows monitoring of traffic and utilises over 400 cameras across the US state. The new website...
Oregon completes I-5 Willamette river bridge replacement project
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) in the US has completed construction work on the new Interstate 5 bridge over the Willamette River in Eugene, Springfield. The $200m bridge...
Teledyne launches Genie TS series cameras for traffic applications
Teledyne DALSA, a unit of Teledyne Technologies, has launched its Genie TS series cameras. The Genie TS is the first machine vision camera platform that is helpful for Intelligent Traffic...
Parsons wins USAID contract to support Rwandan roads
Parsons has won a contract by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to expand rural roads in Rwanda. Under this contract, Parsons will provide inventory and...
NIS launches traffic information service for UK highways
Network Information Services (NIS), a joint venture between Mouchel and Thales UK, will launch the new National Traffic Information Service for the Highways Agency in the UK. The service will...
TomTom launches portable navigation device featuring travel-specific apps
TomTom has launched a portable GO LIVE 1535M navigation device specifically for travellers, which integrates third-party apps from Expedia, TripAdvisor, Twitter and Yelp. The device will...
Skanska wins Finland bypass road contract
Skanska has won a contract from the Finnish Transport Agency to design and construct the Sepänkylä bypass road between Kotiranta, Vaasa and Stormossen in Finland. Under the €41m...
JICA to fund Tanzania-Rwanda bridge project
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will extend JPY1.86bn ($24.18m) to Tanzania for the construction of a bridge linking the east African country with its neighbour Rwanda to boost...
India plans port connectivity project
India's Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai has unveiled plans to award Rs22.6bn ($491.6m) road projects to increase connectivity between the port and the national highways. The...
Port Mann Bridge project in Canada completes half-way point
A joint-venture between Peter Kiewit Sons and Flatiron Constructors Canada has completed 50% of the new ten-lane Port Mann-Highway 1 Bridge across the Fraser River in British Columbia...
Abu Dhabi to complete $1.3bn Salam road project by year end
Abu Dhabi in the UAE has completed 90% of the Dh5bn ($1.36bn) Salam street project and is planning to open the road by the end of this year. The road link will connect Salam street near...
RouteMatch to deliver intelligent transportation system to Georgia
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) in the US has awarded a contract to Atlanta-based RouteMatch Software to provide an intelligent transport system. The new intelligent...
Skanska wins Norwegian road contract
Skanska has won a 680m ($108m) contract from Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Statens Vegvesen, to carry out the second phase of the E18 road project in Bjørvika, Oslo. The...
Turkey to privatise nine highways and two bridge projects
The Privatisation Administration (OIB) of Turkey is planning to privatise nine highways and two bridge projects, which include Bosphorus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge. OIB is...
North Carolina plans Mid-Currituck Bridge project
A study commissioned by North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) in the US found that a trip from Norfolk to Corolla takes less than an hour compared with the current 3.5 hours from Aydlett...
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Tennessee explores Signal Mountain road project options
The Tennessee Department of Transportation in the US has proposed three road projects to ease traffic congestion on US 127 (SR-8) on Signal Mountain. The draft report will be submitted...
Scotland completes M80 carriageway project
The M80 dual carriageway project stretching between Stepps to Haggs in Scotland has been opened to the public after three years of construction and will finally be commissioned in September...
Korea to expand intelligent transport systems
The Korean Government is planning to expand the installation of the intelligent transport systems (ITS) to more than 25% of the nation's 83,196km paved roads by 2020. The expansion of ITS...
Western Australia to move ahead with Stirling highway corridor study
Western Australia has unveiled plans to move ahead with the Stirling Highway corridor study, which will guide future planning and improvement of the highway, one of the key Perth-Fremantle routes....
Jakarta launches intelligent transport system
The Department of Transportation of Jakarta, Indonesia, has launched an intelligent transport system (ITS) to monitor and control traffic in the city. The IDR30bn ($3.51m) system is used as...
Michigan crash costs are higher than crime
Traffic crashes cost the US state of Michigan $9.1bn in 2009, higher than the cost of crime, which stood at $4.7bn, according to a study by the University of Michigan Transportation...
Speed cameras fail to reduce UK road accidents
Speed cameras have failed to cut accident rates and casualty rates have worsened at some speed camera sites in the UK, according to new figures revealed by the UK Department for Transport (DfT). ...
Kuwait to spend $6bn on motorway projects
Kuwait is to spend KD1.7bn ($6.2bn) on building 550km of motorways. Kuwait's Ministry of Public Works, which is now designing the motorways, will launch the tenders for their construction...
Tanzania's Kigamboni bridge project moves forward
The Tanzanian Government is planning to invest $130.2m for construction of the 680m Kigamboni Bridge, which will connect Dar es Salaam's CBD to Kigamboni peninsula. The project will...
Croatia resumes Peljesac bridge project
Croatia has resumed construction of the Peljesac bridge, which will connect Peljesac peninsula with the Croatian mainland, spanning the Adriatic Sea. The project, which is estimated to...
Fifteen companies bid for Bulgaria's Struma highway project
Fifteen local and foreign construction firms have submitted bids to construct a 15km section of Bulgaria's Struma highway at a cost of €53m. The entire Bulgaria's Struma...
Australian men more likely to speed and drive drunk than women
A study by Victoria's Transport Accident Commission (TAC) in Australia found that males are more likely to drink-drive and speed. The survey conducted on 900 Victorian motorists showed...
US county to expand intelligent transportation system
Bay County in Florida, US, has awarded a contract to World Fiber Technologies for the expansion of its intelligent transportation system (ITS). The ITS will be expanded west along Back...
Well Connected Consortium wins $1.3bn New Zealand road project
The Well Connected Consortium has won a $1.3bn Waterview Connection project to link up Auckland’s Western Ring Route in New Zealand. The partners in the consortium include Fletcher...
Santa Clara receives funds for highway projects
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) in California, US, has received $156.5m in state funding for two highway projects in Silicon Valley. The funds will be used to...
IMF to fund Iraq highway project
The Iraq Ministry of Construction and Housing is planning to build a 508km highway linking Baghdad with Turkey. The highway will be financed by the International Monetary Fund. ...
US counties to implement advanced traffic management system
The US federal Highway Administration has allocated $2.6m for the $32m Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) to be implemented in Sarasota and Manatee counties. The system will...
Zambia commences work on road projects
Zambia has started construction on the ZMK270bn ($53.9m) Kasama-Mbesuma road project in the Mungwi District of Northern Province. The 110km Kasama-Mbesuma road, which is being carried out...
Botswana to carry out rural road projects
The Botswana Government and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) have signed a $40m (P268m) loan to improve 827km of rural and semi-urban roads under the Kenye road depot. ...
US funds research project to develop innovative bridge material
The US Department of Transportation has allocated $417.3m in grants for research into innovative bridge materials and construction methods. Among the grant recipients, North Carolina...
Canada completes Ontario's Queen Elizabeth Way extension
Canada has completed the widening of the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW), an important road corridor linking the Greater Toronto Area to the Niagara region and the US, through St. Catharines. ...
Costain uses BIM system for Port Talbot road project in UK
Costain, the international engineering and construction group, is using Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology to support Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council in the design...
Florida to go ahead with First Coast Outer Beltway project
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in the US has revealed plans to proceed with the First Coast Outer Beltway project. The project is estimated to cost $291m and will be funded...
Majority in UK want 20mph speed zone near schools
About 67% of respondents in the UK are in favour of setting 20mph zones for motorists driving near schools, according to the latest poll conducted by the Institute of Advanced Motorists...
Brazilian state plans to tender $3.86bn Rodoanel Norte beltway
Brazil's São Paulo state government is planning to launch a BRL6.1bn ($3.86bn) tender in September this year to build and operate the Norte stretch of the Rodoanel Mário Covas beltway. ...
Kenya invests $1bn on road projects
The Kenya Government invested more than Sh100bn ($1bn) last year on the construction and rehabilitation of key roads in the country. The country has rehabilitated more than 60% of the...
ADEC rolls out radar-based traffic detector
ADEC has launched a short to medium-range Doppler radar-based traffic detector and Doppler radar-based detector stands. The detectors can be used for green-phase requests at traffic...
California approves funds for road projects
The California Transportation Commission has allocated $90m for road projects in Tulare County, and more than half of it will be used for widening Highway 99 in Goshen and Visalia. The...
Delaware to begin Walt Whitman Bridge re-decking project
The Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) in the US will commence preliminary work on the Walt Whitman Bridge re-decking project, beginning next week. The Pennsylvania-based American...
Riyadh introduces new system to respond quickly to road accidents
The Riyadh Development Authority in Saudi Arabia has introduced a new system to help respond quickly to road accidents on highways for preventive action. The system will help in locating...
Oman awards Bidbid-Sur road dualisation project
Oman has awarded an OMR117.5m ($305m) contract to Turkish construction conglomerate Sezai Turkes-Feyzi Akkaya, known as STFA, to carry out a 75km-long dual carriageway. The project will...
Actelis Network Upgrades Intelligent Transportation Systems in US
Actelis Network has delivered its Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) upgrading its ageing automotive traffic system. MCDOT...
BMW Offers Real-Time Traffic Information through Web-Enabled Devices
BMW ConnectedDrive has launched Real-Time Traffic Information (RTTI) through a new platform called BMW Routes, which will allows the driver to plan routes in advance by using any...
Ghana Allocates Funds for Road Projects
The Ghanaian Government has allocated GH¢305m ($197m) to carry out works on major road projects in the country. The projects include the 37.1km Accra-Kumasi highway from Akwafokrom...
Kenya Launches Western Ring Road Project in Nairobi
Kenya has launched a new Sh1.9bn ($19.8m) Western Ring Road project, which will ease traffic flow in the western part of Nairobi. The 8.4km project, also known as Missing Link Road, will...
Maryland to Offer Instant Traffic Updates
The State Highway Administration in the US is planning to introduce a new service to offer instant traffic updates to motorists. Under the new system, drivers can dial 511 to get the...
Venezuela Unveils Transport Investment Plan
Venezuela's transport and communications ministry (MPPTC) is planning to invest about VEF4.97bn ($1.16bn) in transport infrastructure as part of its 2011-12 public works programme. ...
Nokia Offers Real-Time Traffic Information in South Africa
Nokia South Africa has launched a new update to Nokia Maps in South Africa, which provides real-time traffic information supplied by its subsidiary Navteq. Nokia live traffic service...
Queensland Opens Forgan Bridge
The Queensland Government in Australia has completed and opened the new Forgan Bridge in Mackay. The A$148m ($152.7m) Forgan Bridge duplication project, carried out by Golding...
California Approves Funds for Road Projects
The California Transportation Commission in the US has approved $200m for road projects in South Bay and two infrastructure improvement projects in Silicon Valley. The commission has...
Veidekke Wins Norway Highway Contract
Veidekke has signed a NOK193m ($35m) contract with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to construct the first stage of the new Highway 2 (riksvei 2) between Kongsvinger and Slomarka. ...
Metro Pacific to Invest in Philippine Expressway Project
Metro Pacific Tollways (MTPC) in the Philippines is planning to start construction on an 8km expressway next year, which will connect North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to the port area. ...
Kiewit-General-Manson JV Bids on Washington Floating Bridge Project
The Kiewit-General-Manson joint venture has submitted the lowest bid for replacing the ageing State Route 520 floating bridge in Washington, US. The joint venture offered to build the...
Seeing Machines to Deliver Driver State System in Australia
Seeing Machines has secured a contract from Toll Mining Services in Australia to deliver its Driver State System (DSS) to help avert accidents within its mining fleet. Under the...
India Plans $2.2bn Highway Projects for Extremist-Affected States
India is planning to invest Rs100bn ($2.2bn) on road projects in left-wing extremism-affected states under the second phase of a road expansion programme. Officials have been advised...
IRD to Install WIM and VWIM Systems on Indiana Roads
Canada-based International Road Dynamics (IRD) has won a contract from the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) to deliver Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) and Virtual Weigh-In-Motion (VWIM) Systems....
European Researchers Develop Optical Sensor System to Reduce Accidents
ADOSE consortium, led by Centro Ricerche Fiat Societa Consortile per Azioni in Italy, has developed an inexpensive optical sensor system for the windshields of small and medium-sized cars,...
McCain to Deliver 2070E Traffic Signal Controllers in New York
McCain has won a contract from the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) in the US to provide 2070E traffic signal controllers. The signal controllers are designed to...
Western Australia Commences Kwinana Freeway Expansion
Western Australia has started widening the Kwinana Freeway, adding two new lanes between the Leach and Roe highways. The Kwinana Freeway is a major arterial road linking Perth with the...
New Zealand Announces Details of Christchurch Southern Motorway
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has announced the route for the next phase of the Christchurch Southern Motorway (CSM2). The $200m motorway will also improve access from the south...
Azerbaijan Set to Roll Out Intelligent Traffic Management System
The Azerbaijan transport ministry is set to complete installation of the first phase of the intelligent traffic management system in Baku by November this year. The intelligent transport...
Serbia's Ada Bridge Construction Moves Forward
The construction on the new Sava River Bridge over the Ada Ciganlija river island in Belgrade, Serbia, has moved ahead with the erection of the last steel segment of the main span of the...
New Zealand Opens Hobsonville Motorway Ahead of Schedule
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has opened the Hobsonville motorway in north-west Auckland, six months ahead of schedule. The new NZD$220m ($184.5m) motorway has two sections: first...
Pakistan to Install Electronic Highway Toll Management System
The National Highway Authority (NHA) of Pakistan is planning to install an electronic toll and traffic management (ETTM) system on national highways to improve the toll collection system. ...
Mozambique Set to Commence Nampula-Cuamba Road Link
Mozambique is planning to rebuild a 348km road linking the cities of Nampula and Cuamba, in Mozambique's Niassa province by the end of this year. The $250m project is funded by the...
Consortium Wins A9 Motorway Project in Germany
A consortium comprising VINCI, BAM and Reinhold Meister has won a contract from the German Government to build a section of A9 motorway linking Berlin and Munich. The contract has been...
Ecuador to Invest in Manabi Road Projects
Ecuador's transport and public works ministry (MTOP) is planning to invest $800m this year on highway projects in the coastal province of Manabí. The project includes improvement works...
UK Reports Drop in Drink-Drive Deaths in 2010
The latest figure from the UK Department of Transport (DfT) has reported a sharp fall in the number of deaths due to drink driving in 2010 compared with the previous year. The fatalities...
UTI to Implement Traffic Management System in Poland
Romanian company UTI has won a contract to design and implement a traffic management system in the city of Szczecin in Poland. After completion of the €1.8m project, Polish motorists...
Taiwan to Install eTags on Vehicles to Boost Freeway Toll Collection
Far Eastern Electronic Toll Collection (FETC) in Taiwan is planning to invest NT$1bn ($35m) for free installation of the eTag system on all vehicles to boost the use of the Electronic...
Romania Renegotiates Transylvania Motorway Contract with Bechtel
The Romanian and American authorities have renegotiated their contract with US-based Bechtel for the construction of the Transylvania motorway. Under the renegotiated deal, Bechtel will...
TomTom Offers Accurate Fleet Routing Solution in US
TomTom has launched new Commercial Vehicle Restrictions software integrated into TomTom PRO navigation solutions in the US. Commercial Vehicle Restriction content will provide motorist...
New Durable Roads to Benefit Scotland
Transport Scotland has approved the use of a new surface course specification for the Trunk Road Network in Scotland, which will specify surfacing material to improve the durability of roads...
UK Expressway Introduces Contactless Toll Payment System
Midland Expressway, the UK's M6 Toll operator, has joined up with Barclay Card and CreditCall to introduce contactless technology for toll payment for the first time in the country. The...
Red Light Safety Cameras Prevent Crash Related Deaths in Texas
A new study conducted by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) said red light safety cameras are an effective means of preventing crash-related deaths and injuries. The study examined...
ETC Wins Toll Collection System Contract from New York Port
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has awarded a $88m contract to Electronic Transaction Consultants (ETC) to facility-wide replacement toll collection and audit system as well...
Poland to Commence A2 Motorway Work Soon
Poland's roads directorate, GDDKiA, will soon commence construction on the A2 motorway project, following the award of contracts for section A and C of the highway. The project has been...
Vietnam Begins Nhat Tan Bridge-Noi Bai Ring Road Project
Vietnam has started construction on the ring road from Noi Bai International Airport to Nhat Tan Bridge in Dong Anh district, Hanoi, Vietnam. The project is estimated to cost $239.4m, and...
New York Awards Bridge Rehabilitation Contract
MTA Bridges and Tunnels in New York, US, has awarded a $109m contract to a joint venture between EE Cruz of Manhattan and Tully Construction Company to upgrade the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge. ...
Quebec to Start Diamond Mine Highway Project
Quebec state in Canada is set to start construction on a Route 167 Extension between Mistissini and Chibougamau, a 243km permanent highway to Quebec's first diamond mine. The $331m...
The Majority of Americans Consider Themselves to be Good Drivers
The majority of Americans consider themselves to be good drivers, but their driving habits don't match their claims, according a survey conducted by Allstate. American drivers believe their...
Drunk Driving Cases Rise in UK
A campaign launched by UK police against summer drink-driving caught a higher proportion of motorists driving under the influence compared with last year. Figures released by the Association...
Texas Commences Highway 290 Upgrade Project
The Texas Department of Transportation in the US has broken ground on the $151.5m 610 Loop / Highway 290 interchange project. The project will see construction of an inbound connection from...
UK Approves Funds for Northamptonshire Street Light Project
The UK Department of Transport has approved a £132m private finance initiative (PFI) scheme to replace street lights in Northamptonshire over the next five years. Under the scheme to be...
India Awards Four Highway Projects
The National Highway Authority of India has awarded four road projects worth Rs95bn ($2bn). GMR Infrastructure has won an Rs57bn ($1.3bn) national highway project running from Kishangarh...
UK's Borough of Merton Invites Bids for Highway Project
The London Borough of Merton is seeking bidders for a highways construction and repairs contract. The £70m contract includes highway construction, maintenance and reactive maintenance,...
ITIS Holdings to Acquire INRIX
INRIX, international provider of real-time traffic information and connected driving services, has offered to buy ITIS Holdings for $60m. ITIS provides traffic and travel information...
Intelligent Transport System to Measure Waiting Times at Canadian Border
Canada and British Columbia have expanded the installation of Advanced Traveller Information System (ATIS) to two new British Columbia border crossings, which will help measure waiting times. ...
China to Help Rebuild Pakistan's Karakoram Highway
China has extended $90m to Pakistan to restore the Karakoram Highway, which was damaged by earthquakes and floods. The 1,300km Karakoram Highway, also known as Friendship Highway, is a...
Afcons Wins Highway Interchange Project in Bahrain
The Ministry of Works in Bahrain has awarded a BD25m ($66.3m) contract to India-based Afcons Infrastructure for the construction of a three-level highway interchange with a two-lane flyover. ...
Illinois Proposes $12bn Capital Plan for Road Projects
The Illinois Toll Highway Authority in the US has proposed a new 15-year, $12bn capital investment plan to fund construction projects within the state. The proposed capital plan under...
Atkins to Deliver Intelligent Transport in Nevada
The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) in the US has awarded an intelligent transportation systems contract to Atkins for the extension of the Freeway and Arterial System of...
UK Opens Longest Road Tunnel
The UK has opened it's longest road tunnel to date, the £371m A3 Hindhead Tunnel, which will provide better journeys between London and Portsmouth. The country's longest road tunnel at 1.2...
Ghanaian Road Project Gets Funding Boost from China
The China State Construction Engineering (CSCEC) will contribute 10% of the 15% counterpart funding for the Eastern Corridor road project in Ghana, which was expected to be paid by the...
Brazilian State Plans $3bn Highway Projects
Brazil's São Paulo state is looking to start road projects worth $3.09bn along the northern coast of the state, on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis. The road projects will...
Indonesia to Implement Smart Transportation System
The Indonesia Ministry of Transportation has unveiled a plan to install a smart transportation system, which will provide real-time traffic information to road users. The...
NAVTEQ to Provide RDS Real-Time Traffic Services in Russia
NAVTEQ has signed an agreement with the Russian network radio station Autoradio to provide real-time traffic information distribution through the Radio Data System (RDS). The company...
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India Unveils $2.2bn Jammu & Kashmir Road Project
India has unveiled a plan to invest $INR100bn ($2.2bn) for road projects in Jammu & Kashmir state. The investment will be used in road projects including two strategic tunnels –...
North Carolina Awards Bonner Bridge Contract
The North Carolina Department of Transportation in the US has awarded a contract to replace the Bonner Bridge in Dare County to CL Civil Constructors and HDR Engineering. The...
New Zealand to Open Hobsonville Motorway in August
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has revealed that it will complete the SH18 Hobsonville Deviation and SH16 Brigham Creek Extension motorway on 6 August this year, six months ahead of...
Kapsch TrafficCom Wins Toll Technology Contracts in Portugal and US
Kapsch TrafficCom has won an order to install an electronic toll collection system for Portugese operator ASCENDI. The company will install an electronic toll collection system for...
INRIX Unveils New Traffic Application for Mobile Phones
INRIX has introduced its free traffic information application, INRIX Traffic, on Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry. The application delivers real-time traffic information for drivers and...
Ivory Coast Signs Deal With Bouygues For Bridge Project
Ivory Coast has signed a deal with France's Bouygues to construct a third bridge over Abidjan's main lagoon at a cost of $325m to ease congestion in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital. The...
Armenia Rolls Out National Traffic Monitoring System and Enhances Traffic Monitoring Technology
The Armenian police force has entered into a contract with technology company Security Dream, in a consortium with Sweden-based Sensys Traffic and Ellips for a national traffic monitoring system. ...
Toyota Develops New Vehicle Technology for Safer Traffic
Toyota Motor has unveiled a new technology that can improve road safety for pedestrians and elderly drivers. The new technology includes a Pre-Collision System (PCS) with...
Virginia Unveils Active Traffic Management Plan
The US state of Virginia has unveiled a plan to trial an active traffic management system on the I-66 highway. The Active Traffic Management System will comprise traffic cameras, display...
Traffic Logix Launches Radar Speed Road Signs
Traffic Logix has launched SafePace 400, 500, and 600 radar speed signs, which will help drivers ensure safety on roads. All three of the new signs in the SafePace series will have large 15"...
World Bank Funds Liberian Road Project
The Liberian Government and the World Bank have signed a deal to provide $249m for the rehabilitation of about 249km of the Monrovia (Red Light) Gbarnga-Ganta-Guinea border road. The...
Primoris Services Wins Texas Highway Contract
James Construction Group, a unit of Primoris Services, has won a $123.6m contract from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the US to reconstruct and widen a portion of I-35 in Waco...
Roadtraffic-technology.com Launches Major Transport Survey
Roadtraffic-technology.com is launching a major global transport industry survey, and we'd like to hear your opinions on the most important sustainability issues for 2011-2012. Upon...
ADB Funds Indian Road Projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend a $200m loan to India to reconstruct roads in north-eastern parts of the country. The loan will be released in two phases and will be used to...
Road Improvement Saves $680.5m a Year in Dubai
The improvement of roads, bridges and tunnels as well as mass transit networks in Dubai, UAE, has saved AED2.5bn ($680.5m) per year, according to the Dubai Road and Transport Authority (RTA). ...
Argentinean Province to Award Beltway Project
Argentina's Córdoba province is planning to award a project for construction of a beltway in the capital Córdoba and city Las Varillas at a cost of ARS1.01bn ($244m). ...
Wikitude Launches Reality Navigation Application in US
Wikitude has launched an augmented reality (AR) navigation application in the US, which combines the desired navigation route onto a camera view of the image of the map on a mobile device. ...
Massachusetts Finalises Shrewsbury River Bridge Main Design
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation in the US has finalised the design of the new Shrewsbury Lake Quinsigamond bridge linking Worcester with Shrewsbury. The proposed $140m bridge...
EC Proposes Tachograph Review for Enhanced Road Safety
The European Commission (EC) has proposed to revise tachograph legislation, which controls the use of tachographs equipped to six million buses and trucks in Europe, to ensure better...
Virginia Approves Funds for Western Bypass
The Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) in Virginia, US, has approved funds for the construction of the Western Bypass in Albemarle County. The state board has granted $197m for...
Pakistan Introduces New Traffic Inspection System
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) in Islamabad, Pakistan, has unveiled plans to develop a modern traffic inspection system in the country. Under the Islamabad civilian and traffic...
Manhattan Unveils New Traffic Management System
The city of Manhattan in New York, US, has unveiled a new traffic management system that offers real-time traffic information in a bid to ease traffic congestion and improve flow. The...
Turkey to Upgrade Electronic Toll Collection System
Turkey's national roads agency's prime toll collection contractor VENDEKA Bilgi Teknolojileri has awarded a contract to Federal Signal Technologies (FSTech) to upgrade Turkey's in-lane...
Georgia Secures Federal Funds for Northwest Corridor Project
The US state of Georgia has received $275m in federal funding for the proposed Northwest Corridor Project in Atlanta. The project is estimated to cost about $1bn and involves building...
ADB Grants Loan to Upgrade Indian State Highways
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $315m loan to India for the Karnataka state highway improvement project. The project includes the rehabilitation and upgrade of about 615km of...
Indonesia Unveils New Road Safety Plan
The Indonesian Government has unveiled a new plan to improve road infrastructure and cut the number of road deaths in the country by 50% by 2020 and by 80% by 2035. The programme is split into...
The Philippines Allocates Funds for Expressway Project
The Central Luzon Regional Development Council (RDC) in the Philippines has allocated PHP29bn ($678m) for the Central Luzon Link Expressway (CCLEx), which will connect Tarlac City and San Jose...
North Carolina Proposes Revised Monroe Connector-Bypass Plan
The North Carolina Turnpike Authority in the US has revised its financing plan for the Monroe Connector-Bypass project in Charlotte. The revised plan would bring the total estimated cost of...
Vietnam Needs Funds for Bridges Upgrade
Vietnam requires more than $189m for the repair and upgrade of 402 ageing bridges throughout the country, in a bid to improve traffic safety, according to a survey by the Directorate for...
Kansas Starts Interchange Project
The US Kansas Department of Transportation has started construction work on the $101m US 69/I-435 project in the city of Overland Park. The project is a continuation of the US 69, 75th Street...
TomTom Rolls Out Real-Time Traffic Information Tool
TomTom has launched the traffic information tool that offers access to real-time traffic information for road networks around the world. TomTom said the Custom Area Analysis provides...
Canada Set to Begin Johnson Street Bridge Project in September
The CAD$77m ($80m) construction work on the Johnson Street bridge in the city of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, is set to start in September this year. The Johnson Street bridge...
Saudi Arabia and Egypt Plan $5bn Cross-Country Bridge
Saudi Arabia and Egypt have announced that they will launch studies for the construction of a 32km $5bn bridge spanning the Gulf of Aqaba, linking the two countries. Following approval...
Google Adds Live Traffic Information for 13 European Countries
Google has added real-time road traffic conditions coverage for 13 countries in Europe in its Google Maps application. The new traffic information includes Google Maps, Google Maps for...
Credit Facility Granted for Philippines Expressway
A credit facility worth PHP11.5bn ($267m) has been obtained by a consortium led by San Miguel and the Consunji Group to build the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) in the Philippines. ...
Missouri Approves Funds for Daniel Boone Bridge Project
Funds of $120m for the construction of the Daniel Boone Bridge across the Missouri River between the US counties of St Louis and St Charles have been approved by the Missouri Highways...
Sao Paulo Installs Siemens Traffic Control System
The Municipality of Sao Paulo, Brazil, has upgraded its urban traffic control system to the Siemens PC Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique (SCOOT), which will increase the efficiency of...
Oklahoma Approves Tulsa Road Upgrade Plan
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation in the US has approved a five-year, $705m road and bridge improvement plan for Tulsa county. The 2012-2016 plan will include more than 85,000 miles...
BAM, Morgan JV Wins M62 Upgrade Contract in UK
The bmJV comprising of BAM Nuttall and UK construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall, has secured a £136m construction contract to upgrade a 24-mile section of the M62 motorway...
Transfield Wins US and Canadian Road Maintenance Contract
Transfield Services has won two new contracts worth $183m to maintain roadways in Canada and US. The contract includes $165m worth of deals from the Ontario Ministry of Transportation in...
Jacobs to Provide Support Service to UK Highway Agency
Jacobs Engineering Group has been selected by the Highways Agency's Project Support Services Framework to provide integrated highway engineering, technology design services and traffic...
India to Float Tenders for Delhi-Meerut Expressway
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will soon issue tenders to build the Delhi-Meerut expressway. The 64km-long Delhi-Meerut expressway is estimated to cost about INR45bn ($1bn)...
Oklahoma Improves Traffic Signals
Oklahoma City in the US is carrying out a traffic signal project to cut commuting times and help improve road safety. The US city will invest $12m to install intelligent transportation...
UK's Highways Agency and TomTom Enter into Traffic Data Deal for Commuters
The UK's Highways Agency (HA) has entered into a deal with TomTom to feed real-time traffic information from England's motorways and major A roads into the company's satnav services for road...
Consortium to Build Bulgaria’s Hemus Highway Section
Bulgarian-Croatian consortium Hemus A2 has won a contract to build a section of the Hemus Highway in Bulgaria. The consortium includes Bulgaria's Trace Group Hold and SK-13 Patstroy AD –...
Amey and URS/Scott Wilson Win Wales Intelligent Transport Contract
Amey and URS/Scott Wilson have won a four-year contract to manage, maintain and improve Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) throughout Wales. The contract includes all the...
Michigan City Council Backs $1bn Bridge Project
Detroit City Council in Michigan, US, has approved plans for a proposed bridge to Canada that would provide freeway-to-freeway access for vehicles along the route. The council will now draft...
Canada Commences Highway 97 Realignment
The Ministry of Transportation in Lake Country, British Columbia, Canada, has commenced construction work for the Highway 97 realignment project. The scope of work includes building a new...
The Philippines to Launch New Traffic Information System
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in the Philippines is planning to launch a new traffic information system to provide real-time updates to road users in the city. The...
UK to Install Laser Scanners to Clear Crashes Quickly
Police in the UK will soon install new laser-scan technology at road junctions that have witnessed serious fatalities in a bid to clear the roads more quickly. The scanners will deliver a...
Philippines Set to Complete Road Projects
The Department of Public Works and Highways of Philippines has completed 93% of the road projects under the PHP5.2bn ($119.3m) State-of-the-Nation Address in the provinces of Ifugao,...
Nebraska Allocates Funds for Road Projects
The Nebraska Department of Roads in the US has allocated $343m to carry out road projects under its 2012 state highway system programme. Federal funding will cover $222m of the total cost...
Delaware Awards Route 1 and I-95 Interchange Contract
The Department of Transportation of Delaware (DelDOT) in the US has awarded a contract to Cherry Hill Construction Company to develop the Route 1 and I-95 Interchange project. Under the...
Australia Allocates Funds for Majura Parkway
Australia has allocated A$144m ($155m) in federal funding for the Majura Parkway project in Canberra, which is a key link between the Federal Highway and areas to the south of the city. ...
US Considers New Law for Pedestrian Safety Sound System
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will propose new regulations, which are intended to protect unsuspecting pedestrians and the visually-impaired from accidents...
China Sees Drop in Drink Driving Cases
Fatalities due to driving under the influence of alcohol have dropped by more than 30% over the past two months in China, following amended legislation imposing harsher punishments on drunk...
New Zealand Finalises Rotorua Eastern Arterial Preferred Route
Rotorua District Council in New Zealand has decided its preferred route for the Rotorua Eastern Arterial project, another step in moving the project forward. The council has selected...
UK Unveils Funds for Sustainable Transport Schemes
The UK Government has allocated £155m for transport schemes designed to boost economic growth and reduce carbon emissions across the country. A total of 39 projects have won funding from...
New Jersey Drivers Strongly Favour Red Light Safety Cameras
About 77% of drivers in New Jersey, US, support the use of red light safety cameras at busy intersections in the state, to monitor drivers who violate traffic rules, according to a new research...
Tanzania Lays the Foundation on a Kidahwe-Uvinza Highway
Tanzania has laid the foundation on a 130km Kidahwe-Uvinza highway in the Kigoma region of the country. Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has funded $75m for the project, which is...
Washington Releases Alaskan Way Viaduct Final EIS Report
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US and the city of Seattle have released the final environmental impact statement (EIS) of the State Route 99 Alaskan Way...
UK Highways Agency Extends Traffic Information Deal with Capita Symonds
The UK's Highways Agency has extended its highways agency traffic information system (HATRIS) contract with UK-based multidisciplinary consultancy Capita Symonds. The £668,000 extension to...
Ireland's Cork City Begins Flyovers Project
The National Roads Authority (NRA) in Ireland has started construction work for the N25 Bandon and Sarsfield Road flyovers in Cork city. The €100m project to build two flyovers on the...
California City Approves La Pata Connector Plan
The San Clemente city council has approved the environmental plan for the construction of the Avenida La Pata extension between San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano in Orange County,...
Majority of Australian Drivers Over Speed
Speeding either intentionally or unintentionally is the most common mistake made by one third of Australian drivers, according to a new research report by AustRoads. The report The Nature...
New York Awards Traffic Monitoring System Contracts to IRD
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) in the US has awarded two traffic monitoring system contracts to International Road Dynamics. The initial two-year contracts are...
China Completes Shuiguan Expressway Expansion
China has completed the $169m Shuiguan Expressway expansion project, which involved widening the expressway from four lanes to a two-way ten-lane 20km road between Meilin and Longgang. ...
Johannesburg Traffic Costs Billions
Traffic jams cost billions in the South African city of Johannesburg as well as increase stress for road users, according to a survey by TomTom Traffic. About 78% of 3.8 million drivers...
New Zealand to Open Victoria Park Tunnel Early
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) will open the Victoria Park Tunnel in central Auckland in November this year, three months ahead of schedule. The NZD$340m ($280.7m) tunnel...
Investors Keen on Vietnam Expressway Project
The highway project proposed to be awarded by Vietnam has attracted investors from foreign and domestic companies, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport. The projects include...
MNTC to Manage Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway in the Philippines
Manila North Tollways (MNTC) in the Philippines has signed a deal with Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) to manage and operate the 94km four-lane Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway...
US Drivers Support Red Light Cameras
Two-thirds of drivers in 14 big cities in the US support long-standing red light camera programmes, according to a survey conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. More than 9...
More UK Drivers Adopt Eco-Friendly Driving
About 80% of UK drivers have changed their driving behaviour to save fuel and have changed to a more eco-friendly driving style, according to a recent survey. The Institute of...
Ontario Highway Twinning Project Nears Completion
The Canadian province of Ontario has nearly completed the Highway 11 twinning project, with about 26km of its newly twinned northbound and southbound lanes from south of Hague to north of...
Maryland River Bridge Study Nearly Complete
The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) in the US has nearly completed the study to extend the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge in St. Mary County over the Patuxent River. The...
Tanzania Revises Serengeti Highway Plan
Tanzania will go ahead with a $500m controversial highway project through the Serengeti National Park, despite protests from environmental groups. Facing protests from environmental...
Fatalities on UK Roads Reach Record Low
Annual fatalities on the UK's roads have fallen below 2,000 for the first time since records began, according to statistics published by the UK Department for Transport. The figures...
China Opens World's Longest Sea Bridge
China has opened the world’s longest cross-sea bridge estimated to be worth $2.3bn, crossing the Jiaozhou Bay of Qingdao in Shandong province. The Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay bridge is 41.58km,...
Scotland Opens New M74 Motorway to Traffic
Scotland has completed the M74 motorway extension project in Glasgow and opened it for traffic, about eight months ahead of schedule. The £445m project is also £15m-£20m under budget. ...
Norway Awards Road Contract
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has awarded a NOK574m ($105.9m) contract to AF Gruppen (AFG) for the upgrade and development of the road Rv. 70 Oppdølstranda in Sunndal...
AfDB Grants Loan for Burundi Road Project
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $67.23m loan for the second phase of the Gitega-Nyangungu-Ngozi road project in Burundi, Africa. The loan proceeds will be used to fund...
Report Calls for Improvement in Road Signage in Europe
European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) and European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) has called for improvement in road signage to take advantage of new vehicle technology, which...
Missouri Council Approves Highway Extension Funding
The East-West Gateway Council of Governments Board in St. Louis, Missouri, US has approved a $100m plan to complete the Highway 364 (the Page Avenue) extension project in St. Charles...
Queensland Allocates Funds For Distaster Damaged North Roads
Queensland state in Australia has allocated A$460m ($482m) to repair the disaster-damaged roads in Far North Queensland under its Operation Queenslander programme. The funds will be used...
Japan to Deliver Road Maintenance System to Vietnam
Japan has signed a contract with Vietnam to deliver a modern information system to help the country manage its 16,758km national road network. The technical cooperation project will...
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Canadian Road Courtesy on Decline: Survey
The vast majority of drivers – about 94% – in the province of British Columbia, Canada, report experiencing at least some type of discourteous behaviour from other drivers, according to a...
Wisconsin to Upgrade Two Highways
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation in the US will proceed with two highway projects worth about $390m following approval from the state legislature. The projects involved – US...
Ethiopia to Award Road Contracts
The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) has unveiled plans to award five road contracts worth around ETB1.9bn ($111m) before the end of July 2011, to connect economic hubs with existing road networks....
Oman’s Dhofar Road Project to Finish Next Year
The Hasik-Al Shuwaimiyah road in the Governorate of Dhofar, Oman, is expected to be completed at the end of next year, the country's government has revealed. The OMR81.4m ($211m) project...
Victoria Opens Western Highway Section Early
The A$200m ($208.8m) Western Highway Anthony's Cutting Realignment project in Victoria, Australia, has been completed nine months ahead of schedule and has been opened for traffic. This...
UK Increases Speed Camera Data Transparency
In a bid to improve speed camera data transparency, the UK has unveiled plans to publish information gathered by speed cameras through local authorities and the police for the first time. ...
Sri Lanka Inaugurates Ratnapura Road Project
Sri Lanka has inaugurated a development project to upgrade the Ratnapura road in the province of Sabaragamuwa. The project includes development of around 275km of provincial roads and will...
EIB Approves Loan for Polish Motorway Extension
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved an €800m ($1.14bn) loan for the extensions of Poland’s motorways along priority transport corridors. The loan will be used for...
Bangladesh Unveils Funds for Road Projects
The Bangladesh Government has unveiled plans to carry out 22 connectivity projects worth a total of $6.45bn to upgrade the country's land transport infrastructure and increase sub-regional trade. ...
Irish County Signs Tralee Bypass Deal
Kerry County Council in Ireland has signed a contract with Bam Civil Engineering to implement the Tralee bypass project. The €60m ($84.8m) project includes construction work for 13.5km...
Romanian Firm Develops Intelligent Traffic Light System
A Romania-based company has invented an intelligent traffic light synchronisation system that helps streamline urban traffic and reduce congestion at key road intersections. The new...
Negligent Driving Results in Fatalities on Canadian Roads, Data Reveals
Sleeping, carelessness, negligence, speeding and handling cargo the wrong way are some of the key factors behind the thousands of fatalities on Canada's roads in the past 20 years, according to...
California Unveils Funds for Road Projects
The California Transportation Commission in the US has allocated $825m in new funding to 92 highway, transit, and rail projects that will upgrade the state's transportation system. The...
Abu Dhabi's Salam Street Expressway to Open Next Month
The fourth and final phase of the Al Salam Street expressway in Abu Dhbai, UAE will be completed and will open for traffic next month. The AED5bn ($1.36bn) project, which began in October...
Romanian City to Roll Out Networked Street Lighting
The City of Brasov in Romania will deploy Echelon energy control technology for 18,000 streetlights over the next three years, which will help transform its street lighting network into...
EBRD Plans to Fund Bosnia Highway Project
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering extending $100m to Bosnia-Herzegovina for highway construction in the northern part of the country. The loan will...
Dubai Sees Fall in Pedestrian Fatalities
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai has revealed that pedestrian fatalities on the emirate's roads have declined by 35% to 11 deaths during the first three months of 2011,...
Malaysia to Open LATAR Expressway Project
Malaysia will open the LATAR Expressway (Kuala Lumpur-Kuala Selangor Expressway) later this month, built at a cost of RM958m ($314m), and expects to see average traffic of around 60,000...
California Breaks Ground on I-5 Interchange Project
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in the US has broken ground on the Carmenita / I-5 interchange improvement project. Construction work on the interchange is scheduled...
Ohio Awards Design Contract for Cleveland Bridge
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) in the US has awarded a contract to Michael Baker Corporation subsidiary Michael Baker Jr. to design the new Eastbound Interstate 90 Cleveland...
Washington Opens Westbound Nalley Valley Viaduct
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has opened the new Westbound Nalley Valley Viaduct. Guy F. Atkinson Construction delivered the $120m project, which...
Consortium Finalised for Puerto Rico Toll Road Concession
The Puerto Rican Government has selected the consortium led by Abertis and investment fund Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners II as the preferred bidder to manage the PR-22 and PR-5 toll roads....
Brazil to Float Highway Project Tenders in 2012
Brazil's transport infrastructure department DNIT has unveiled plans to float a $437m tender by the first quarter of 2012 for highways improvement in the northern states of Amazonas...
Connecticut City Commences Interchange Project
The Connecticut Department of Transportation in the US has commenced the $357m reconstruction of the I-95/I-91/Route 34 Interchange in New Haven. The project, known as the I-95 New Haven...
Dubai to Open Al Houdh Flyover in September
The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has revealed that the flyover passing over Al Houdh roundabout will be opened in September 2011 and will be completed by the second quarter of 2013. ...
Austrian Motorways to Feature New Toll Sticker Monitoring System
Strabag subsidiary and toll technology company Efkon has supplied Austrian motorway operator Asfinag Maut Service with toll sticker monitoring systems. The mobile systems for the...
TagMaster Installs Automatic Vehicle Identification System in Italy
TagMaster has installed automatic vehicle identification for traffic control on the island of Capri in Italy to help facilitate a more efficient traffic flow. The system uses long-range...
Mexican State to Invest $1.68bn in Highways Improvement
The Mexican state of Tamaulipas has unveiled a plan to invest $1.68bn to improve its highway infrastructure. Funds earmarked for this year include Mex$106m ($8.9m) for maintenance of the...
TomTom Upgrades Traffic Information Technology Version
TomTom has launched its new HD Traffic version 5.0 service, which communicates real-time traffic information to the company's LIVE devices. The company notes that the devices have been...
OHL to Invest in Brazil Highway Projects
Brazilian highway concessionaire OHL Brasil is planning to invest BRL1.07bn ($664m) in its highway concessions by the end of 2011. The Brazilian company plans to invest BRL930m ($582.3m)...
Support High but Trust Low for Speed Cameras in UK
About 50% of UK motorists believe that speed cameras on roads are primarily meant to raise money and only 29% said that they are used only at sites with a record of crashes and injuries,...
Citilog Installs Automatic Incident Detection System in Rio De Janeiro Tunnel
France-based Citilog has installed MediaTunnel, a video-based Automatic Incident Detection (AID) system, in the Rebouças tunnel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in partnership with its...
Inthinc and Mobileye Partner to Develop Collision Prevention Technology
US-based Inthinc Technology Solutions has partnered with Netherlands firm Mobileye to deliver collision prevention and mitigation technology, which can provide additional safety measures for...
MIT Developing Intelligent Transportation System Algorithm
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US has revealed that it is working on a new intelligent transportation system (ITS), which takes into account models of human...
Sterling Named Preferred Bidder for North Texas Parkway Project
Sterling Construction Company has been named as the preferred bidder for a six-mile section of the SH 121 / Southwest Parkway project for the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) in the...
ADB Grants Loan to Upgrade Indian State Highways
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $300m loan to the state of Madhya Pradesh in India to upgrade 1,000km of highways in the eastern and west central parts of the state. ADB...
Azerbaijan to Implement Intelligent Traffic System in Baku
Azerbaijan is planning to implement an intelligent traffic management system in the capital Baku at a cost of $100m by the end of this year. The project involves the installation of 150...
MindTree Unveils Automatic Traffic Pattern Classification Software
MindTree has launched its automatic traffic counting and classification (ATCC) system to conduct round-the-clock traffic pattern studies for single, intermediate, two, four and six-lane...
Scotland to Open M74 Extension in Two Weeks
Scotland has finished the construction of the M74 completion scheme eight months ahead of schedule and will open to traffic in two weeks. The £445m project is also £15m-£20m under...
Queensland Allocates Funds for Highway Expansion
The Government of Queensland in Australia has announced plans to invest A$96m ($102.7m) to expand the Warrego Highway. The project involves the extension of a 6km section of the highway...
Costain Wins Welsh Road Upgrade Contract
UK-based construction company Costain has secured a £150m contract from the Welsh Government to construct the A465 Heads of the Valleys road in South Wales. Costain, in partnership with...
Kansas to Complete Highway Extension by End of 2012
The Kansas Department of Transportation in the US will complete the construction of a new section of US Highway 59 freeway, from the southern edge of Lawrence south to the Douglas County line,...
Romania Awards Road Project
Romania has awarded a €428m 22-month contract to Strabag and Astaldi to carry out construction on parts of the Orastie to Sibiu highway. Austria-based Strabag's share in the contract...
China TransInfo Secures Transportation Command Control System Deal
China TransInfo Technology has secured a contract to design and build the first phase of its integrated transportation command and control centre system in Shenzhen, China. The company said...
Rhode Island Begins Bridge Replacement Work
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) in the US has commenced the George Street Bridge replacement project over I-95 in Pawtucket. The project forms part of the Pawtucket...
Lend Lease Wins Queensland Highway Upgrade Deal
Lend Lease has secured a A$106m ($112.7m) contract to upgrade Section B of the Bruce Highway between Cooroy and Curra in the Australian state of Queensland. The contract, to be delivered...
Scotland Awards Contract for Intelligent Transport System
Transport Scotland has awarded a £12.9m contract for the Forth Replacement Crossing’s intelligent transport system (ITS) along the M90 in Fife. Under the deal, Northern Ireland-based firm...
India Plans Four-Lane Highway in Jammu and Kashmir
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is planning to invest INR100bn ($2.1bn) to build a four-lane highway in Jammu and Kashmir. The project will include several tunnels such as...
ADB to Fund Kyrgyzstan-China Highway Project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend a $55m loan to finance improvements to a key highway, connecting the Kyrgyz Republic with China. The 60km highway linking the Kyrgyz capital...
Hungary to Deploy eCall Intelligent Transport System
Hungary is set to deploy the eCall intelligent transport system after signing a memorandum of understanding on 6 June. In the event of a serious accident, an eCall-equipped...
Pioneer Upgrades Traffic Services Platform with INRIX
Traffic information provider INRIX has signed a deal with Pioneer Corporation to provide both real-time and predictive traffic data solutions to power its new web-based services platform...
Texas Authority to Begin Expressway Project
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority in the US will begin work on the 6.2-mile Manor Expressway from US 183 to east of Parmer Lane, following the approval of $376m in bond sales to...
California Agency to Hurry Route 67 Widening
San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) in California, US, has proposed a plan to commence the Route 67 widening project sooner than expected in its Draft 2050 Regional Transportation...
Ontario Allocates Funds for Highway Expansion
The province of Ontario in Canada has allocated more than $200m to widen Highway 417 from Nicholas Street to Ottawa Road 174. The project adds an additional lane in each direction from...
TomTom Unveils New Traffic Solution
TomTom has introduced its Custom Area Analysis traffic application, which enables governments and enterprises to save valuable resources and more efficiently manage their local road...
Washington Unveils Final EIS for SR 520 Project
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has released the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the SR 520 bridge replacement project, after 14 years of...
Chile to Award La Serena-Vallenar Highway Contract
Chile's public works ministry (MOP) is planning to award a $267m contract to a Azvi-Copasa consortium by the end of July for a section of highway Ruta 5, linking northern region IV capital...
Iteris Launches Traffic Incident Detection and Data Collection Solution
Iteris has unveiled its next-generation traffic incident detection and data collection solution, Abacus 2.0, to help traffic managers to leverage current surveillance cameras and turn them...
Romania Awards Highway Contracts
Romania has awarded a €427m ($624m) contract to a group of construction companies including Strabag, Straco Grup – Studio Corona and Astaldi – Astalrom to design and build three segments...
Navteq Unveils Traffic Services Tool
Navteq has introduced its navigation and location-based real-time traffic services in the TPEG standard format. TPEG is a family of protocols that reduces costs of delivering traffic and...
Bangladesh Secures ADB Loan for Padma Bridge Project
Bangladesh has signed a $615m loan with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to build the country's largest bridge across the river Padma. Bangladesh has already signed a loan agreement with three...
Ethiopian Toll Project to Finish Ahead of Schedule
The six-lane Addis Abeba–Adama (Nazareth) toll road project in Ethiopia is expected to be completed six months ahead of its scheduled opening date of 20 April 2014. The $612m project,...
South Carolina Commences Backgate Interchange Project
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) in the US has begun construction work on the first phase of the Myrtle Beach Backgate interchange project. The work includes...
UK Study Shows Men Are More Prone to Crashes
Male motorists are twice as likely to be involved in crashes than women because of bad driving habits such as driving too fast and drink-driving, according to a new research. The...
Rhythm Engineering to Launch Traffic Congestion System
Adaptive traffic control systems developer, Rhythm Engineering, is planning to launch its CentralSync software companion to its InSync traffic congestion system. CentralSync empowers...
Downer Secures Third Western Australian Service Contract
Downer EDI, in a joint venture with Mouchel, has secured a contract to provide an integrated service arrangement (ISA) for Main Roads Western Australia. The ISA is for the delivery...
Dutch Consortium Develops Technology to Combat Traffic Congestion
A consortium including information technology majors IBM and Siemens has developed a technology that will help reduce traffic congestion in the Netherlands within the next four years. ...
Canadian Province Allocates Funds for Road Improvement
The Government of Nova Scotia in Canada has earmarked CAD$265m ($270m) for road improvement under a five-year road improvement plan. The investment will focus on paving, bridge repairs...
Japanese Loan to Upgrade Philippine Roads
Philippines central bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, has approved a $500m loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to fund road projects in the country. The proposed...
UK Awards National Traffic Information Service Contract
The UK's Highways Agency has awarded a new seven-year £57m contract to Network Information Services (NIS) to provide real-time traffic information for drivers using motorways and other major...
India to Invest $12bn on Highways This Year
India is planning to award INR550bn ($12bn) of highway construction projects this year in a bid to improve its infrastructure in the country. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)...
Washington to Replace Viaduct Section Six Months Early
The first section of the seismically-vulnerable Alaskan Way Viaduct in Washington, US, will be demolished this October, six months ahead of schedule. The Alaskan Way Viaduct plays a major...
Aecom Wins Road Safety Contract in Qatar
The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) of Qatar has awarded a QR23.9m ($6.5m) contract to Aecom International to carry out road safety works over the next five years. The contract...
South Carolina to Commence Interchange Project
Construction on the $105m Back Gate Interchange project in Myrtle Beach in the US state of South Carolina at US 17 and Farrow Parkway is set to commence next week. The South Carolina...
ADB, Australia Grant Loan For Vietnamese Bridge Project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $26m loan financed by the Government of Australia to support the Central Mekong delta region connectivity project in Vietnam. The project...
Intergraph Deploys Incident Mapping System in Arkansas
The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) in the US has deployed Intergraph's mapping and pattern analysis system, I/Incident Analyst, to improve the safety of its roadways. ...
Zambia Commences Mbala-Nakonde Road Upgrade
Zambia has started the preliminary works on the tarring of the Mbala-Nakonde Road. The project, delivered by the country's Road Development Agency and carried out by Chinese contractors,...
Libelium Introduces New Smart Parking Sensor Platform
Spanish wireless sensor networks provider Libelium has launched its Waspmote-based smart parking platform, which enables cities to make efficient use of their parking resources. The new...
Nebraska Interstate Widening Work Progresses
The Nebraska Department of Roads in the US has nearly completed the Interstate 80 widening project, and has released funds between the last section of the project between Lincoln's 56th Street...
Texas to Commence North Tarrant Express Work
Construction is set to commence on the second project for the North Tarrant Express in Texas, US. The $2bn North Tarrant Express project, which runs along the 13-mile east-west corridor on...
Sydney to Install Energy-Efficient Street Lights
The Sydney City Council in Australia plans to replace 9,000 street lights and expects to save about 40% in energy costs with the latest lighting technology. Sydney currently spends about $50m...
World Bank Funds Indian Highway Project
The World Bank has approved a $350m loan to India for the Second Karnataka state highway improvement project (KSHIP II). The Government of Karnataka has identified about 25,000km of the...
Spain Unveils New Road Traffic Characterisation System
Two Spanish universities, in a joint collaboration, have developed a system for road traffic characterisation based on ultrasonic sensors, which provides the number, type and speed of vehicles on...
Most US Drivers Don't Qualify for Driving Licences, Report Reveals
About 85% of US drivers don't know what to do when approaching a steady yellow traffic light, and around 18% of current drivers would not pass a driving test, according to a new insurance survey. ...
Saudi Arabia Allocates Funds for Road Projects
The transport ministry of Saudi Arabia has signed SR2.38bn ($634m) worth of contracts with national companies to carry out road projects across the country. Saudi Arabia will build 1,865km...
Gambia Carries Out Road Projects with EU Funds
The European Union has provided €76m in funds to Gambia to carry out road reconstruction projects in the country. The EU is currently reconstructing 250km of trunk roads in Gambia,...
EIB Funds Ukraine Road Projects
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide €450m to Ukraine to rehabilitate and improve the quality of roads in the country. The EIB loan will improve 350km of five sections...
World Bank Funds Indonesian Road Projects
The World Bank will provide a $250m loan to Indonesia to improve road projects in the country. The Indonesian government will provide a further $100m in counter-funding to the project,...
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Scotland to Open M74 Motorway in June
The Transport Ministry of Scotland has completed the M74 motorway project eight months ahead of schedule and is planning to open next month. The project, carried out at a cost of £657m,...
Washington Commences Highway Widening Work
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has awarded a $73m construction contract to Scarsella Brothers for the widening of four miles of SR 522 between the...
DIV Installs 300 Bluetooth Sensors in the Netherlands
Netherland-based VerkeersInformatieDienst (VID), a leading provider of national traffic information in the Netherlands, has installed 300 Bluetooth detection points in its sensor network...
FDA Funds Nigerian Road Projects
The French Development Agency (FDA) has extended a $100m grant to Lagos, Nigeria, for rehabilitation of the Ikorodu-Mile 12 road. The grant will be used to expand the Ikorodu-Mile 12 road...
Morgan Stanley, Isolux Corsan to Build Indian Highways
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, a $4bn infrastructure fund, has formed a $400m joint venture with Spain-based Isolux Corsan to invest in road projects in India. The Morgan Stanley...
New Zealand Receives Approval for Waterview Connection
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has received approval from the Board of Inquiry to construct the Waterview Connection in Auckland, New Zealand, the first roading project to be considered using...
Australia to Repair Mackay's Flood-Affected Roads
The Federal Government of Australia and the State of Queensland are to invest A$300m ($319m) in repairing flood-affected roads in the Mackay region under Operation Queenslander. The...
Trinidad and Tobago Awards Transportation System Contract
Canada-based IBI Group has secured a contract from the National Infrastructural Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago to implement the first phase of a national transport management...
Australia Allocates Funds For Smart Road Projects
The Federal Government of Australia has allocated A$61m (US$71m) to state governments over the next three years to fund smart road infrastructure aimed at cutting travel time and greenhouse...
Road Safety Measures Cut UK Fatality Rate
Safety measures adopted on 15 roads across the UK have reduced the number of fatalities and serious injuries this year by 62% to 190 from 494, saving an estimated 300 lives, according to a...
IDB to Fund Padma Bridge Project in Bangladesh
The Islamic Development Bank has approved a $140m loan to Bangladesh for the construction of the $3bn Padma Bridge project, which will become the longest bridge in the country. The...
Florida to Commence Interstate 75 Widening
The Florida Department of Transportation in the US is set to begin construction work on a $155m project to widen Interstate 75 in southern Pasco and northern Hillsborough counties. Work...
PTV Optimises Russian Motorway Traffic
Germany-based mobility solutions provider PTV will use its traffic software to help officials optimise traffic flow on the 115km St. Petersburg's ring motorway in Russia. As part of...
Philippines to Issue Bids for Expressway Project
The Philippine Government is expected to issue bids for the construction of the PHP10.6bn ($244m) Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Expressway Phase II this year under a...
Australia to Cut Road Casualties by 30%
Australia has unveiled a National Road Safety Strategy to reduce the road toll by at least 30% by 2020. According to reports, road accidents currently kill 1,400 people and seriously...
TrafficCast Unveils Advanced Traffic Monitoring Technology
TrafficCast International has unveiled Mini-BlueTOAD, an advanced traffic monitoring technology in a small form. The system discretely measures travel times, road speeds and route behaviors...
Singapore Installs EMAS Signboards to Provide On Route Traffic Updates
Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has installed 26 new electronic signboards to provide updates on traffic conditions along two key road corridors. The system comprises of live...
TransCore Delivers Intelligent Transportation System for Nevada
TransCore has secured three separate contracts to deliver intelligent transportation system (ITS) design, construction and integration services for the Nevada Department of Transportation in...
Western Australia Earmarks $1.2bn for Road Projects
Western Australia has outlined an investment of A$1.2bn ($1.27bn) between 2011 and 2012 to improve the state's roads. Road projects to be funded include A$1m to begin planning, and for...
India Approves Funds for North-Eastern Road Projects
The Indian Government has approved an Asian Development Bank (ABD)-assisted proposal to spend INR13.54bn ($301.5m) on road projects in the north-eastern part of the country. The...
Bangladesh Padma Bridge Project Moves Forward
Japan has allocated a $415m loan to Bangladesh for the construction of the $3bn Padma bridge project, which will become the biggest bridge in the country. The Bangladesh Government said...
Queensland Completes Gold Coast Highway Upgrade
The state of Queensland in Australia has completed the third and final stage of the $127m Gold Coast Highway upgrade. The $19.5m third stage involves upgrade between Broad Street and...
UK Toll Road to Trial Contactless Payments Technology
The M6 toll road in the UK has revealed that it will trial contactless technology on one of the road's toll booth lanes later this year in a bid to reduce queuing time at the toll plazas. It...
UK Unveils Plan to Tackle Huge Road Closure Drain
The Department for Transport (DfT) has unveiled a strategy to tackle the £1bn cost to the UK economy caused every year by motorway closures and congestion. The department also announced the...
Netherlands to Install Traffic Data Management System
Dutch National Data Warehouse for Traffic Information (NDW) in the Netherlands has approved a plan to use SWARCO iTravel traffic data acquisition system for traffic data acquisition. NDW is...
Accenture Delivers Portuguese Tolling Modernisation Programme
Accenture has implemented a commercial back-office system for the Portuguese toll road operator Ascendi and has entered into a five-year deal to maintain its tolling system. Under the...
Rhythm Engineering Installs Traffic Adaptive System in US
Rhythm Engineering has installed its adaptive traffic control system, InSync, in about 400 traffic intersections across 13 US cities, which will adapt to traffic demand. InSync's...
Queensland to Repair Flood-Affected Warrego Highway
Queensland, Australia, is planning to invest more than $82.46m to fix the flood-damaged Warrego highway. The repair work will be done in 26 sections at the 90km stretch of the highway...
Georgia Unveils Highway Project Plan
The US state of Georgia has unveiled plans for a highway project, the Jimmy DeLoach Parkway Connector, to improve access to the port of Savannah. The highway project is estimated to cost...
Oregon to Open River Bridge Section in October
The Oregon Department of Transportation in the US will open the first section of the new Willamette River Bridge on Interstate 5 by the end of August this year, ahead of the October...
Vietnam Starts Construction on Southern Coastal Corridor Project
Vietnam has started construction on the Minh Luong-Thu Bay road and the Rach Gia bypass in Chau Thanh district in the southern province of Kien Giang. Both the projects will form part of...
Fix Existing New Jersey Roads, Recommends Watchdog
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) in the US is spending on too many new road projects that it cannot afford, leaving less funding for smart transportation projects such as...
Texas Begins Work on $2bn Freeway Extension
Construction work has commenced on the $2bn LBJ Freeway extension project in Texas, US. The project involves completely rebuilding the section of I-635, also known as the LBJ Freeway,...
Dubai RTA Unveils Funding for Road Projects
The Dubai Road Transport Authority (RTA) has unveiled a plan to invest AED20bn ($5.45bn) in road projects over the coming four years. The transport authority has already invested...
China to Fund Road Project in Zambia
A state-owned Chinese bank will provide $180m to Zambia to upgrade a road that will help the country boost trade with Africa's Great Lakes countries. The loan from the Chinese bank will be...
Latvia Awards Speed Enforcement System Contract
German-based Vitronic and its subsidiary Vitronic Baltica, together with the Latvian company SIA Komerccentrs DATI Grupa, have won a contract for the installation of 130 speed enforcement...
New Tom Tom Traffic Solution Set for US Market
Dutch navigation equipment maker TomTom is planning to roll out a live traffic information service for users of its high-end personal navigation devices in the US. The new traffic products...
US City Amends Intelligent Transportation Systems Deal
Edmond city council in Oklahoma, US, has amended a contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates for the first phase of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in the region. The...
Massachusetts Unveils 2011 Road and Bridge Projects
The US state of Massachusetts has revealed $931m in road and bridge projects to be carried out across the state this year. The construction programme for this year includes about 450...
Balfour Beatty Wins UK Highway Maintenance Contract
Balfour Beatty has won a £200m contract from Warwickshire and Coventry county councils in the UK for highway maintenance. The highways term maintenance contract involves full maintenance of...
Brazil Grants Funds for Ghana Road Project
Brazil has approved another $250m to Ghana to undertake a series of road constructions for the Eastern Corridor road project in the country. The Eastern Corridor road project will run...
DBSA to Fund Zimbabwe Highway Project
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) will provide a $206m loan to Zimbabwe for the rehabilitation and upgrade of the 800km Plumtree-Mutare highway, running along Bulawayo, Gweru,...
Pennsylvania to Receive Intelligent Transportation System
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has announced plans to install a new intelligent transportation system (ITS) in the US state, to offer smoother travel. The $7.3m...
US County Newton Seeks Funds for Road Projects
Newton County in Georgia, US, has submitted $260m in road projects to the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission, but must wait for official approval. The 18 projects include a $64m for...
MNTC to Raise Funds for Philippines Expressway Project
Manila North Tollways Corporation (MNTC) is looking to raise PHP6.5bn ($151m) in debt or equity funding to finance the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) project in Manila, Philippines. The...
UK Initiates Technology Project to Minimise Road-Work Disruptions
The Department for Transport (DfT) in the UK has announced a joint £1m development fund, which will be used to research and develop new technologies to reduce the disruption caused by road works. ...
Contractors to Bid for Batinah Expressway Project
Around 14 local and international contractors have joined the race to bid for the Batinah expressway project in Oman. The 265km-long dual three-lane expressway will extend the 53km-long...
Iowa Submits $2.3bn Draft Roads Plan
The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) in the US has submitted a $2.3bn plan to the Iowa Transportation Commission for state highway construction projects during the 2012-2016 period. ...
Third Thai-Laos Friendship Bridge to Open in November
Authorities have confirmed that construction of the third Thai-Laos friendship bridge connecting Nakhon Phanom and Tha Khaek in Khammuan province, Laos, is 90% complete and is expected to open...
Georgia to Invite Bids for Roads Project Next Month
Georgia's Department of Transportation in the US is considering seeking bids next month for a $1bn road project on Interstate highways 75 and 575 in the region. The project will be carried...
Australia Allocates $6bn for Road Project
The Australian Government has earmarked AUS$6bn for various road, rail and public transport infrastructure projects in the country. The federal government will provide $585m to carry out...
US Drivers Want Additional Road Safety Laws, Survey Shows
About 62% of Americans support more laws to prevent people from doing dangerous things while driving and want more action by the government to improve highway safety, according to a new survey...
UK Part Funds Sri Lankan Bridge Projects
The UK has granted a loan of LKR6.2bn ($56m) from the Export Credits Guaranteed Department (ECGD) to part-fund the building of 210 permanent steel bridges in Sri Lanka. The 210 steel...
Washington Extends Deadline for Opening SR 520 Floating Bridge
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has extended the deadline to open the new State Route 520 floating bridge for traffic to 31 July 2015, from December...
Dubai Sees Fall in Traffic Fatalities
Fatalities on Dubai's roads have dropped by 54% to 152 in 2010, compared with the peak levels reached in 2007, according to new figures by the emirate's traffic police. The region...
Indian State Deploys New Traffic Management System
The Indian city of Kolkat has introduced an advanced traffic management system, known as area traffic control (ATC), to improve traffic in the city. The ATC is governed by a giant processor...
Ohio Introduces Online Traffic Data System
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) in Michigan, US, has launched a website with real-time traffic flow updates for several major metro areas across the state. The dedicated...
NSW Starts Work on Holbrook Bypass
Preliminary work has commenced on the A$247m ($265m) Holbrook bypass project in New South Wales, Australia, which will upgrade the last remaining section of the Hume Highway. The initial...
NAVTEQ Launches New Traffic Information System in Russia
NAVTEQ, a provider of maps, traffic and location data, has launched its NAVTEQ Traffic in Russia, offering real-time traffic information in the three cities of Moscow, St Petersburg...
Illinois Interstate Upgrade Works Underway
The Illinois Department of Transportation has started work on the $76.1m Interstate 55 three-phased upgrade project in Madison county, Illinois, US. The $42.3m first phase, scheduled...
Indonesia Finalises Chinese Contractors for Toll Road Project
The Ministry of Public Works in Indonesia has revealed that three Chinese companies have passed the pre-qualification stage for the Medan-Kualanamu toll road project in Sumatra. The...
Phillipines to Open Expressway Section by 2012
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) expects to complete the first phase of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx) project at Rosario in Batangas province, Phillipines, by August 2012. ...
Eximbank Grants Loan for Vietnamese Bridge Project
South Korea's Eximbank has approved a $200m loan for the construction of Vam Cong bridge in Vietnam, which will link the Mekong Delta provinces of An Giang and Dong Thap. The $200m...
Slovakia Issues Tender for East-West Highway Project
Slovakia has issued a tender for a proposed $303m highway project. The successful contractor will build a 11km section of Slovakia's main east-west highway. Potential bidders can...
Costa Rica Allocates Funds for Road Works
Costa Rica has unveiled plans to spend $503m for its national transport plan for 2033 to rehabilitate various roads in the region. The project includes expanding the Cañas-Liberia...
Texas to Award First Contract for Road Programme
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the US will award a contract to Williams Brothers Construction Company for the US 290 programme's first construction project located at the...
World Bank Funds Road Project in Papua New Guinea
The World Bank Board has approved a $43m loan for the Papua New Guinea road maintenance and rehabilitation project II (RMRP II). The new five-year project will support the...
Abu Dhabi Deploys Mobile Security Cameras
Abu Dhabi has deployed 40 additional mobile speed cameras in a bid to increase road safety and curb reckless driving in the emirate, which has one of the highest traffic accident rates. The...
Telstra and Mercurien Develop Cloud-Based Traffic Management System
Australia-based transaction software company Mercurien and tele-communications company Telstra have partnered to jointly investigate and develop a local cloud-based traffic management...
Tennessee Delays Highway Extension Project
The Tennessee Department of Transportation in the US has delayed the Mack Hatcher Memorial Parkway extension project in Williamson County in Franklin city. The department's latest...
Dubai Pilots Traffic Technology Scheme
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has piloted a traffic technology project that will link about 300 junctions to a central light traffic control system. The system...
Abu Dhabi Commences Road Tunnelling Project
Al Naboodah Contracting Company has commenced construction work on a tunnel and road project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The total cost of the project is an estimated AED700m ($190.6m) and the...
World Bank Funds Sri Lankan Road Project
The World Bank has extended $100m in additional financing to the Government of Sri Lanka to carry out road projects in the country. The project will improve connectivity to the northern...
New Safety Technologies Actively Prevent Crashes in Australia
New technologies that actively prevent crashes each year will help improve road safety in Australia, according to a new report. The University of Adelaide's Centre for Automotive...
Ohio Commences Bridge Work
The Ohio Department of Transportation in the US has commenced construction work on the I-90 Innerbelt bridge project, which will cross the Cuyahoga river in the downtown section of the...
Washington Starts SR 520 Casting Basin Excavation
Kiewit-General has commenced excavation work for a casting basin facility at the project site in Aberdeen to replace the ageing State Route 520 floating bridge between Seattle and Redmond...
Washington Trials New Electronic Toll System
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), US, has started testing an all-electronic SR 520 toll system. The system will be trialled over the next six weeks until mid-June...
Texas Approves Funds for Motorway Work
The Texas Department of Transportation, US, has approved $350m for Segment E of the Grand Parkway in West Harris County. Segment E is a proposed 15.2 mile, four-lane, controlled access...
Ghana Starts Buipe-Tamale Highway Project
Ghana has commenced work on the reconstruction of the 103.39km Buipe-Tamale highway project. The construction work includes resurfacing and tarring the ageing Buipe-Tamale road, as well...
Albania Begins Work on Tirana-Elbasan Highway
The Albanian Government has commenced work on the $400m Tirana-Elbasan highway project, which includes building a four-lane highway between Tirana and Elbasan. The new road will be 31km...
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Malaysian State Allocates Funds for Road Works
The state of Sarwark in Malaysia has allocated MYR2bn ($669m) under the National Key Result Area (NKRA) for the construction of 500km of new roads in the state by the end of 2012. The...
Brazil to Issue Highway Tender Next Year
Brazil's transport infrastructure department (DNIT) is planning to issue a $167m tender in the second half of next year for the BR-230 highway improvement project in João Pessoa, in the...
Philippines Partners with NetLogix, Skymaster to Improve Traffic
Netlogix has teamed with the Philippine local systems integrator partner, Skymaster Wireless, to develop a technology that will help improve traffic in the country. ACS and XEROX are...
Texas Awards Traffic Counting Services Contract
The Traffic Group has secured a contract to handle traffic counting services for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the US. The $8.5m statewide project will use...
Florida to Commence Expressway Widening Project by August
The Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority in Florida, US, is set to commence the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway project from August this year. The project will widen the...
Columbia River Crossing Project Moves Forward
The Columbia River Crossing bridge project can now move forward after the US states of Washington and Oregon finalised the 'deck truss' design for the proposed river crossing, which will...
US Teens Claim their Parents are Risky Drivers
Around 80% US teens report that their parents are riskier drivers than they claim, and have seen them engage in risky actions behind the wheel, according to a new national survey commissioned...
ADB Provides Uzbekistan Highway Project Loan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan worth $240m towards a $600m national highway project in Uzbekistan. The loan has been issued under a multi-tranche funding programme of...
Australia Starts Work on Western Section of Hunter Expressway
Australia has started work on the western section of the Hunter Expressway project in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, which will shorten the distance between Newcastle and the surrounding...
Russian Firm Wins Intelligent Transport System Deal
AFK Sistema's subsidiary Sitronics has won a contract to develop and upgrade Moscow's intelligent transportation system (ITS) in a bid to reduce traffic problems in the region. The...
World Bank to Fund Kenyan Road Project
The World Bank will provide a $300m loan to Kenya for the reconstruction of its western transport corridor, which involves the upgrade of 221km of roads. The funds will be used towards...
Malta to Start Work on Trans European Road Network
Transport Malta will start work on four Trans European Road Networks, known as the Ten-T road projects, as part of a wider trans-European transport network. The projects, which will...
Albania to Use EBRD and EIB Loans to Fund Bypass Project
The Government of Albania will use €60m ($85.9m) of loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) to fund Fier bypass...
Sri Lanka’s Katunayake Expressway Project to Finish This Year
The Sri Lankan Government has revealed that the LKR32.1bn ($290.5m) Katunayake expressway project between Colombo and Katunayake (International Airport) will be ready for traffic by November...
Men Twice as Likely to Get Distracted While Driving
Men are twice likely to be distracted while driving when compared to women drivers, according to a survey by the UK's Santander car insurance firm. According to the survey, 11% of men are said...
South Africa Invests in Road Maintenance
The South African Department of Transport has launched a ZAR22bn ($3.2bn) S'hamba Sonke-Moving Together programme for road construction, maintenance and repairing potholes across the country,...
IRB Secures Indian Highway Project
Indian construction firm IRB Infrastructure Developers has won a INR 36bn ($813m) road project to create six lanes on the Ahmedabad to Vadodara segment of National Highway-8 in Gujarat. ...
Vietnam Allocates Funds for Road Safety Improvements
The Transport Development and Strategy Institute of Vietnam (TDSIV) has earmarked VND34tn ($1.6bn) for 45 priority programmes, which involves infrastructure and technology upgrades to improve...
Salam Tunnel in UAE to Open in June
The UAE's AED5bn ($1.3bn) Salam tunnel project, which is presently under construction in the capital of Abu Dhabi, will be partially opened to traffic in June. The 3km tunnel stretches from...
UK Motorists Fail to Understand Most Road Signs
About one fifth of motorists in the UK are unable to comprehend the meaning of basic road signs, according to a study by the UK's car insurance retailer firm, Swinton Insurance. The study...
Pakistani Army Starts Work on Pak-Afghan Road Link
The Pakistani Army has launched a road project that will serve as a central trade link between the country's tribal areas and Afghanistan. The 80km road, costing PKR 4bn ($48m), will...
China Plans New Road through Central Asia to Europe
China has unveiled a plan to construct a 'new silk road', which will pass through Central Asia to Europe at a cost of CNY 4.3bn ($660m). The 213km expressway, stretching from Kashgar...
IBM to Develop California’s Intelligent Transport System
A collaboration between IBM, the California Department of Transportation and the California Center for Innovative Transportation in California in the University of California, US, have...
Nordecon and Ramboll Win Estonia Highway Project
Baltic-based construction firm Nordecon International and Denmark's Ramboll have won a contract with Estonia’s state road administration to build a stretch of highway from Tallinn to Tartu. ...
Loan Approved for George Bush Turnpike Extension
The Texas Transportation Commission has approved an agreement with the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) and the US Department of Transportation (US DOT) to move forward State Highway...
Honduras to Invest in Road Projects
The Ministry of Transport Public Works and Housing in Honduras has unveiled plans to invest between $300m and $400m for highway projects across the region. The department has planned to...
Impregilo Wins Road Project in Romania
Italian firm Impregilo has won a €144m ($208.7m) contract from National Company for Roads and Motorways of Romania to build a portion of the Orastie-Sibiu motorway. Work...
UK Approves Funds for London Street Lighting
The UK Department of Transport has approved £151m ($246.7m) for street lighting improvement and maintenance works in the regions of Croydon and Lewisham in London, UK. Work involves...
Construction to Begin on Fayetteville Outer Loop Project
The North Carolina Department of Transportation in the US has revealed that construction on three segments of Interstate 295 Street is scheduled to begin this week. The $55.2m road...
Romania Awards Pan European Corridor Project Contract
The Romania's Highways Company, CNADNR, has awarded €1bn ($1.4bn) in contracts to construct four highway segments of the IV Pan European Corridor. CNADNR has awarded contracts...
Consortium Secures Highway Upgrade Work in Germany
A consortium comprising of HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions and the STRABAG's subsidiary HERMANN KIRCHNER Projektgesellschaft has won a €410m ($594m) contract to upgrade and maintain a 58km stretch...
ATX Voice Texting Reduces Drivers’ Distraction, Says VTTI Survey
A study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) in the US has revealed that interactive voice applications used for text messaging when driving decreases distraction levels...
Consortium Wins Road Project in Panama
A consortium of Mexican construction firm ICA and MECO Constructora of Costa Rica have signed a $238m contract with Ministry of Public Works of Panama for the reconstruction and expansion of...
Majority of People Dissatisfied with Road Conditions, Says UK Survey
A survey by Institution of Civil Engineers in UK has revealed that almost less than a third of people in the UK are satisfied with the condition of the roads in the country. The study,...
Pakistan Road Project Moves Forward
Road projects across the Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa regions of Pakistan will move forward after the government made an offer of PKR1bn ($12m) to the National Highway Authority to carry...
South Luzon Tollways to Start Philippines Toll Road Project
Philippines' South Luzon Tollways (SLTC) is planning to build a highway from Metro Manila to Quezon province and other regions over five years after receiving approval from the country's...
Bangladesh to Issue Final Tender for Padma Bridge Project
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority is planning to award the final tender for the $2.93bn Padma Bridge project this month to one of five companies participating in the bidding process from India,...
Austria Records Lowest Ever Road Accidents
The number of road traffic accidents in Austria, which includes the number of accidents, injuries and deaths, has dropped to its lowest level in 2010 since the beginning of standardised...
South Korean Firm Keen to Participate in Indonesian Bridge Project
A construction company of South Korea, GS Engineering and Construction, has expressed interest in building the $17.5bn Sunda Strait bridge project in Indonesia. The 31km bridge will cover...
Jamaica Starts Construction on Toll Motorway
Jamaica has begun construction on a 10km extension to the country's only toll motorway project worth $285m, stretching between Sandy Bay and Four Paths. The four-lane motorway extension...
Consortium Wins Salamanca-León Highway Project in Mexico
The Mexico transport and communications ministry has awarded a MXN 4.7bn ($397m) contract to a consortium comprising of Coconal, Operadora de Autopistas and México Constructora Industrial...
Q-Free to Supply Congestion Charging Equipment to Sweden
Road User Charging and Traffic Surveillance provider Q-Free has won a contract for delivery of congestion charging infrastructure in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. The 143 MNOK...
Telensa to Improve Street Lighting in the UK
UK-based lighting technology firm, Telensa, has secured a £2.5m five-year contract from the Suffolk County Council in the UK to monitor the region's street lighting system using Telensa’s...
Illinois to Begin Road and Bridge Projects
The Illinois Department of Transportation in the US has unveiled a $11.5bn multi-year construction programme to improve roadways across the state. The investment programme, spanning from...
Dominican Republic to Construct Santo Domingo Highway
The Norte Sul Consortium, a joint venture of Odebrecht Latin America & Angola and Estrella, has signed a $255m contract with the Dominican Republic Ministry of Public Works and Communications...
OKP Holdings Secures Singapore Road Contract
Singapore has awarded a contract to Or Kim Peow Contractors, a subsidiary of OKP Holdings, to carry out road works at the interchange at Tampines Expressway, Sengkang West Road and...
India to Build New Delhi Expressways
The Indian Government has unveiled plans to construct two new expressways, connecting Jaipur and Chandigarh to the capital New Delhi, which are likely to cost INR127.5bn ($2.8bn). The...
Minnesota Unveils Road Improvement Programme
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has unveiled a $900m transportation construction programme for 2011 that will enhance safety and mobility, expand capacity and preserve...
Northern Kentucky to Start Work on Road Upgrades
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has announced plans for several road projects worth $120m, with construction work scheduled to begin in the coming weeks. The projects include upgrade work...
China TransInfo and Nissan to Develop Traffic Information System
China TransInfo Technology's subsidiary Beijing Zhangcheng Science and Technology (Palmcity) has signed a 340.9m yen ($4.1m) development agreement with Nissan Motor to implement a new...
Vietnam Highway Project Approved
Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the VND 28tn ($1.3bn) central Da Nang-Quang Ngai highway project proposed by the Ministry of Planning and Investment. The highway project is...
Peru Completes Red Vial Highway Project
The Peruvian Government has officially opened the Mocupe-Cayalti-Oyotun stretch, which is part of the 10,000km Red Vial highway across the state. The 47km stretch will reduce traffic...
New Network to Drive Electric Vehicle Market in Europe
Coulomb Technologies have announced the expansion of their ChargePoint Network designed to bridge the gap between transportation and energy management in Europe. The electric vehicle...
California City Plans Interchange Project
Officials from the city of Temecula in California, US, have announced plans to build a $200m interchange to prevent gridlock on I-15, running north-south of Temecula's western edge. The...
Ohio Doubles Funds for Road Projects
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has announced plans to double its spending on road projects this year. About 50 projects worth $461.2m are underway or will start by October 2011...
Peab Secures Swedish Road Extension Contract
Construction and civil engineering company Peab has won a SEK1.1bn ($173m) contract by the Swedish Transport Authority for the expansion of the E4 South Myre-Skönsmons road project...
Malaysia Approves West Coast Expressway
The Public Private Partnership Unit (PPU) of the Prime Minister's Department has approved the $1.52bn West Coast Expressway project between Taiping and Banting, Malaysia. The project is...
Israel to Widen Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Highway
A ministerial committee has approved a NIS2.5bn ($721.5m) project to widen the highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Irael, from two to three lanes in both directions. The segment...
US Reports Record Low in Traffic Fatalities in 2010
Traffic fatalities in the US dropped by 25% between 2005-2010, the lowest since 1949, a report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has revealed. The study showed...
Illinois to Start Work on Road and Bridge Rehabilitation
The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the US is set to start work on the $65m Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) Roadway and Bridge Rehabilitation Project, involving the repair...
Ghana Begins Work on Road Rehabilitation Project
Ghana has started the construction of the $63m Tarkwa-Bogoso-Ayamfuri road in the western region of the country. The 94.4km road, which is the first phase of a 146.6km road project, upgrades...
Bangladesh to Build its First Elevated Expressway
Work has begun on a Tk87bn (US$1.25bn) elevated expressway in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, with an Italian-Thai development company as the main contractor. The 26km road project...
INRIX Partners with Viasuisse in Switzerland
Traffic information and driver services provider INRIX has teamed up with Viasuisse in Switzerland to integrate the company's real-time traffic incident data into INRIX's traffic products as...
Ramky to Raise Funds for Indian Highway Project
Indian firm Ramky Infrastructure has announced it will raise INR14.4bn ($322m) for the Srinagar-Banihal Highway project in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The debt has been raised with the ICICI...
Indian City to Improve Road Infrastructure
The city authorities of Noida in India have allocated INR20bn ($442m) in funding for road projects as part of their 2011-2012 budget. The money will be spent on the construction of elevated...
Five in Bid for Duqm Port Road Project in Oman
Five well-know local and international firms are bidding for a key contract for the development of landside infrastructure within the Duqm port complex in Oman. The five bidders for...
Canada to Invest in Provincial Highway Projects
The Alberta Government of Canada has announced plans to invest $1.7bn in provincial highway projects across the southern part of the country, under a three-year construction programme. The...
Saudi Arabia to Invest in Road Upgrades
The Jeddah municipality in Saudi Arabia has allocated SR5bn ($1.3bn) for improvements in the traffic and transport system across the city. The projects include the construction of bridges...
Fletcher Construction Wins NZ Road Project
Fletcher Construction has secured a $150m contract to design and build the Ngaruawahia section of the Waikato Expressway between Hamilton and Auckland, New Zealand. The 12km section of...
New Zealand Motorway Project to Complete Ahead of Schedule
The NZ Transport Agency has announced that the NZ$220m ($166m) Hobsonville motorway project will open in September, six months ahead of the scheduled date. The project includes the...
India to Award 100 Highway Projects in 2012
The Indian Government has announced plans to put 100 highway projects up for bidding in the next fiscal year, which will stretch over 11,000km and require an investment of INR1tr ($22.3bn). ...
TRL Launches Updated Urban Traffic System
Research, consultancy and testing group TRL has launched an updated version of the SCOOT Urban Traffic Control system, Scoot MMX. The SCOOT technology is currently operating in more than...
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Mott MacDonald to Improve UK Traffic System
Mott MacDonald has been commissioned by Kent Highway Services (KHS) to provide an urban traffic management and control (UTMC) historical data analysis system for the UK county. The...
European Commission Aims to Increase Mobility by 2050
The European Commission has adopted the Transport 2050 plan, a comprehensive strategy for an improved transport system to increase mobility and reduce carbon emissions by 2050. The programme...
Clayton County Approves Road Project Package
Clayton County in Georgia, US, has approved various road and transit projects worth $1.1bn for consideration for a list compiled for a ten-county referendum in 2012. The projects include...
India to Build Roads Along Chinese and Pakistani Borders
India has announced plans to invest Rs500bn ($11bn) in the construction of 558 roads, stretching 27,986km along the Chinese and Pakistani borders. The project will be completed in two phases...
Nigeria Approves Road Contracts
The Ondo State Government in Nigeria has approved the award of eight contracts worth N9bn ($56.8m) for the reconstruction, rehabilitation and dualisation of roads. The contracts involve...
Abu Dhabi to Open Salam Tunnel
South Korean company Samsung Construction is set to complete the AED5bn ($1.36bn) Salam Tunnel project in Abu Dhabi, UAE, by July this year. The four-phase project stretches from the...
Japan Donates to Afghanistan Infrastructure Reconstruction Fund
Japan has become the first country to donate to the new Asian Development Bank-administered (ADB) fund, which will help reconstruct roads and other major infrastructure projects in...
India to Launch Highway Project
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to begin work on Rs90bn ($2bn) of road projects in Gujarat and Rajasthan in the next three to four months. The projects include a...
New Jersey Unveils Transport Capex Plan
The US state of New Jersey has unveiled a $3.5bn capital expenditure plan for highway and mass transit improvements in 2011-2012, as part of a five-year transportation capital plan. The...
Dubai Upgrades Traffic Control System
Dubai City in the UAE has upgraded its urban traffic control (UTC) system to improve the efficiency of its road network. The contract was awarded by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to...
Japan to Fund Sri Lankan Road Projects
The Japan International Cooperation Agency has offered a JPY33bn ($408m) loan to help Sri Lanka finance road development works, under its annual Yen Loan Package. Despite being battered by...
World Bank to Fund Indian Highway Project
The World Bank has approved a $350m loan to India to carry out core road network development in the state of Karnataka as part of the Second Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project (KSHIP II)....
Canada to Invest in Arctic Motorway Project
The Canadian Government has earmarked $150m for the construction of an Arctic motorway in Canada's North West Territories. The grant will be used to build a 140km, year-round road...
UK Opens New Motorway Scheme
The UK has opened a new Managed Motorway scheme in West Midlands, England, which is expected to reduce traffic congestion and enhance road safety on the M6. The M6 J8 to J10a scheme...
Aktor Secures $83m Albanian Tunnel Contract
Aktor has won a €59m ($83.4m) contract to build Albania's Tirana-Elbasan highway tunnel, outbidding seven other companies. The 4.2km tunnel is part of a 31km highway project...
Ness Wins Israeli Toll Roads Contract Extension
Information technology services provider Ness Technologies has won a $5m toll roads maintenance and development contract extension from Derech Eretz Highways Management and HaCarmel Lanes...
FHWA Begins Bridge Oversight Initiative
The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has launched a new initiative to monitor how states are performing in bridge inspections and maintenance. Under the new initiative, the FHWA...
Ghana Commences Work on Awoshie-Pokuase Road Project
Ghana has started work on the $141.8m Awoshie-Pokuase road and community development project in Ablekuma in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The project includes the construction of a...
UK Doubles Funds for Pothole Repairs in 2011 Budget
The UK Government has announced £100m of additional funding in the 2011 budget to the local highway authorities. The funding is an addition to the £100m announced in February 2011 for...
Washington County to Start Work on Highway Projects
Work on one of the most dangerous interchanges in Washington County, US, the south junction of Interstate 70 and 79, is set to begin later this year. The Pennsylvania Department of...
JICA to Fund Philippines Road Projects
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide a $500m loan to fund road projects in the Philippines. The loan will fund the country's Road Upgrading and Preservation...
New Zealand to Restart Long-Stalled Road Project
The New Zealand Transport Agency has resumed its plans to spend $2.4bn to upgrade the State Highway 1 from Wellington Airport to Levin in New Zealand. The work includes the construction of...
Turkey to Expand Highway Network
Turkey has announced plans to carry out a series of projects to interconnect the highways across the country, increasing its network to 7,516km by 2023. The country will invest more than...
Dutch Motorway Project Moves Forward
The Netherlands has announced plans to start work on a €4.4bn road project to improve the motorway connections between Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport and Almere. The project will...
Brazil Unveils Transport Investment Plan
Brazil's transport infrastructure department (DNIT) has announced plans to invest BRL15.6bn ($9.34bn) in transportation infrastructure projects in 2011. The budget will be used for...
FCBC Secures Forth Replacement Crossing Contract
The Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors (FCBC) consortium has been named as the preferred bidder by the Scottish Government to build the bridge and connecting roads of the Forth Replacement...
Odebrecht Wins Panama Road Contract
The Brazilian construction company Odebrecht has secured a $776.9m contract for the third construction phase of the Cinta Costera beltway in Panama, Central America. The third phase will...
Uzbekistan to Award Road Reconstruction Contract
The Government of Uzbekistan has announced a tender for the reconstruction of the Tashkent-Andijan (A-373) road. The project includes the reconstruction of the A373 Tashkent road section...
Illinois County to Invest in Road Projects
Will County in Illinois, US, has approved $60m for various summer road projects such as intersection improvements, widening, maintenance overlays. and bridge repairs and replacement. ...
Poland to Introduce New Speed Control System on Highways
Gdansk Transport Company of Poland has revealed plans to introduce a new speed control system on several sections of the country's highway before the end of the month. Current radar speed...
Siemens Starts Traffic Signal Works on UK Olympic Routes
Siemens has commenced work on the installation of its new traffic signalling equipment in Weymouth, UK, ahead of the 2012 Olympics sailing events. The signal controllers and traffic...
ADB to Fund Indian Road Projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Indian Government have signed an agreement for the second tranche of a $250m loan to fund road projects in the country. The loan is part of...
Washington Starts Work on State Route Upgrade
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has commenced construction on the $306m State Route 520 Eastside Transit and HOV Project in the US. The project includes...
Traficon to Install Intelligent Traffic Control in Indian Cities
Belgium-based Traficon has secured a contract to deliver over 700 vehicle presence detectors for intelligent traffic control in Mumbai and Chennai of India. About 700 detectors,...
Georgia Commences Construction on Ajara Bypass Road
China-based contractor Sinohidro has started work at Ajara bypass road in Georgia, along with the construction of a segment of the Kobuleti bypass. The 12.4km-bypass will stretch from...
Vietnamese City to Introduce New Traffic Control Centre
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport is planning to invest €131m ($182.4m) to set up a traffic control centre in the Vietnamese region. The project involves the installation...
UK to Open Weymouth to Dorchester Relief Road
The Weymouth to Dorchester relief road in the UK is set to open to traffic after numerous delays. The £89m road has been built to ease the traffic during the Olympic 2012 sailing events,...
DownerMouchel Launches Road Management System in Western Australia
DownerMouchel, a joint venture between Australia-based contractor Downer and consulting and business services group Mouchel, has started work on the implementation of the new integrated...
US Completes Highway 118 Widening
The second phase of the $65m highway 118 widening project has been completed in Simi Valley, California, US. The project included the widening of the highway from Tapo Canyon Road to the...
Work Begins on E-ZPass Interchange in US
Allan A Myers will start work on the $48m Route 29 E-ZPass Only Interchange project this month in Charlestown, East Whiteland and Tredyffrin Townships in Chester County, Pennsylvania, US. ...
Worn Out Road Markings on UK Roads Pose Safety Risk
A report by the Road Safety Marking Association (RSMA) in the UK has revealed that a large proportion of white lines on some of the country's most dangerous roads are in a bad state, posing...
Mota Engil Wins Road Construction Project in Mozambique
Mota-Engil SGPS has secured a €69m ($96.4m) contract for the construction of a 250km road in central Mozambique. The project will link the central port of Quelimane in Mozambique...
UAE Starts Up Second Phase of Emirates Road Expansion Project
The UAE will shortly announce the winning bidders for the Dh500m ($136m) construction contracts of the second phase of the Emirates Road expansion from Ajman to Dubai. The project includes...
Iran Launches Persian Gulf Bridge Project
Iran has started construction on the €650m ($908.5m) Persian Gulf Bridge project to connect Qeshm Island off the southern coast to the port of Bohal in Iran's Southern Hormozgan province...
India to Introduce New Bidding Norm for Highway Projects
India plans to launch a new bidding norm for highway projects to replace the existing annuity model in the Engineering, Procurement and Contract (EPC) model. The Planning Commission has...
Jordan Starts Road Expansion Project at Jordan Airport
Work has started on a $113m road expansion project at Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) in Amman, Jordan, according to the Jordan Ministry of Public Works and Housing. The...
Dubai Commissions New Roads for Residential Areas
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai, UAE, has approved the construction of local road projects in three residential districts, including Al Khawaneej 1, Al Barsha 1, 2 and 3, and...
OHL and Globalvia JV to Bid for Canadian Highway Project
Obrascon Huarte Lain (OHL) and Fomento de Construcciones & Contratas' (FCC) Globalvia infrastructure unit have partnered to bid for a contract to extend and manage part of the 407 highway...
Hong Kong to Introduce New Traffic and Incident Management System
Hong Kong will allocate $12.8m for the installation of a new traffic and incident management system (TIMS) to allow the dissemination of real-time traffic and transport information in the...
Iran Allocates Funds for Armenia Highway Project
The Iranian Government has designated $60m for a highway project between Iran and Armenia. The project includes the expansion of Armenia's existing roads from the border with Iran to the...
IRD Wins Indian Road Contracts
International Road Dynamics (IRD) of Saskatoon, Canada, has secured two contracts for road projects in India. The first contract includes the supply of a toll collection system for the...
ADB to Finance Indian Road Projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend a $300m loan for road improvements in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The loan will fund the Madhya Pradesh State Roads Project III, which...
UK Motorists Feel Endangered on Streets
Over 69% of UK motorists fear being killed while driving a car, according to a survey by road safety charity Brake and the Direct Line insurance company. The study, conducted with 800...
LED Roadway Lighting to Upgrade Street Lights in Canada
LED Roadway Lighting has won a contract to test 200 LED street lights equipped with automatic global positioning system (GPS) switches, in Canada. The $500,000 contract has been awarded by...
UK Motorists Spend 43% of City Rush Hours at Standstill
The average inner city commuter in the UK spends 43% of their trip at a complete standstill during a one-hour journey at peak hours twice during their daily commute, according to a study...
Siemens Wins UK Traffic Upgrade Contract
Siemens has received a contract for the upgrade of the network communications on strategic routes across from Coventry city council in the West Midlands, UK. The company will install...
Jacobs Awarded Interchange Improvement Contract in Ireland
US-based Jacobs Engineering Group has won a two-year contract to undertake engineering and environmental consultant work for the N8/N25 Dunkettle Interchange Improvement scheme in Cork, Ireland....
US State Georgia to Upgrade Interstate Highways
CW Matthews Contracting Company has won a $22.8m contract to undertake various upgrade works across the Interstate Highways in Georgia, US. The 6ml project includes the resurfacing of the...
Kiewit-Massman Announced as Preferred Bidder for US Road Project
The Kiewit-Massman joint venture has been named as the preferred bidder for the construction of a new South Park Bridge in King county, Washington, US. The Kiewit-Massman bid amounts to $96m...
Manhattan Construction Wins Bridge Contract in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Transport Commission has awarded a $78m contract to Manhattan Construction to build a multi-modal, double-decker bridge crossing the Arkansas River on I-244 in Oklahoma, US. ...
Scotland to Issue Tenders for Motorway Interchange
The Scottish Transport Ministry is set to issue tenders for the construction of a multi-million motorway interchange for Larbert in Scotland, UK, in June this year. The M876...
UAE Reports Decrease in Road Fatalities
Fatalities from road accidents in UAE reduced by 14.5 % to 826 in 2010, compared to 966 in 2009, according to new data from the traffic coordination department at the interior...
US to Install Smart Traffic Technology in New Jersey
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has provided a $10m grant to fund the installation of a new traffic signalling technology in northern New Jersey. The sensor-based...
US State Virginia to Revive Stalled Road Projects
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) plans to revive several delayed road projects in the state of Virginia, US. The step comes after a multi-year transportation plan to...
Philippine Expressway Contracts Up for Bidding
The Philippine Government has opened the bidding process for three expressway contracts, which will be built under the public-private partnership (PPP) initiative. The three projects...
Israel Approves Speed Cameras
The Ministry of Public Security has obtained approval from Israel National Roads Company to install high-speed cameras along the country's roads. The first high-speed cameras will be...
Philippine Road Project to Be Completed in 2012
The proposed 57.79km Kapalong-Talaingod-Bukidnon road project in the Philippines is expected to be completed in 2012. Part of the project is the construction of six bridges, including a...
North Carolina to Start Work on Road Projects Ahead of Schedule
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will begin the work on several Greensboro Urban Loop projects in North Carolina, US, sooner than scheduled. The availability of funds...
Beijing to Use Mobile Phone Data to Control Traffic Flows
The Chinese Government has approved Beijing's plan to monitor the movement of 17 million mobile phone subscribers using geolocation to control traffic flows in the capital. The scheme...
Abigroup Secures Holbrook Bypass Project in Australia
Abigroup has won a $247m contract to build the 9.5km Holbrook Bypass, the final stage of the Hume Highway upgrade in Australia. The work includes a four-lane divided highway between Sydney...
US Reports Decline in Fatal Intersection Crashes
Fatalities at intersections with traffic lights have dropped by 17% from 2005 to 2009 in the US, according to a National Safety Council report. The report further reveals that fatal crashes...
Telvent Wins Tunnel Management Contract in Brazil
Telvent has been selected by Brazilian toll road operator CCR Rodoanel to implement its SmartMobility Tunnel application on the western section of the Rodoanel Mario Covas beltway in Sao...
Econolite to Distribute Traffic Monitoring System in Canada
Econolite is set to distribute TrafficCast International's traffic monitoring technology, BlueTOAD in Canada, enabling technical support and localised service. The company's...
Leighton Opus JV Wins Road Contract in Australia
The Leighton Opus joint venture has received a five-year contract to upgrade and maintain the road network across the Wheatbelt region in Western Australia. The A$191m ($194m) contract to...
US Drivers Browse Web While Driving
About 19% of drivers in the US admitted browsing the internet on cell phones at least once a week while driving, according to an online survey by insurance company State Farm. The survey...
ITIS Introduces Precision Traffic Technology in Germany
ITIS has teamed up with Telefonica O2 Germany to generate speed and flow information across all German roads using anonymised signalling data from more than 17 million mobile devices. ...
Bidding Process Begins for UK Mersey Bridge Contract
About 130 contractors have submitted bids for a contract to construct and operate the proposed Mersey Gateway in Cheshire, UK. The £430m ($702m) project involves building a new six-lane...
US Highway Travel Reaches Record High Since 2007
US drivers drove 20.5 billion more miles in 2010 than 2009, according to recent data from the US Department of Transportation. The data reveals that US highway travel increased by 0.6%, or...
Majority of UK Motorists Admit to Speeding
Experienced drivers and car owners admitted to speeding on UK roads, according to a driving attitudes survey conducted by UK website Top CashBack. Over 2,000 members completed the...
Cisco Wins Road Upgrade Contract in the US
Cisco Construction has won a $48m contract for the upgrade of a road in the Toledo district of Belize. The 23-mile road from Big Falls Village (Dump) to the Belize / Guatemala Border...
Rise in UK Traffic Lights Slows Traffic, Report Reveals
British motorists are spending more time at traffic lights, as their number increased by 30% to 25,000 traffic lights between 2000 and 2008, according to a report by the RAC Foundation, a...
Booz Allen Hamilton Wins US Intelligent Transportation Systems Contract
Booz Allen Hamilton has been awarded a $113m contract to help the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in the US enhance its intelligent transportation systems by installing a multi-modal...
India Approves Expressway Project
India has granted approval for work on the proposed Chennai Port-Maduravoyal expressway, worth INR15bn ($332.5m), in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The amount of INR3.45bn ($76m) will...
UK Considers Changes to Speed Limits
Motorway speed limits in the UK could be raised to 80mph and limits on city and town roads may be reduced. The government is considering this step under a road safety review, in a bid to...
Work Begins on Second Tube Tunnel in Istanbul
Work has started on the 14.5km second tube tunnel project under the Bosporus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey. The project will be constructed 1.8km south of the Marmaray while a 5.5km section of...
UK Safety Camera Enforcement Leads to Drop in Road Accidents
Safer Road Humber reported a 29% drop in injury rates and a 48% drop in child casualties in seven years, after the implementation of speed cameras in North East Lincolnshire, UK. The report...
Ghana Secures Funds for Road Upgrades
Ghana has secured $1.8bn in funding from China for the implementation of various road upgrade projects in the country. The project will cover the eastern corridor,...
Dubai Reports Decline in Traffic Fatalities
Road fatalities in Dubai dropped by about 32% to 153 cases last year, from 225 in 2009, according to the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). The reduction in numbers has been attributed...
US State of Texas Receives Approval for Parkway Project
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the US will soon award contracts to build a section of the 180-mile Grand Parkway, known as State Highway 99, following the receipt of an...
Aecon Wins Overhead Animal Crossing Passage Contract in Canada
Aecon Construction and Materials has been awarded a $58.3m contract for the construction of the first four-lane overhead eco-passage in Ontario, Canada. The project has been initiated by...
US State Virginia Awards Contracts for Highway Works
Kanawha Stone Company has won a $23.3m deal for the Route 460 - Grundy Phase III widening project, which will include the construction of a bridge over Watkins Branch. W-L Construction &...
Philippines to Complete Open Major Road Projects in 2011
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Philippines has revealed that the PHP5.2bn ($119m) road projects in the Cordillera are 93% complete and will be open for traffic this...
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RCC Begins Road Upgrade Work in Nigeria
Reynolds Construction Company (RCC) has started work on the first phase of the Benin-Abraka road reconstruction project in Nigeria. The NGN9.75bn ($63.6m) project involves the...
US State Michigan Awards Road Contracts in 2011
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) plans to award $274m in road contracts in 2011 to improve the road infrastructure in Detroit, US. Contracts will be awarded to improve 82ml...
CTMC Wins Expressway Contract in Texas
Joint venture firm Central Texas Mobility Constructors (CTMC) has been selected to design and build a 6.2ml section of the Manor Expressway north east of Austin in Texas, US. The $207m...
US City to Implement Smart Traffic Management System
The city of Calgary in California, US, has unveiled plans to install a new traffic management system, which will improve traffic flow citywide. The system will network all 170 traffic...
UK Kent County Road Fatalities Reach Record Low
Fatal and serious casualties on Kent's roads in the UK fell to an all-time low of 553 in 2010, down by half compared with the 1,196 casualties recorded ten years ago. The provisional...
ACS Introduces Electronic Toll System in California
Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) will establish a new electronic toll system in Los Angeles county in the US state of California, which will allow single passenger vehicles to shift into the...
First Section of Montgomery Road Link Opens in US
The first section of the $2.56bn Maryland Intercounty Connector (ICC) in Montgomery County in the US state of Maryland has been opened. The first section lies between the link I-370 at...
UK Allocates Additional Funds for Pothole Repair
Local councils in the UK will receive £100m ($162m) to repair potholes caused by the freezing weather at the end of last year, as part of a road upgrade programme. The funds will be...
JV Wins Contract for Highway Upgrade in Australia
The Highway Works Albem joint venture has won a A$42m ($42.1m) contract for the duplication of a 7.2km section of Dampier Highway in the state of Western Australia. The project includes...
SKL Consortium Appointed Preferred Bidder for UK Street Light Project
A consortium formed by Skanska and John Laing (SKL) has been announced as preferred bidder to deliver the Croydon & Lewisham Street Lighting project in London, UK. SKL will design,...
Taiwan Allocates Funds for Highway Extension Work
Taiwan has revealed plans to allocate $647m to widen key sections of the South Link Highway, which connects Taitung county and Greater Kaohsiung. Work to improve the Suhua Highway already...
Siemens Extends UK Traffic Control Systems Deal
Siemens Traffic Controls has received a five-year contract from three local boroughs in the UK, to supply traffic signal controllers, control equipment, traffic information systems and...
UK County Installs Wireless Street Lighting System
Surrey county in the UK has started the installation of the wireless street lighting system LeafNut across its 89,000 street lights. The five-year project will help the county council to...
New Zealand Earthquake Damages Road System
A massive earthquake has hit the city of Christchurch in New Zealand, damaging several sidewalks and main roads including liquefaction and surface flooding. The US Geological Survey notes...
Pennsylvania Reports an Increase in Road Fatalities
Deaths in crashes on highways of the US-state Pennsylvania have increased to 1,324 in 2010, a rise of 68 from the record low numbers in 2009, according to new figures by the PA Department...
Macquarie and Carlyle to Acquire Redflex
Alternative asset management company The Carlyle Group and diversified financial services group Macquarie Group, have entered into an agreement to buy traffic safety company Redflex Holdings...
Condition of UK's Road Network Declines
Around 6% of the road network in the UK is in poor condition, with A roads in better condition than B roads and C roads, according to new figures from the Department for Transport (DfT). ...
Kuwait to Invest in Road Development Project
The Ministry of Public Works (MPW) in Kuwait plans to invest KWD264.76m ($947m) in the Jahra Road Development Project. Work on the motorway construction project has already been underway...
Bulgaria to Issue E-Tickets to Traffic Violators
The Bulgarian traffic police plans to implement an e-ticket system to catch road traffic violators beginning on 21 February 2011, following recent amendments in the Road Traffic Act. ...
Wales Traffic Fatalities at Lowest Since 1968
The number of fatalities on roads in Wales, UK, fell by 29% in 2010, with 89 deaths, the lowest since 1968, according to a new report published by the Welsh Assembly Government. The...
US Study to Measure Affect of Anklet Laws on Drunk Driver Reform
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched a nationwide road-safety study to determine whether special anklets worn by convicted drink drivers can prevent...
Most Australian Commuters Suffer from Travel Stress, Study Reveals
Most Australian drivers experience travel stress, which could be reduced by greater use of technology in managing work and traffic, according to IBM's Australian Commuter Pain study conducted...
Abigroup to Build 3.2km Bridge in Australia
Australian national contractor Abigroup has won the contract to design and build a 3.2km bridge in the state of New South Wales, as part of a 664km Pacific Highway upgrade. The new bridge...
Miami Airport Road Widening to Finish in 2013
A design-build project for the widening of the key roadway connecting Miami International Airport, Florida, US, with surrounding expressways will be accomplished by 2013. The $72m...
IMS to Launch Telematics Systems with Integrated Road Traffic Technology
Mobile in-car systems developer Intelligent Mechatronic Systems (IMS) has unveiled plans to integrate Intellione's wireless road traffic conditions technology into its telematics and...
US State Introduces New Good To Go! Passes for Tolling
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has announced that new Good To Go! passes for the upcoming State Route 520 tolls are now available. The passes can be purchased...
ALK Introduces New GPS Navigation Platform
ALK Technologies has launched CoPilot Live 9, the company's next generation global positioning system (GPS) navigation platform for smartphones and tablet devices at the Mobile World Congress...
Scotland Road Repairs Backlog Reaches $3.6bn
Only 63% of Scotland's roads were in an acceptable condition last year as the cost of the maintenance backlog for repairs has increased to £2.25bn ($3.6bn), £1bn ($1.6bn) more than in...
Survey Reveals Support for Australian M4 Motorway Extension
Nearly three quarters of the residents along the M4 and Parramatta road corridor support the extension of the M4 motorway in Central Sydney in the Australian state of New South Wales, according...
Lithuania Allocates Funds for Road Works
Lithuania has allocated LTL416.4m ($162.6m) for the development of roads of national significance. The major part of the EU funds will be used for the construction of Vilnius outer...
Astaldi JV Secures Oman Road Dualisation Contract
A joint venture of Italy's Astaldi and Turkish engineering firm Ozkar Insaat, has won a OMR125.2m ($325.2m) contract to dualise the first phase of a dual carriageway between Bidbid and Sur, Oman. ...
New Mobile Phone App Alerts Road Users
ASP Technology has introduced the anti-sleep pilot application for road users at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, for the iPhone and iPad, to prevent fatigue-related...
Scotland Proposes Motorway Link Plan
Work on a project to connect Scotland's two motorways in North Lanarkshire will commence next year, following approval by the Scottish Government. The project involves building a new...
Walsh Construction to Begin US Highway Extension Work
Walsh Construction Company will rebuild and widen the southernmost six-mile stretch of Pennsylvania Turnpike's North Eastern Extension (Interstate 476) in Montgomery County, US. The...
Consortium Wins Road Study Contract in Australia
A consortium of Kellogg, Brown, Root, URS Australia, and Mott MacDonald Australia, has won the contract to conduct a planning study for the upgrade of the South Road corridor in South Australia. ...
ATC Develops Dehumidification System for UK Bridge
Aecom Technology Corporation (ATC) has developed a dehumidification system to prevent corrosion on the Humber Bridge in East Yorkshire, UK. Aecom designed the dehumidification system...
US Begins Floating Bridge Replacement
Kiewit-General joint venture (JV) has begun the work on a design-build project to replace the ageing State Route 520 floating bridge in Washington, US. The $367.3m SR 520 bridge replacement...
Wales’s Traffic Deaths Fall to Record Low
The latest official statistics to be released by the Assembly Government reports a 26% fall in deaths in Wales last year compared with 2009, with 24 deaths in the third quarter of 2010. ...
Redflex Wins Radar Systems Contract in Abu Dhabi
Redflex Traffic Systems has won an interim contract to supply and install fixed speed-radar, point-to-point camera systems and a supporting back office for Abu Dhabi Police in the UAE. The...
US State River Bridge Work to be Complete by 2011
Agate Construction Company will complete the work on the Mullica River Bridge project on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey, US, by December this year, the company has announced. Work on...
Australian State Awards Road Upgrade Work
Synergy joint venture (JV) has won a contract to upgrade the Bruce Highway between Sankeys Road and Traveston Road in the state of Queensland, Australia. Synergy JV comprises Civil...
Uzbekistan Seeks Loans for Road Upgrades
The Uzbekistan Government is working on acquiring $152m in loans from foreign financial institutions for road upgrade works, to be carried out this year. The government will sign...
Navteq Launches Traffic Application in UAE
Navteq has launched a new application, Navteq Traffic, in the UAE, which will provide road users with real-time traffic information through in-vehicle navigation systems, personal...
GAN and AccuWeather Launch Weather Alert System
Global Traffic Network subsidiary Global Alert Network (GAN) has partnered with AccuWeather.com to launch a location-based weather alerting system, which can deliver hands-free alerts for...
Canadian Highway Work to Tender in March
The tendering process will be issued next month to build a new stretch of Highway 97 in British Columbia, Canada, following approval of its environmental impact. The 9km section highway...
Qatar Awards Expressway Contract
US-based Kellogg Brown & Root Services (KBR) won a QAR491.4m ($134m) contract to design and manage the construction of the QAR40bn ($10bn) Doha Expressway in Qatar. The 300km expressway...
Abu Dhabi Bridge Contract Delayed
The contract to build the proposed Umlifaina Bridge in Abu Dhabi, UAE, will be awarded in March this year, three months behind schedule. Abu Dhabi’s Department of Transport had extended...
Sudan Commences Tarmacking Work for Road Project
Local contractor Bright Stars has begun the tarmacking process on the 192km-long Juba-Nimule road in Southern Sudan. The $225m road project is funded by US Agency for International...
US State Approves Bridge Replacement Plan
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has approved plans to replace the superstructure and concrete decks on 14 overpass bridges along Interstate 93 in Medford, Middlesex County,...
Australian Motorists Ignore Medication Warning Labels
Motorists in the Australian state of Queensland do not devote any attention to medication warning labels and are potentially driving drug-impaired, despite the threat of drowsiness and...
Australian State to Develop Smart Traffic Management System
Australian research institute NICTA and the New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) are working on a joint research agreement to develop a new traffic management system to...
Competitive Bidding Saves the Philippines $13m
The Philippine Government was able to save PHP577m ($13m) in the second half of last year, with the elimination of negotiated contracts for projects under the Department of Public Works...
Oman Seeks Consultants for Highway Upgrade Work
Oman has invited consultants to place bids for the upgrade of the Batinah Highway into a 'world-class' carriageway to enhance road safety. The consultant will undertake detailed design work...
Saudi Arabia Allocates $3bn for Road Works
Saudi Arabia has allocated SAR11.3bn ($3bn) for 389 new road projects with a total length of 6,600km across the country. The country's ministry has also allotted SAR750m ($200m) for...
India's Jetpur Somnath Tollways Enters Concession Deal
India's Jetpur Somnath Tollways has signed a concession agreement to add four lanes to the Jetpur-Somnath section of the National Highway-8D in Gujarat. The 30-year concession agreement...
Pakistan's Expressway Construction Cost Rises
The cost of construction of the expressway on the East Bay of Gwadar Port in Pakistan has soared from PKR3.763bn ($43m) to PKR6.274bn ($72m), an increase of 67%. According to the...
UK Approves Funds for Road Works
Nine transport schemes were approved by the Department of Transport (DfT) in the UK after a spending review identified over £45.5m ($73m) or 14% of savings on the original proposed costs. ...
Telmap Offers Location-Based Service for European Project
Mobile location-based services provider Telmap has introduced multi-modal routing as part of its involvement with the pan-European In-Time project. The In-Time project will pilot and validate...
Japan to Support Private Firms for Vietnamese Road Projects
The Japanese Government has unveiled plans to help private companies compete for contracts worth about JPY50bn ($613m), to build an expressway in Vietnam. The firms would receive about...
Trinidad and Tobago to Invest $200m in Road Upgrade
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has revealed plans to spend TTD$1.27bn ($200m) on road repairs and infrastructure construction across the country. About TTD$750m ($118m) will be...
Qatar Awards 13 Road Contracts
Qatar's Public Works Authority has awarded 13 contracts worth QAR3bn ($823m) for major infrastructural projects across the country. The projects involve a three-lane highway between Al...
US State Unveils HOV/HOT Lane Road Project
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in the US has revealed plans for a $1bn road project in the north of the state to ease traffic congestion along I-95 and the Capital...
World Bank Withdraws Funds for Kenyan Toll Road Project
The World Bank has withdrawn its commitment to fund a toll road project in Nairobi, Kenya, until the consortium that won the construction contract improves its compliance and training procedures. ...
Joint Venture Wins US State Highway Contract
A joint venture comprising Granite Construction Company and MCM Construction has secured a $72m contract from the California Department of Transportation in the US to reconstruct and widen...
Cyclone Closes Roads in Australia
The large tropical cyclone that hit Australia's north-east coast has caused damage to critical infrastructure and bridges, making conditions on roads hazardous. Yesterday, the Bureau...
Red Light Cameras Reduced Fatal Crashes in US
Road fatalities saw a 24% reduction across 14 cities in the US, which implemented the safety camera programmes from 2004-2008, according to a new study. The comprehensive national study by...
Pacific Highway Tops New South Wales Worst Roads List
Pacific Highway has been named as the worst road to travel on in the Australian state of New South Wales by about 10% of the Australian state's motorists, according to a survey. The survey...
Strabag Secures Road Deals in Romania
Austrian construction firm Strabag has won contracts worth €106m ($146.7m) to rehabilitate and upgrade national roads DN14 and DN15A in Romania. The planning and construction works...
North Carolina Awards 20 Road Contracts
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has awarded 20 contracts worth $159m for highway and bridge projects across the state, including a project in Wake County, funded through...
Africa Cross-Border Link Deal to be Awarded in July
The contract for the detailed engineering design for a cross-border link between Cameroon and Nigeria will be awarded in July 2011, the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)...
UK County Extends Maintenance Contract with May Gurney
Infrastructure support services company May Gurney has been granted an 18-month extension to its contract with Norfolk County Council in the UK, worth up to £50m ($80m). The contract...
Consortium Wins South African Smart Transportation System Deal
The Teti consortium, led by its South Africa-based subsidiary Tollink, has won a five-year contract to install and operate an intelligent transportation system (ITS) on freeways in South Africa. ...
US Approves Funds for Road and Bridge Work
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has approved more than $380m for road and bridge projects in nine counties in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, US. The funds will come from...
Australian State Reveals Traffic Cameras Overhaul
The federal government has revealed a major overhaul of its traffic-camera system to provide greater transparency, integrity and public accountability around speed and red-light cameras in...
Swaziland Seeks Loan to Fund Road Upgrades
The Swaziland Government is looking to receive an Arabian loan of SZL300m ($41m) for the upgrade of the Sicunusa-Nhlangano road. The government is currently in negotiations with the Arab...
Nigeria Awards Five Road Contracts Worth $293m
Nigeria has awarded five Delta State road contracts worth NGN44.89bn ($293m) to four construction firms. Setraco Construction Company won the first phase contract worth NGN12.87bn ($84m),...
Navigon Application Enhances Road Coverage
Onboard navigation provider NAVIGON has upgraded its Traffic Live feature for its smartphone navigation application MobileNavigator to cover 87,000 additional miles in the US. NAVIGON uses...
Consortia Submit Final Bids for Scotland’s Bridge Project
Two consortia have submitted their final bids to build the Forth Road Bridge connecting Edinburgh and Fife in Scotland. Forthspan and Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors are the final two...
The Philippines to Commence Road Link Work in Q4
The Manila North Tollways Corporation will commence construction of a PHP8bn ($181.2m) elevated road in Manila, the Philippines, in the fourth quarter of this year. The proposed road will...
China to Fund Kenyan Bypass Project
The Chinese Government will offer a $210m concessionary loan, through the China Exim Bank, to Kenya for the 30km Southern Bypass road project in Nairobi. Negotiations for the loan are...
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Washington Expands Traffic Signal System
An expansion project is underway on a road traffic signal system in the US city of Washington. The expansion project, worth about $325,000, will have about 40 cameras linked to traffic...
Canadian 2008 Traffic Fatalities Lowest in 60 Years
There were 12% fewer deaths on Canadian roads in 2008, about 2,419 road user fatalities, down from 2,761 in the previous year, the lowest number in almost 60 years, according to figures...
Consortium Secures US State Interchange Contract
A consortium comprising Balfour Beatty Infrastructure and Austin Bridge and Road has won a contract for phase two of the I-85 corridor improvement project in Davidson County, in the US state...
Consortium Wins French Highway Deal
Atlandes consortium has won the contract involving the finance, design, development, widening, maintenance and operation of a 105km section of A63 highway between the towns of Salles...
Malaysia Sees Increased Road Fatalities
The number of fatalities due to road accidents in Malaysia increased 1.9% to 6,872 deaths in 2010 from 6,745 deaths in 2009. Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department...
Half of UK Motorists are 'Scared' to Drive on Roads
Almost 50% of all the UK motorists are scared to drive on British roads, according to a new survey. The survey was conducted by Carrentals.co.uk on almost 2,000 people to find out...
Kiewit-Ellis Don Wins Canadian Road Contracts
Kiewit-Ellis Don (KED) partnership secured a CAD$250m ($250.9m) two design/build contract for York Viva Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) rapid-way lanes in York Region, Ontario, Canada. The...
Trinidad Begins $1.1bn Highway Extension Work
Brazilian construction firm, Construtora, has begun work on the extension of the 47km Solomon Hochoy highway from the City of San Fernando to Point Fortin in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ...
Work Begins on Australian State Bypass
Construction firm Fulton Hogan has begun work on the Dingley Arterial in Melbourne, Australia. The A$74.6m bypass will provide the missing link between Westall Road and the Dandenong Bypass. ...
Consortium Wins Serbian Bridge Deal
An Italian-Spanish consortium led by the Spanish firm Azvi, has secured a contract to reconstruct the Zezelj bridge over the Danube in Novi Sad, Serbia. The other members in the...
CalTrans to Commence Highway Construction Next Month
CalTrans will begin construction on Interstate 680 in the US state of Northern California by next month. The agency has selected Bay Cities Paving & Grading for the reconstruction work...
Ireland's Roads Programme Receives $1.19bn
Ireland will invest €866.96m ($1.19bn) to upgrade the country's road infrastructure this year, as part of its national roads programme. Work will begin this year on Belturbet By...
TomTom Unveils Traffic Database for Europe and North America
TomTom has unveiled its Traffic Stats, a traffic database offering traffic information for the entire road network in Europe and North America through its online web portal. Upon submitting...
Norwegian County Awards Tunnel Contract
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has awarded a contract to Veidekke Entreprenor to build a 3.5km two-lane tunnel for classified road 13 in Rogaland county, Norway. The...
TrafficCast Introduces Intelligent Transportation Tool
TrafficCast International has released its new traffic monitoring technology tool, BlueTOAD/CONNECT, for direct installation in traffic signal cabinets. BlueTOAD (Bluetooth...
Indian Firm to Raise $100m for Highway Projects
Infrastructure company C&C Constructions will raise $100m by December this year to fund highways projects, the company has announced. The Indian firm intends to construct road projects...
Oman Awards Interchange Contract
Oman Roads Engineering Company has secured a contract for the OMR20m ($54m) Rabat-Iteen Interchange Project in the city of Muscat, Oman. Under the deal, a grade-separated interchange will be...
Taiwan to Install Nationwide Traffic Control System
The National Freeway Bureau (NFB) in Taiwan said that a graphic display system (GDS) would be installed to help control traffic on the nation’s major freeways next month. The GDS will have...
Belgium to Introduce Road Tolls From 2013
Belgium will introduce road tolls nationwide for all vehicles starting from 2013, following an approval from the Wallonia Regional Government. The government has approved a deal to introduce...
UK Plans $4bn Traffic Management System
The UK Government has unveiled plans to develop a framework of traffic and parking management systems worth around £3bn ($4.8bn), in a bid to ease road congestion. The government's...
ADB Grants $120m Road Loan to Tajikistan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $120m loan to help Tajikistan upgrade the road connecting the capital city of Dushanbe with the Uzbekistan border. The 62km highway...
Chicago and Washington DC Report Highest Traffic Delays
Chicago and Washington DC have recorded the highest levels of road congestion in the US in 2009, with a yearly commuter delay of 70 hours, according to a new report. The 2010 Urban...
US City Road Reconstruction Work Receives Grant
The US Department of Transportation has allotted a $23.2m grant to reconstruct Moody Avenue in Portland, in the US state of Oregon. The grant will help widen the street by 14ft to link with...
Motorcyclists More Vulnerable to Accidents in India, Says Report
The report Accidental Deaths in India, released by the National Crime Records Bureau, notes that two-wheelers continue to be the most vulnerable to accidents, reporting 21% of the road deaths...
Israel to Invest $10.7bn in Road Projects
The Israel National Road Company (INRC) will invest ILS38bn ($10.7bn) to upgrade the road networks in the nation over the next five years. INRC plans to build 52km of new roads, construct...
Italian-Thai Firm Wins Bangladesh Expressway Deal
Italian-Thai Development Public Company has won a contract to construct the BDT87.03bn ($1.25bn) Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) in Bangladesh. The 36km DEE will include a 2km four-lane...
Jacobs Engineering to Design US State Interchange
A joint venture comprising Jacobs Engineering Group has secured a $125.3m design-build contract from the Minnesota Department of Transportation in the US to provide engineering services for...
EU to Award Satellite Navigation System Contracts in 2011
The European Commission is expected to award the final two contracts for ground infrastructure this year for the proposed Galileo satellite navigation system in Europe. The first four...
Brazil Floods Submerge Roads
Severe flooding over the last week in the Brazilian states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Goiás and Rio de Janeiro has wiped out many roads, making access difficult. ...
UK County Shortlists Firms for Road Maintenance Deal
The North Yorkshire County Council in the UK has shortlisted five firms for its new £250m ($400.7m) ten-year highways maintenance contract (HMC) 2012. The companies, which progressed to...
Afghanistan Receives ADB Loan for Ring Road Completion
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $340m for the completion of a 2,700km ring road in Afghanistan. The grant will fund construction of a 233km road section connecting...
Costain Receives Approval to Build River Bridge
Construction firm Costain has received approval from Surrey County Council to build the new £32.3m ($42.9m) Walton bridge in Surrey, UK. The bridge will be the first major road crossing over...
Severe Floods Affect Sri Lankan Roads
Widespread flooding in Sri Lanka, which began ten days ago, has badly damaged about 70% of the road network in the Eastern, Central and North Central Provinces of the country. Rain has...
UK County Shortlists Three Bidders for Highways Deal
The Essex County Council has shortlisted three bidders to operate the county's highway work over the next ten years for up to £3bn ($4.78bn) The project will see several existing contracts...
US State Awards Highway Contract
The California Department of Transportation has awarded a contract to Granite Construction Company to construct a new four-lane highway on State Route 78 near Brawley in Southern California, US. ...
Abertis Sells Atlantia Stake
Spanish infrastructure manager Abertis has raised €626m ($832.5m) by selling its 6.68% stake in Italian toll road builder and operator Atlantia, through a private placement, with capital...
AirQuest Wins US State Asbestos Consulting Services Deal
AirQuest Environmental secured a contract from the US state of Florida for asbestos consulting services on roadway projects in five counties, stretching from Broward to St. Lucie. The...
Dubai Awards Contract to Overhaul Traffic Signals
The Roads & Transport Authority in Dubai, UAE, has said that its Traffic and Roads Agency has awarded a contract to an international consultant to upgrade and improve the performance of...
Consortium Wins Zimbabwe Highway Dualisation Work
A consortium comprising 14 local companies and multinational firms has won a $600m project to build the Harare-Beitbridge road in Zimbabwe. The ZimHighways consortium is led by Costain...
WB Loan to Rehabilitate Roads in Indian State
The World Bank has allotted a $220m loan to the Indian state of Bihar for the construction of 90 bridges and 290km of roads. The initiative is part of the state's Kosi Recovery project to...
China to Begin Work on Ugandan Toll Road in July
China will begin construction work on a $350m toll road from Uganda's Entebbe Airport to the city of Kampala from July this year. The road is designed to ease traffic flow on the existing...
Dakota Needs Funds for Roads Upgrade
The US state of North Dakota will need $211.5m annually for rehabilitation of rural roads, according to a new study by the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI). The study...
US State Approves New Red-Light Camera Policy
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission in the US has adopted a new policy with immediate effect to help ensure cameras on the state highways are used fairly and consistently. ...
Washington Bridge Project to Begin in February
The construction of pontoons for the SR 520 floating bridge project in Washington, US, will begin in mid-February, following federal approval. The Washington State Department of...
Era Infra Reaches Financial Close for Indian Road Project
Indian engineering firm Era Infra has achieved financial closure for the INR19.51bn ($433.5m) Bareilly-Sitapur road project in Uttar Pradesh, awarded by the National Highways Authority of...
Uganda to Rehabilitate Kampala's Roads by 2013
The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has unveiled plans to reconstruct all ageing roads in the city of Kampala by 2013, and is looking for sources of funding. In order to link Jinja...
Romania to Invest in Road Safety
Romania will spend around €88m ($115m) on modernising National Route no 1 (DN1) between Bucharest and Brasov and the surrounding regions. The government, in a bid to improve road safety,...
Cleveland Approves Bridge Plans
The Cleveland Planning Commission has approved the final design for the westbound I-90 Innerbelt Bridge over the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, US. The pier design includes...
Qatar Awards Road Contracts
Qatar's Public Works Authority, Ashghal, has awarded two major road contracts in the region. A QAR555.4m ($152.58m) contract was signed with Bin Omran for trade and contracting deals...
French Province Sees Drop in Road Fatalities
Road fatalities in the Alpes-Maritimes province of France declined by 22.7% in 2010, compared with the previous year. According to the Conseil General, fatalities across France were under...
Kenya Awards Road Rehabilitation Contract
Kundan Singh Construction has won a KES2.3bn ($28m) contract from the Kenya National Highways Authority for the reconstruction of the Voi-Mwatate road. The section to be repaired is a...
Kenya to Receive EXIM Bank Loan for Bypass Road
Kenya has plans to sign a $210.7m loan deal with the Export-Import Bank of China for a Southern Bypass project in Nairobi. The 30km Southern Bypass project, worth KEN67bn ($824.6m), will...
China TransInfo Secures Smart Traffic System Deal in China
China TransInfo Technology Corporation has secured a contract to develop a traffic data collection and service system for national trunk roads in China. The company received the $1.8m...
Chun Wo JV Secures Hong Kong Bypass Contract
A Chun Wo Development Holdings-led joint venture has won a HKD$4bn (US$514m) contract for the Central-Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel (North Point Section) and Island Eastern Corridor Link in Hong Kong. ...
Wet Weather Makes Most US Roads Impassable
Freezing rain and sleet have led to road closures throughout the southern US, forcing the states of Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana to declare emergencies. North Georgia recorded up to 8in...
US State Awards Funds for Road Projects
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) in the US has awarded $24.7m for transportation projects in 41 communities across the state. The grants were awarded under...
Dubai Sees Rise in Seat Belt Offences
Dubai recorded an 83% rise in the number of passengers not wearing a seat belt while driving in 2010, compared with 41,472 the previous year. The statistics, released by the Dubai Police,...
UK Road Network Hit by Snow
The UK Met Office has declared December the coldest month on record in Northern Ireland, with many roads affected by treacherous conditions. With an estimated mean temperature of 8C,...
Oman Issues Tenders for Road Work Dualisation
Oman has issued tenders inviting firms to bid for the project to dualise the 750km-long Adam-Thumrait stretch of the Nizwa-Thumrait road. The government has floated a tender for the design...
IDC Unveils New Radar Speed Sign Trailer
US-based Information Display Company has unveiled a next-generation speed display trailer with an improved design to promote driving safety in the US. The SpeedCheck DuraTrailer has...
Rains Continue to Cause Road Closures in Australia
Flash flooding in Queensland, Australia, has cut vital road links to Brisbane, Ipswich and Moreton Bay. The Warrego Highway at Toowoomba was cut off and the Bundaberg–Gin Gin Road at...
Alcohol Main Factor in Teenage Crashes, Thai Survey Reveals
Alcohol, drugs and confrontations are the main factors for road fatalities and severe injuries among teenagers in Thailand, according to a recent survey. The Department of...
US State Awards Billion Dollar Alaskan Tunnel Contract
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has entered into a $1.35bn contract with Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP) for the SR 99 bored tunnel, which will replace the...
Northern Ireland's Road Fatalities Reach Record Low
Northern Ireland reported 55 road fatalities in 2010, its lowest figure since 1931 and 60 fewer than in 2009. Serious injuries declined by 20%, according to latest figures released by the...
Beijing Adds Additional Traffic Monitoring Cameras
The Beijing Traffic Management Bureau in China has installed 552 traffic monitoring cameras in a bid to capture traffic violations. The cameras will target illegal licence plates and...
NZ Opens Final Section of Manukau Motorway
Work on the 4.5km section of the Manukau Extension motorway (SH20-1) in Auckland, New Zealand, has been finished, marking the completion of the final stage of the NZ$220m (US$166.5m) project. ...
Clear Channel Launches Enhanced Traffic Services Platform
Traffic data service provider Clear Channel Radio's Total Traffic Network (TTN) has launched an enhanced platform, TrafficNet 8.2, in a bid to enhance real-time traffic data service in the...
Boredom Causes Accidents in the UK, Study Reveals
About one third of drivers in the UK are prone to accidents because they speed or overtake out of boredom, according to a new study. The study of 1,563 drivers by Newcastle University in the...
Bulgaria Sees Reduced Road Fatalities
Bulgaria recorded 775 fatalities on its roads in 2010, its lowest figure for 44 years. There were 6,583 accidents in 2010 compared with 7,014 in 2009, while accidents involving pedestrians,...
US State Deploys Aldis Traffic Management Application
Traffic management systems provider Aldis has revealed that its GridSmart application is being deployed by the US state of Tennessee to manage traffic congestion along a corridor in...
Cobra to Release Advanced Smart Detection System
Cobra Electronics has announced the release of a crowd-sourced database enhancement to the Cobra iRadar smart detection system, which is a available as an application on the Apple iPhone. ...
Abu Dhabi Begins Traffic Camera Project
Abu Dhabi is carrying out a major road safety project to install video cameras on streets to monitor reckless driving and mobile phone usage while driving. About 600 advanced small cameras...
Ecuador Unveils Superhighway Plan
Ecuador has unveiled plans to invest $5bn to build over 1,300km of superhighways in the country by 2014. The works will be financed with state bonds, though further details were not...
Costain Secures Wales Highways Deal
Costain has won a £59m ($91m) contract by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council for the peripheral distributor road (PDR) project in Port Talbot, Wales. The project includes the...
UAE Road Crashes Cost $5bn a Year
Road-related accidents and injuries in the UAE cost the country about AED20bn ($5.4bn) annually, according to new research. The research, carried out by the Roadway, Transportation and...
Ireland Witnesses Record Low Road Fatalities
The Republic of Ireland recorded 212 road fatalities in 2010, the lowest figure in 50 years, with December witnessing a total of only ten fatalities. The number of deaths on the roads last...
US State Imposes Texting-While-Driving Ban
The US State of Delaware's ban on hand-held mobile phone use while driving took effect on 2 January 2011 following approval by the state last year. With the ban, the state has...
Sri Lanka Awards Expressway Contract
CML-MTD Construction has won a subcontract to build the 25.1km Colombo-Katunayake expressway in Sri Lanka. The $292m project will create a high speed mobility link between Colombo...
Australian Roads Devastated by Floods
More than 300 roads have been submerged in the state of Queensland, Australia, after severe flooding which began on 24 December 2010. Constant rainfall has cut off the Capricorn Highway,...
December 2010
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Freezing Weather Hits European Road Networks
Snow, ice and freezing conditions have disrupted road traffic across Europe, with the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands amongst the worst hit. Dutch authorities imposed a 50km/h...
Abu Dhabi to Offer Intelligent Transportation System
The city of Abu Dhabi in UAE is planning to build the Abu Dhabi Transportation Management Centre (ADTMC), which incorporates an integrated intelligent transportation systems (ITS) strategy...
Bulgaria Receives EU Loan for Highway Completion
The European Commission has granted BGN400m ($268m) for the completion of Trakia highway in Bulgaria. The funds will help complete the three remaining parts of the highway, spanning...
Malaysia to Deploy Security Surveillance Cameras Nationwide
Malaysia has revealed that the first phase of installation of 496 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras nationwide, as part of a road safety initiative, will be completed by March next year. ...
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World Bank Grants Loan for Indian Road Scheme
The World Bank has approved a $1.5bn loan to India to improve rural accessibility of roads in several states. The project under the Prime Minister's Rural Roads Programme will concentrate on...
Fijian City Trials Speed Cameras
Red and speed light cameras are now being trialled at key junctions in the city of Suva in Fiji in a bid to test their suitability for traffic enforcement. The country's Land Transport...
Mexican Infrastructure Fund Acquires Decarred
Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund (MMIF) has acquired Desarrollos Carreteros del Estado de Durango (Decarred) from Rostec de México and Carreteras y Tecnología en Concretos...
Indian City Trials New Traffic Violation Video Analytics
Video analytics is now being trialled at a junction in the city of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, India, in a bid to monitor road traffic violations and increase surveillance. Video analytics...
UK Unveils Motorcycle Test Review Proposals
The Department for Transport (DfT) has released new motorcycle test review proposals to trial a new, single, on-road motorcycle test to prepare bikers as part of a safety initiative in the...
London Sees Reduced Road-Related Deaths and Shift to Public Transport
A new Transport for London (TfL) report has found a 80% reduction in road fatalities and a 7% rise in use of public transportation over the last decade, highlighting changes in the...
BMD Wins Highway Upgrade Contract in Australia
BMD Constructions has received a A$220m ($217m) contract to duplicate the Princes Highway between the Waurn Ponds connecting Geelong Ring Road and Winchelsea in Australia. The upgrade...
IBM and Telvent to Develop Smart Traffic Management System
Telvent and IBM will jointly develop a smart traffic management application based on GPS and embedded road sensors to improve traffic control and reduce congestion in small cities and...
Bilfinger Berger Secures Polish Motorway Expansion
Bilfinger Berger has won a €90m ($119m) contract for the expansion of a 23km section of National Road 8 in Poland from two to four lanes. The company said the section of the motorway...
UK Bridge Replacement Project Receives Approval
The proposal to replace the Forth Road Bridge between Edinburgh and Fife in Scotland has been approved by the Scottish Government. It is expected that the principal contract for the...
Majority of NZ Drivers Experience Travel Stress
Use of private cars for commuting amounted for an 80% rise in commuter stress in all major cities in New Zealand, according to IBM’s Commuter Pain Study. The study to review...
US County Receives Funds for Freeway Projects
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) has allocated $22m to the Solano Transportation Authority for the proposed improvements to the Interstate 80 corridor in California, US. ...
Scotland Approves Motorway Section Upgrade
The Scottish Government has approved the upgrade of the A8 Baillieston to Newhouse section of the M8 motorway connecting Edinburgh and Glasgow cities in Scotland to motorway status,...
Clear Channel Traffic Service Expands into Mexico City
US traffic data service provider Clear Channel Radio has broadened its Total Traffic Network (TTN) to offer new traffic information applications to local information and service providers in...
US City Selects Ameresco to Install LED Traffic Lights
The city of Phoenix in Arizona, US, has awarded a contract to Ameresco to replace traffic signal incandescent lamps with traffic signal light-emitting diode (LED) lamps at various intersections...
US State Awards Highways Contracts
The Wyoming Transportation Commission in the US has awarded $41.9m in contracts for nine highway projects in the state. Reiman Corporation won a $9.7m contract to install six wildlife...
UK Agency Seeks Bids for Road Maintenance
The UK Highways Agency (HA) is seeking bids from companies for a £80m ($124.4m) contract to maintain and operate over 1,100km of motorways and a trunk road network in south-west England. ...
Navteq Acquires Reach Unlimited
US digital maps firm Navteq, a unit of Nokia, has acquired technology firm Reach Unlimited, developer of the traffic service application Trapster. Trapster is an iPhone application that...
ADB Funds Vietnam Expressway Project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has granted a $636m loan for the $1.6bn Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway Project in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The 57km project to construct a modern...
Sirit to Deliver Tolling Technology to US State
Sirit Corporation has received a contract from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to supply its IDentity 5200 readers and tags for the SR 520 bridge in Seattle, as well...
US County Unveils New Online Snow Plow Map
Montgomery County in the US state of Maryland has launched a new online tool that tracks real-time status of snow plowing operations and indicates when emergency roads and primary...
Zambia Begins Road Upgrade Project
Zambia has started a ZMK181bn ($39.2m) project to upgrade the Landless Corner-Mumbwa road, which involves upgrade of the existing gravel to a tarred road. The project will connect Mumbwa to...
New NZ Road Extension Opens
The new Truman Lane extension in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, has been opened following completion. The extension involved extending the Truman Lane road 1.3km east and joining it...
US State Selects Jupiter's Traffic Management Application
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in the US has selected Jupiter Systems to supply its display wall controller products in a bid to meet the long-term needs of the state's...
ADB Grants Loan to Kiribati
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $12m loan to improve the safety and sustainability of South Tarawa roads in the Republic of Kiribati. The Kiribati road project will...
UK City Sees Reduced Road-Related Fatalities
The city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, UK, has exceeded national road safety targets set a decade ago, in terms of reducing serious injuries and fatalities, according to the...
US State Opens New Flyover Ramp
A new flyover ramp, which is part of a $149m ongoing project in New Jersey, US, has been completed almost nine months ahead of schedule and opened for the public. The project aims to...
Indonesian City Trials Traffic-Monitoring Cameras
The Indonesian city of Jakarta will soon install traffic-monitoring cameras across the country in a bid to implement electronic law enforcement technologies and increase road safety. In a...
Environmental Report Complete for New Washington Bridge
The final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the SR 520 floating bridge construction project in Washington, US, has been completed. The final EIS evaluates the effects of building...
US State Awards Road Contracts
Ten contracts worth about $69m have been awarded for highway and bridge projects across North Carolina in the US. The projects are located in Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick,...
NAVTEQ Introduces Navigation Maps for Uruguay and Argentina
Digital mapping company NAVTEQ has launched its most recent map of Argentina and a new Intermediate Map for Uruguay. With the combined coverage in South America's Southern Cone, NAVTEQ...
Abu Dhabi Opens Ghayathi Highway
The Ghayathi-Madinat Zayed main road connecting the towns in the Western Region and linking Madinat Zayed with Ghayathi in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has been opened for traffic. The project included...
A Quarter of Canadian Drivers Admit Impaired Driving
About 27% of the drivers in Canada admitted to drunk driving at least once in the past year, according to a new Traffic Safety Culture survey. The survey conducted by the auto club CAA...
Sensys Networks Release Arterial Traffic Management System
US-based integrated traffic data systems provider Sensys Networks has released their new Arterial Travel Time 2.0 (ATT) application, which can monitor performance and travel times along...
US State Opens New River Bridge
The new four-lane Kanawha River Bridge in West Virginia, US, built by consulting firm TY Lin International (TYLI), has been opened to traffic. The $83m bridge will help alleviate...
Ukrainian City to Install New Traffic Management System in 2011
The city of Kyiv in Ukraine intends to commission a new system by next year to manage traffic and reduce congestion in the region. The UAH100m ($12.56m) computer-based system has...
Zimbabwe Receives Road Loan from DBSA
The Development Bank for Southern Africa (DBSA) has approved a loan of $207m to Zimbabwe to improve dilapidated roads in the region. The road construction projects would involve the upgrade...
Washington Issues Proposals for Floating Bridge
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has issued a request for proposals from the three prequalified bidding teams for the SR 520 floating bridge replacement...
Abu Dhabi Bridge Work Complete
The new AED830m ($255.98m) Al Mafraq Bridge in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has been opened, following the completion of construction works. The project includes the construction of a main 75m dual...
VDOT to Launch Road Projects Next Year
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in the US will launch up to $1.1bn construction and maintenance projects during the first half of next year. VDOT is seeking bids from...
Canadian City Launches Road Conditions Map
The city of Calgary in Canada has released a new road conditions map, which will allow commuters to see the real-time condition of plowed roads in the region. Users can see the exact...
Romania to Announce Road Projects by Next Year
Romania will announce EU-funded road projects by 2011-end, which could be worth €5.57bn ($7.4bn). The government will receive the funds from the country's transport operating...
Coyote Systems Unveils GPS Camera Alert System in UK
French-based Coyote Systems has unveiled the new Mini Coyote V2 real-time GPS speed camera alert system in the UK. The Coyote mini V2 displays the vehicle's average speed when driving...
Peru Secures CAF Loan to Upgrade Roads
Peru has entered into two loan agreements with CAF for a total of $500m in order to upgrade roads in the region. The first project, worth $300m, is towards the Investment Programme...
US State Bridge Replacement Work Moves Ahead
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is replacing two existing drawbridges at each end of the Route 52 Causeway with a new 55ft fixed-span structure in Ocean City, Maryland. The work...
ADB Grants Loan for China Road Work
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $250m loan for the completion of an expressway network in China's Yunnan province. The loan will fund the $1.75bn Yunnan integrated road...
Fujitsu Unveils New Wide-Area Traffic Simulator
Japanese research centre Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a wide-area traffic simulation system, which can evaluate the effectiveness and impact of traffic policies in a virtual...
NZ to Open New Motorway Roundabout
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) will open a new roundabout at the intersection of state highway 16 and Brigham Creek road on 13 December this year. The roundabout will ease traffic...
IDB Funds Road Rehabilitation in Panama
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $70m loan to Panama to finance road rehabilitation and maintenance in the region. The five-year project plans to rehabilitate 850km...
Kapsch TrafficCom Acquires US Electronic Tolling Firm
Austria-based intelligent transportation systems provider Kapsch TrafficCom has completed the acquisition of MARK IV IVHS for $70m. US-based MARK IV IVHS is an equipment supplier for...
Primoris Subsidiary Wins Louisiana Highway Contracts in US
A Primoris Services subsidiary, James Construction Group, has secured three highway construction contracts worth $101m from the department of transportation in the US. The first $26m...
May Gurney Preferred for UK Highways Maintenance Contract
UK-based infrastructure company May Gurney has been identified as the preferred bidder to run a new highways maintenance programme for Surrey County Council in the UK. Under the...
US Study Reveals Texting and Phone Use While Driving on the Rise
Drivers surveyed in the US state of Texas, have agreed that texting while driving is a growing issue due to a 81% rise in cell phone usage. The Texas Traffic Safety Culture Survey conducted...
EIB Approves Road Loan to Serbia
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €285m ($373.7m) loan to Serbia for two road projects in the region. The bank has approved a €195m ($255.7m) for the first phase...
India to Improve Highways with ADB Loan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $315m to Karnataka, India, for a major overhaul of the state highway system. The $463m Karnataka state highway improvement...
GE Signs Contract to Install Lighting System in Cleveland, US
The city of East Cleveland in Ohio, US, has signed a contract with GE Appliances & Lighting to upgrade the city's existing street light system. GE will replace over 45 municipal street...
ATS Unit Wins New York Streetlight Deal
American Traffic Solutions (ATS) subsidiary Mulvihill ICS secured a contract to install new, energy efficient streetlights in Staten Island in New York, US. Under the contract,...
ECC JV Wins US State Highway Contract
Eastside Corridor Constructors (ECC), a joint venture (JV) team comprising Granite Construction Company and PCL Construction Services, has won a $306m highway contract in the US state...
ADB Approves Road Loan for Lao and Vietnam
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $95m loan to Lao PDR and Viet Nam to upgrade roads in the northeastern transport corridor. Under the deal, 340km of road stretching from...
GVK Power Preferred Bidder for Indian Road Project
India-based infrastructure firm GVK Power & Infrastructure has emerged as the preferred bidder for a road project in Gujarat, India. The project involves six laning of the existing three...
Hopetech and Punj Lloyd Sign Tolling Solution MOU in India
Malaysia-based Hopetech and Indian construction firm Punj Lloyd have signed a memorandum of understanding to provide automated toll revenue collection systems and road telematics for projects...
Dubai Notices Drop in Road Fatalities
Road-related fatalities fell by 34.5% during the first ten months of the year in Dubai in the UAE when compared to the same period last year, according to statistics released by Dubai...
EIB Approves Loan for Poland’s Motorway Network Extension
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €225m ($297.87m) loan to Poland to co-finance the extension of the A1 motorway network. The new motorway will extend the key TEN...
US City to Impose Texting Ban
A new ban on texting behind the wheel will be into effect in Decatur in the US state of Illinois beginning December 2010, following approval by the city council in early October this year. ...
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Singapore Introduces Traffic Information System
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) in Singapore has launched a traffic message channel location table (TMC-LT) to provide motorists with real-time and localised traffic information. LTA...
US Firm to Deliver Smart Radar to Kuwait
Image Sensing Systems revealed that it will be partnering with Transmotion for Traffic and Transportation Consultancy to provide a new generation radar sensor for data collection on highways...
Canada Releases Tenders for Highway Projects
Canada has released C$191m ($187m) tenders for 39 highway construction projects, which are to be taken up next year. The tenders are for 260km worth of highway improvements, as well as...
ADB Approves Loan for Bangladesh Bridge Project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $615m loan to Bangladesh to construct a multipurpose bridge across the Padma River. The $2.92bn bridge is the first fixed river crossing for...
MNTC Secures Philippine Expressway Contract
Manila North Tollways Corporation (MNTC), a unit of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC), has secured a 25-year contract to manage and operate the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX)...
Taiwan University Develops Collision Avoidance Radar
National Taiwan University in Taiwan has developed an automatic collision avoidance radar (CAR) system, which they claim could reduce road-related fatalities by about 90%. The...
US State to Break Ground on New Bridge
Local authorities will break ground on the construction of a new bridge over the Ohio River in the US on 30 November this year. The Milton-Madison Bridge, will carry US 421 across the river...
Washington Congestion Drops
Motorists experienced reduced congestion levels across the US state of Washington during the past year, when compared with 2007, according to a report. The Washington State Department...
World Bank to Fund Nepalese Road Works
The World Bank has approved an additional grant of $75m to Nepal to help improve all-weather road access in remote districts of the western parts of the country. The loan will also be used...
UK Report Stresses Safety Value of Speed Cameras
Speed cameras could save around 800 lives a year from road-related deaths or serious injuries in the UK, according to a new report. A report by University College London for the RAC...
Abu Dhabi Tunnel to Open Next Year
The new AED5bn ($1.36bn) Al Salam Street Tunnel in Abu Dhabi, UAE, will be open for traffic by August 2011 and set for full completion in January 2012. The 4,102m road and tunnel project...
Study Reveals Habits of Pennsylvania Road Users
About 50% of drivers in the US state of Pennsylvania admitted to speeding, with 44% saying they drive faster than 70 miles per hour in a 65mph zone most or half of the time, according to a study. ...
Brisa to Invest in Indian and Turkish Highway Projects
Toll road operator Brisa-Auto Estradas de Portugal is looking to expand in India and Turkey to avoid having too much portfolio concentration in Portugal. The company is looking to invest...
IDV to Offer Enhanced Traffic Information in US
IDV Solutions and TrafficLand have announced a partnership that will enable IDV to include TrafficLand live video traffic feeds into its wider range of applications and technology...
UK Survey Reveals Dangers of Distracted Driving
About 30% of British motorists had an accident or near-miss because they were not concentrating properly on the road, according to a study. UK-based Specsavers' study of the nation's...
NZ Expressway Section to Receive Funds
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has approved funding of NZ$169m ($129m) for the construction of the Ngaruawahia section of the Waikato Expressway. The contract will be tendered and...
Children at Risk on Welsh Roads
A total of 12% of Welsh school children have been knocked down while walking or cycling by drivers who drive fast in their neighbourhood, according to a new report. A survey launched for...
Work Begins on Abu Dhabi Interchange
The Abu Dhabi Department of Transport has begun work at the Sheikh Khalifa interchange, which will link to two emirates, Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the UAE. Larsen & Toubro Company will...
US City to Install Traffic Enforcement Device
The Enforcer, a new traffic enforcement device, will be installed in the city of Santa Maria in the US State of California, to enforce red-light violations. The trial will see the devices...
Report Reveals Increasing Road-Related Deaths in Bangladesh
About 2,958 deaths occurred in 3,381 road accidents last year in Bangladesh, of which 324 people were killed in 522 accidents in Dhaka, according to a report. The latest report by the...
UK Authorities Call for Lane Rental Regulation
The Mayor of London, business leaders and London Councils in the UK have urged the government to introduce a new lane rental system regulation to minimise disruption for road users. ...
UK County Bypass Section Opens
A new three-mile Alderley Edge and Nether Alderley bypass in Cheshire, UK, opened for traffic last week, ahead of schedule. The £52m ($83m) bypass runs to the west of Alderley...
Libya Signs Highway Maintenance Contract
Libya entered into a contract with Italian consulting companies for consultation work relating to the construction of a new 1,700km new Ras Jdair-Imsaad highway linking Libya's borders from east...
NAVTEQ Launches Next-Gen Traffic System in US
NAVTEQ has launched its next generation traffic system, a web-based map, traffic, commuter and trip planning service for road users in North America. TrafficOne offers new graphics such...
Lunda Construction Submits Lowest Bid for US Bridge
Lunda Construction Company has submitted the lowest bid for the construction of the new Highway 52 Lafayette bridge over the Mississippi River in the US state of Minnesota. The proposal...
Armtec Seals Bridge Girder Deal for Canadian Project
Canada-based Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund (Armtec) has received a contract for the $769m Southeast Stoney Trail project in Calgary, in the Canadian province of Alberta. Under the...
Fulton Hogan Begins Work on NZ Highway
Fulton Hogan HEB Construction Alliance has begun work on the NZ$455m ($354m) Tauranga Eastern Link Road in Bay of Plenty region in New Zealand. The 23km four-lane highway starting at Te...
Cost of UK Motorway Widening Goes Up by 24%
The cost of widening the M25 motorway project has increased by 24% or £660m ($1bn) due to procurement delays by the Highways Agency, according to a report. The National Audit Office...
Google Launches Smart Navigation Service in Australia and New Zealand
Google has introduced a new road navigation service for users of its smartphone operating system, in Australia and New Zealand. Through Google Maps Navigation, Android phone users receive...
Nassau to Deploy CCTV Cameras Next Year
The capital city of Nassau in the Bahamas will roll out an integrated network of CCTV cameras next year, as part of a road safety initiative to assist police efforts in tackling issues in...
Canadians Back Use of Safety Cameras
About 67% of road users in Ontario, Canada, support the use of safety cameras to measure speed near schools, community centres and construction zones on provincial highways and local...
US Lags Behind in Road Safety
The US is missing significant opportunities to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries, and is falling behind other countries in reducing traffic deaths, according to a new report. The...
US State Activates Smart Highway Traffic Signs
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has activated a new traffic management system, Smarter Highways on SR 520 between 130th Ave NE in Bellevue and Interstate 5...
Consortia Shortlisted for NZ Roadway
NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has shortlisted two consortia, one led by the Fletcher Construction and another led by Leighton Contractors to construct the N$1.4bn ($1bn) Waterview Connection. ...
Telent Technology to Improve Road Crossings in London
Communications services provider Telent has received a contract to supply digital countdown timers to improve road crossing safety in London. The digital timers feature a display unit...
Tunisia to Upgrade Roads with AfDB Loan
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted Tunisia a loan worth €236m ($318m) to finance the nation's road network projects. The road project includes the construction of 862.8km...
US Issues Traffic Monitoring Systems Regulation
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a final rule requiring all states and territories to establish real-time traffic monitoring programmes, where each state will decide...
UK Road Safety Measures to Save $6bn
Meeting road safety targets will ensure the safety of 2,500 lives, while the UK economy could save over £4bn ($6bn) by 2020, according to a new report. The Institute of Advanced Motorists...
Mobile Speed Cameras Rolled Out in Ireland
A network of private mobile speed enforcement cameras has begun operating in Ireland this week. The national police service of Ireland, An Garda Síochána, signed a...
US City Approves New Road Action Plan
The Jacksonville Economic Development Commission (JEDC) in the US has approved a plan that has identified six road projects worth about $181m to be developed in the state of Florida. ...
Indonesia Sets Deadline for Toll-Road Projects
The Ministry of Public Works of Indonesia has set a deadline for builders to secure financing for the completion of eight long-delayed toll-road projects in the nation. The ministry may...
Metro Pacific Unit to Bid for Philippine Road Projects
The toll road unit of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) is looking to bid on two new major road projects in the Philippines. The two considered projects will be among...
World Bank Approves Upgrade for Belarus Roads
The World Bank has approved a $150m loan to Belarus for a road upgrading and modernisation project to improve the road network and introduce electronic tolling. The project is a part of...
UK Roads Have Poor Markings
About 80% of the UK's most dangerous roads have badly-worn centre line markings where one third is almost non-existent while half of the lines fall below the minimum specifiable standard,...
Leighton JV Secures Highway Upgrade Deal in Australia
A joint venture between Leighton Contractors, NRW Holdings and GHD has won a contract for stage one of the Great Eastern Highway upgrade in Australia. As part of the overall A$225m...
US Road Fatalities Hit All-Time Low
Traffic fatalities on US roads have been declining steadily since reaching a near-term peak in 2005, reaching an all-time low in the first half of 2010, according to a new national highways...
UK to Install New Traffic Light System
Work will begin later this month to install a new traffic light system in the UK to improve road safety and reduce congestion at the A34/M40 Junction 9 interchange near Bicester in...
US State Highway Expansion Approved
The US Federal Highway Administration's plan for a proposed four-lane highway in the state of Kansas has received approval. The approval allows the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)...
Strabag Consortium Wins Motorway Contract in Romania
Romania has awarded a €220.6m ($300.5m) contract to the Strabag consortium to build a 33km Deva-Orastie motorway bypass in the mid-western part of the country on NR7. The Strabag SE /...
Jacobs Wins Tolling Contract for US State
Jacobs Engineering Group has secured a contract to provide general tolling consultant services for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US. The contract value...
Mobileye Launches Traffic Collision Prevention System
Netherlands-based Mobileye has introduced a new collision prevention system C2-270, which can increase pedestrian, road and vehicle safety by alerting drivers in real-time before a...
Agrentina Upgrades Electronic Toll Collection System
Argentina's toll concessionaire Ausol Autopistas del Sol has selected TransCore's technology to upgrade toll collection systems on nine of its separately owned toll roads in Buenos Aires. ...
Australian State to Invest in Road Upgrade
The state of Victoria in Australia is set to invest about A$163m ($164m) to improve a road network in the region. The investments include A$15m ($15m) for the Midland Highway and A$20m...
Bulgaria to Receive Funds for Road Improvements
Bulgaria will receive €615m ($848.5m) in EU- and state-backed funds to improve the nation’s road network during the next year. Stalled projects such as the 19km Lyulin motorway...
UK Agency to Install Traffic Control System
The Highways Agency in the UK is carrying out work to install traffic lights on four entry slip roads on the A19 and A66 in a bid to better regulate traffic at junctions. The new ramp...
Consortium Wins Road Contract in South Australia
The Urban Superway joint venture has received an A$812m ($815.9m) contract to construct the South Road Superway project in south Australia. The joint venture team comprises Macmahon...
US State Installs Traffic Monitoring Webcams
The Alabama Department of Transportation in the US will install eight webcams at various locations in the city of Muscle Shoals by the end of the year. The webcams will help monitor...
South African Traffic Offences High
About 80% of South African drivers commit traffic offences on a daily basis, according to a new survey. The study, released by oil company BP and the South African Automobile...
US State to Consider Highway Tolling
The South Carolina Department of Transportation in the US is considering adding toll lanes on Interstate 526 in a bid to ease traffic congestion around Charleston. Other options...
Siemens Wins Italian Tunnel Technology Contract
Siemens has secured a €22m ($30.4m) contract to supply the complete technical infrastructure for a new tunnel project in Italy. The contract will be delivered to Italian...
Transport Scotland Seeks Bidders for Road Maintenance
Transport Scotland is seeking bids from companies for a £700m ($1.12bn) contract to upgrade and maintain the 692km trunk road network across the south west and north west of Scotland. ...
US State Traffic Fatalities Reach 16-Year Low
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) in the US said the number of fatal crashes have dropped across the state, reaching a 16-year low. Data from the US Department of...
US State Shortlists Firms for Floating Bridge Contract
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has shortlisted three firms, which will submit bids for building the new SR 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington by...
Drowsy Drivers Responsible for Fatal Crashes in US
About 17% of deadly crashes in the US, which resulted in occupant hospitalisation, involve a drowsy driver at the wheel, according to a new study. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety study...
Caltrans Seeks Bids for US Bridge Replacement Project
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Port of Long Beach in the US have invited bids from firms for the $950m design-build contract for the Gerald Desmond...
Companies Test Wireless Road Traffic Monitoring in Europe
Billoo Development and Telenor Connexion have presented the results of successful field tests of real-time traffic monitoring in Europe with a system developed by Billoo. The two companies...
UK Council to Reactivate Speed Cameras
Fixed-location speed cameras will be reactivated in Oxfordshire, England, to tackle driver behaviour following an increase in road traffic violations in the region. The Oxfordshire...
Consortium Selected for NZ Motorway Project
A Fulton Hogan-led consortium has won the NZ $335m ($263.6m) contract to build the proposed Motorway Tauranga Eastern Link in the Bay of Plenty region in New Zealand. The consortium...
Israel to Pilot Speed Camera Programme in 2011
Israel is set to begin a pilot programme of new traffic enforcement cameras beginning in January 2011. The pilot programme will deploy ten traffic enforcement cameras on three road sections...
DownerMouchel JV Wins Australian Road Contract
DownerMouchel joint venture (JV) has won a £200m ($322.9m) contract for the maintenance of more than 2,500km of roads in the Perth metropolitan area in Western Australia. The JV...
IDC to Develop New Road Safety System
Australian State Travel Speeds Remain Steady
A survey revealed that peak travel times on South East Queensland's road network in Australia remained the same between 2007 and 2009. According to the annual travel time survey by...
Paris Deemed Most Congested City in Europe
Paris is the most congested city in Europe, followed by London, when compared with six other countries on the continent, according to the data revealed by INRIX's Netherlands Traffic Scorecard. ...
Kapsch JV Wins Tolling System Contract in Poland
The consortium led by Austria-based Kapsch TrafficCom has won a contract for the implementation and operation of an electronic toll collection (ETC) system for the road network in Poland. ...
Philippines Secures WB Grant for Road Safety Assessment
The World Bank (WB) and the UK-based International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) will provide a loan for conducting a safety assessment of the road network in the Philippines. WB's...
In-Vehicle Technology Trial Reduces Speeding in Australia
About 89% of motorists in New South Wales, Australia, reduced their driving speed limits after a dashboard device was installed in their vehicle, according to new trial results. A...
Jasa Marga Seeks Funds to Complete Indonesian Toll Roads
State-owned toll operator PT Jasa Marga has sought funding of up to IDR17.5tn ($1.96bn) from state banks for completion of seven toll road sections projects in Indonesia. The company is...
Indian State Plans New Traffic Management System
The Indian state of Maharashtra is planning to upgrade its traffic surveillance system with the installation of new sky-hi-tech cameras across the capital city of Mumbai. The traffic...
Saudi Arabia Awards Road Contracts
Saudi Arabia has signed contracts worth SAR2.16bn ($576m) to construct 850km of new roads and bridges in the country. The Transport Ministry recently signed contracts costing SAR9.12bn...
US City Begins LED Signal Upgrade Work
The City of Columbus in the US state of Ohio has began upgrading 3,698 pedestrian street crossing signals with LED crossing signals and visual countdown timers in a bid to increase safety at...
EBRD Loan Provided to Moldova for Road Rehabilitation
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a €75m ($104.2m) loan to Moldova for the rehabilitation of the country's road network. The loan, to be provided...
Finland Institute Pilots New Traffic Surveillance Equipment
New traffic surveillance equipment developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has been piloted in Tampere, Finland, to help detect seatbelt compliance and measure vehicle speed. ...
United Infrastructure JV Backed to Win North Carolina Bypass Project
A joint venture (JV) of United Infrastructure Group is being backed as the possible winner of the 19.7-mile Monroe Connector/Bypass project in the US state of North Carolina. Bids for...
Ontario’s Worst Roads List Revealed
Pelican Falls Road in Sioux Lookout has been voted the worst road in Ontario, Canada, according to a survey. The Ontario Worst Roads list is an initiative of the Canadian Automobile...
Highway Upgrade Contract Awarded in Australia
Construction firm Cut and Fill has received a contract to build the seventh and final stage of the $132m ($130m) Bass Highway duplication project in Victoria, Australia. The $39.8m...
Indian City Plans Intelligent Transport System
An intelligent transport system that can record heavy traffic near intersections during busy hours is planned in the city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As part of the plan,...
US State Awards Toll-Collection Contract
The West Virginia Parkways Authority in the US has awarded a $9m contract to Pennsylvania-based TransCore to upgrade and maintain the state's toll collection system. TransCore will...
Teradata to Upgrade IT Application for Spain
Spain's national road traffic control agency Direccion General de Trafico (DGT) has unveiled plans to upgrade its enterprise data warehouse capability to extend tactical decision-making...
Majority of UK Motorists Admit to Speeding on Motorways
61% of motorists in the UK admit to driving at speeds of 80mph or more on motorways, with 23% doing so at least once a week, according to new research. The 2009 poll of 942 drivers by Brake...
Telvent Wins Saudi Traffic Management Contract
Telvent has been awarded a contract by Saudi Oger to implement its traffic management system in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company will install the system on the city's new 6km highway...
US State Opens First Stage of Bypass
The first three-mile section of the proposed 6.2-mile 641 bypass in Terre Haute, Vigo County, in the US state of Indiana, has been opened for traffic. The new road runs from US 41 to...
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Britain’s Badly Maintained Roads Cost £4.1bn
Badly maintained local roads in Britain are costing the economy £4.1bn ($6.46m) a year in wasted staff time, production delays and damage repairs, according to a new report. The Economic...
US State to Privatise Road-Toll Collections
The US state of New Jersey is looking to privatise state toll road collections on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway, in a bid to cut costs. The decision follows a report...
US City Overhauls Red Light Traffic Camera Programme
The city of Albuquerque in New Mexico, US, will conduct a major overhaul of its red light camera programme based on the results of an eight-month study by the University of New Mexico on...
UK Approves Funding for Major Road Schemes
The UK Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has approved plans for 16 new road projects across the country and has also allotted £600m ($946.4m) for various local authority projects. A total...
US State Plans New Camera Integration Project
A new camera integration project, approved by the Ohio Controlling Board in the US, will link various security cameras across the state to a central network in a bid to enhance road safety. ...
Europe Awards Satellite Navigation System Contract
Spaceopal and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a €194m ($271m) contract to operate 18 Galileo satellites, which are expected to bring about sweeping changes and improvements for...
US Highway Project Breaks Ground
Work will begin this week on the SR 520 Eastside Transit and HOV project in Washington, US. The contract includes corridor widening, building new transit and carpool lanes, shoulders and...
Belgium to Improve Roads with EIB Loan
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €250m ($348.7m) to finance road works in Belgium's Walloon region. The loan will be used to rehabilitate and upgrade roads, motorways...
Leighton Wins Road Contract Upgrade in Australia
Transurban Group has appointed Leighton Contractors as the principal contractor for the construction of the $550m ($545m) upgrade of the Hills M2 motorway in North West Sydney, Australia. ...
US County Awards Speed Cameras Contract
Brekford Corporation has secured a contract to provide the Landover Hills township in the US state of Maryland with its school zone speed cameras and related programme support services. The...
Abu Dhabi's Car Accident Rate Highest in World
The capital city of Abu Dhabi in the UAE suffered from road accidents every 4.5 minutes in 2009 – the highest car accident rate in the world, according to an official study. The study...
ADB Approves Loan for Vietnam Road Upgrade
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $108m loan to Vietnam to upgrade rural roads in the region. The bank said the assistance specifically targets 15 mountainous provinces in...
Australian Highway Review Suggests Safety Measures
The New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority in Australia has suggested improving signs and reducing speed limits as part of a measure to improve road safety on the Great Western Highway...
US State Receives Grants for Traffic Signal System
The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission in the US has received $10m in federal grants to support an adaptive signal system project aimed at improving traffic flow on several corridors in the region....
UK Prioritises Road Schemes in Spending Review
The UK Department for Transport has released a comprehensive spending review aimed at reducing the deficit while sustaining long-term growth. The department will reduce overall spending by...
Safety Cameras Reduce Accidents, Scottish Report Reveals
The average number of people killed or seriously injured at road safety camera sites has dropped 56% since the cameras were enforced, a Scottish Government report has revealed. Published...
US State Unveils New Passes for Electronic Tolling
Washington's electronic toll collection system Good To Go has unveiled five new devices for electronic tolling payments in the US state. The new tolling passes will have a wider range of...
NZ Motorway Section to Open in November
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) will open a new section of Manukau station road on 1 November this year, which is part of the $220m Manukau extension motorway. The new section will...
Telvent to Maintain Information System for US State
IT solutions provider Telvent has secured a contract to implement and maintain a traveller's information system (TIS) in the US state of Maryland. The TIS can be accessed through the...
OHL Plans to Raise $1.55bn
The Mexican unit of Spanish construction firm Obrascon Huarte Lain Group has unveiled plans to raise about MXN19.84bn ($1.55bn) by launching an initial public offering (IPO). OHL...
German Firm Wins Highway Contract in Uzbekistan
German-based GP Papenburg Baugesellschaft has won a contract to reconstruct a 50km section of the $600m Guzar-Bukhara-Nukus-Beinau highway (A-380) in Uzbekistan. The $86m contract...
UK County Turns Off Cameras Following Review
At least 30 speed cameras are set to be switched off in Lancashire in the UK following official reports that they were inefficient in reducing accident levels in the region. The full review...
Abu Dhabi City Installs Central Monitoring System
The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City has installed an automatic incidence detection system in five tunnels on Al Salam Street to ensure smooth and safe traffic movement in the tunnels. The...
Report Reveals High Crash Risk on Bangladesh Highways
Ten major highways in Bangladesh are at high risk of crashes after a report identified 219 "black spots" on the road. The report by the Accident Research Institute (ARI) of Bangladesh...
NXP to Launch Telematics System in Singapore
NXP Semiconductors is developing an automotive-qualified 3.5G telematics solution to improve traffic management in Singapore. The company has set 2012 as the deadline for the deployment of...
Survey Reveals Road-Repair Backlogs in UK
The majority of the roads in the UK affected by last year's harsh winter have not been repaired, according to a survey. The UK-based motoring organisation RAC surveyed councils in...
Strabag Consortium Wins Polish Bridge Contract
A consortium of three Strabag subsidiaries has signed a €139m ($191m) contract to build a new bridge complex in Torun, Poland. The companies in the consortium include Strabag and...
US City Approves Red Light Cameras Proposal
Sarasota City Commission in the US state of Florida has approved a plan for the installation of red-light cameras in the region, to catch drivers running red lights. The proposal...
Hoover Bypass in US Complete
The new 579m Hoover Bypass dam bridge located southeast of Las Vegas in the US is set to open this week. The Mike O'Callaghan – Pat Tillman memorial bridge is part of a $240m four-lane...
Eastside Bids Low for US Project
Eastside Corridor Constructors' joint venture team has been tipped to win the main contract for the SR 520 Eastside Transit and HOV Project in Washington, US, after offering the best...
TomTom Launches Traffic Technology System in NZ
Netherlands-based navigation solution provider TomTom has introduced live services in New Zealand for its new GO LIVE GPS range. The company's HD Traffic function offers accurate live...
Indian Firm Wins $320m Highways Projects
India-based construction firm Sadbhav Engineering has been awarded a contract to work on a road project valued at INR14,113.6m ($320m). The work includes rehabilitation and widening sections...
Florida-Alabama TPO Unveils Road Upgrade Plan
The Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization in the US has revealed the list of roads that will be upgraded as part of its Long Range Transportation Plan, which prioritises...
TrafficLand Enhances EnRoute Public Safety Software
US-based TrafficLand has completed a licensing agreement to provide live traffic video to EnRoute Emergency Systems for its public safety software. Under the agreement, users of the EnRoute...
German Institute Develops Drowsy Eye Tracking System
The Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Ilmenau, Germany, has developed a system that follows a driver's eye movements and alerts them when they get drowsy. Eyetracker...
UK Company Launches Enhanced Driver Assessment Tool
UK-based Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) has launched a new and improved version of Driver Profiler, its online driver risk assessment tool. The new 20:20 user...
US Company Introduces Potholes Repair Solution
US-based pothole repair company Dr. Pothole has introduced a new green asphalt solution that mends road problems. The company uses infrared technology and recycles old material with new to...
UK Motorists Admit to Online Networking While Driving
More than one in five motorists in the UK said they check a social media alert from sites such as Facebook and Twitter while driving, according to new research figures. UK-based...
Dubai Installs Radars to Monitor Roads
The General Department of Traffic in Dubai has installed 84 cameras and radars at signals and intersections in a bid to check traffic violations in the emirate. New radars are expected to...
Indian Firm Wins $311m Road Contracts
Indian infrastructure company Ashoka Buildcon has won two contracts worth INR13.89bn ($311.9m) for the construction of roads in the state of Karnataka and along the Orissa-Chhattisgarh border. ...
Malaysia Proposes New Highway Plan
The Malaysian Government has come up with a proposal to develop four new tolled highways for the peninsula. Out of the four, one road is already in existence while the other three will be...
UK Company Wins Asset Inventory Contract
UK-based technology Group OMG said its Yotta DCL division, the highways surveyor, has won a major new asset inventory contract with Nottinghamshire County Council in the UK. Yotta will...
US State Allocates $84m for Road Projects
The Illinois Department of Transportation in the US has allocated $84m for the extension of Illinois 255 and the widening and relocation of US Route 67. The project will extend Illinois 255...
Car Crashes are 'Main Cause' of Teenage Death
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers in the US, as young people have limited exposure to diverse driving experience prior to licensing, according to a study. ...
South Africa Reviews Road Projects
Road contracts awarded by the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) will drop to ZAR10bn ($1.45bn) over the next two years. Sanral has revealed that the high expenditure over the past...
Australian Baxter-Tooradin Road Improvements to Begin in 2011
Improvement works to the main Baxter-Tooradin road in the Australian state of Victoria will begin next year, as part of the A$759m (US$705.6m) Peninsula Link project. The A$2m...
US City to Install New Traffic System by 2012
Oxnard city council in the US state of California said the first phase of a project to install an intelligent transportation system (ITS) in the region will start next year and will be complete...
Wales to Review Speed Cameras
Many speed cameras across Wales will be switched off in a bid to investigate the effectiveness in reducing accidents. Welsh road casualty reduction partnership GoSafe, which operates all...
Malaysia to Award Road Safety Systems Contract
Australia-based Redflex Traffic Systems is one of the seven companies bidding on a contract to install a traffic enforcement system in Malaysia. The automated enforcement system (AES)...
World Bank to Study Highway Safety in India
World Bank will conduct safety investigations across 3,000km of highways in eight states in India and plans to issue loans for retrofitting in a bid to increase road safety. The move has...
Fulton Hogan Wins Melbourne Road Link Contract
Fulton Hogan Construction has won a contract to build the A$74.6m ($73.6m) Dingley Arterial Road connection in Melbourne, Australia. Work will soon begin on the new 3.5km four-lane divided...
ESCORT Releases Detectors Against False Traffic Alerts
US-based ESCORT has released a new product that allows radar detectors to work without false alerts generated by traffic flow monitoring systems. The company said radar detector users, who...
SNC-Lavalin Unit Launches IPO for Toll Road Stake
Canada-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin has unveiled plans to invest in the 407 Express Toll Route (ETR) in Ontario, Canada. SNC-Lavalin, which already owns a 16.8% stake in 407 ETR, said...
India Proposes Single Smart Card for Travel
India has proposed a single smart card scheme that can be used anywhere in the country by daily commuters who use different modes of transport. The proposal for One India Card has been made by...
Tibet to Invest $7.4bn in Highway Extension
Authorities in China's Tibet Autonomous Region are planning to spend CNY50bn ($7.4bn) on highway construction over the next five years. Tibet's Autonomous regional transport department said...
New $1.18bn Smartcard Ticketing System for Sydney
Electronic payments processor epay is partnering with transportation ticketing solutions provider Cubic Transportation Systems for a new A$1.2bn ($1.18bn) smartcard ticketing system to...
Wyless Delivers M2M Connectivity Solution
Wyless Group and its ecosystem partners are delivering end-to-end wireless connectivity applications to parking solution provider IPS Group for implementation in North America. The...
Pennsylvania Turnpike Considers All-Electronic Toll Collection
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is set replace toll booths with electronic systems across the US state. The turnpike is looking for a consultant to do a one-year study to ascertain...
Storm-Hit Jamaica Needs $12bn for Road Repair
Jamaica will need more than $12bn to fix the damage to infrastructure after tropical storm Nicole lashed the nation last month. The financial requirements include $1.7bn immediate assistance...
IDB Funds Uzbekistan National Highway Programme
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $167.2m loan to fund Uzbekistan's road construction programme. The loan will be spent on upgrading and reconstructing the M39 highway in...
Speed Cameras Reduce Accidents
Placing speed cameras on roads reduces the number of road traffic injuries and deaths in the state of Queensland in Australia, according to a new study. The study conducted by University...
Mobile Navigation Application Launched by deCarta
US-based location services provider deCarta has launched a new white-label navigation application in Australia, allowing its customers to add turn-by-turn route guidance to their location...
SANDAG to Bid for Toll Road
The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) is planning to place a bid to operate the 10-mile south bay expressway (SBX) in the Californian city in the US. SBX toll road is...
Garmin Collaborates with NAVTEQ for Navigation Service
Switzerland-based satellite navigation provider Garmin has selected US-based NAVTEQ as its preferred digital map supplier for India. Garmin will incorporate the NAVTEQ map of India in its...
Delhi Adopts New Traffic System for Commonwealth Games
Delhi traffic police have adopted a new traffic update system to regulate traffic during the 2010 Commonwealth Games, being held in the Indian capital city of Delhi this month. ...
Pakistan Needs Additional Funds for Roads Upgrade
Pakistan requires PKR17.4bn ($201.8m) for rehabilitation of the nation's roads, the National Highway Authority has said. NHA said Khyber Pakhtoonkhawan and Sindh were the most damaged...
Scotland Sees Decline in Accident Rates
The drop in the number of speed cameras in Scotland over the last five years may have decreased the country's annual accident rate. The number of cameras decreased from 509 in 2005 to 460 in...
Reliance Begins Highway Work in Indian State
Indian firm Reliance Infrastructure has begun extension work on the 140km Pune-Satara highway in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The project, worth INR19.85m ($445.3m), started with...
Maryland Bans Handheld Phones While Driving
The US state of Maryland has introduced a law banning the use of handheld phones while driving. The law requires drivers to use a hands-free headset to make or receive calls, with fines...
GIS Proves Effective in Disaster Management
The Directorate General of Highways (DGH) in Taiwan said its geographic information system proved to be an effective tool for disaster management when Typhoon Fanapi hit the region last...
Melbourne Begins Work on A$2.25bn Road Upgrade
BMD Constructions has begun work on the next section of the A$2.25bn (US$2.17bn) M80 ring road upgrade in Melbourne, Australia. The project will involve the upgrade of a section between...
Dubai to Launch New Navigation System
The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority in the UAE will launch an advanced navigation system on 15 October to reduce traffic jams in the city. The Dalili traffic system comprises a...
US State to Deploy Congestion Warning Software
En Pointe Technologies has won the contract to deploy a new congestion warning traffic solution to ease traffic in New Jersey, US. The software solution will give an early warning to...
TomTom Unveils Traffic Technology System
Netherlands-based navigation solution provider TomTom has unveiled its next generation predictive traffic system across Europe, which is designed to reduce congestion. HD Traffic 4.0...
Pakistan Highway Project Gets World Bank Support
The World Bank has approved a $130m loan to Pakistan for a highway rehabilitation project in the region. The project will be executed in three components; rehabilitation of 514km of...
US State Records Lowest Fatalities
The number of road-related traffic deaths in the US state of Arizona have declined to a 16-year low, with 807 traffic fatalities recorded in 2009, according to a report. The report, released...
Texting Ban Increases Risk of Crashes in US
Laws that ban texting while driving have not reduced the number of crashes across four states in the US according to a study, but a slight increase in road accidents has been recorded. ...
US University Develops New Traffic Safety Technology
The University of Utah in the US has developed new traffic safety technology that helps drivers be more attentive on the road. The steering wheel mounted touch-based devices rely on two...
India Deploys New Traffic Management System
The Haryana Urban Development Authority in India has installed a new traffic management system in three locations to reduce road congestion. The new intelligent traffic system (ITS)...
Abu Dhabi Bridge Tender Deadline Extended
The Abu Dhabi Department of Transport has extended the bid submission date until mid October for the proposed contract to build a bridge in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The authority will accept...
Turkey Awards Highway Contract
An Astaldi Group-led consortium has won a contract for the construction of a 421km highway in Turkey. Work will involve construction and operation of the Gebze-Izmir highway and a...
US State Upgrades Traffic Signage
A $5.6m project to replace 42 interstate message boards with new eco- and user-friendly signs has begun in the US state of Georgia. The old message boards on some of the interstates will...
EIB Approves Road Loan to Serbia
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a loan to Serbia for the construction of a bypass road in the capital city of Belgrade. The €40m ($54m) fund will be used to construct...
Dangerous State of Mind for UK Motorists
Motorists in Britain are still driving with a summer mentality in monsoon weather and respond too slowly to freak conditions, according to a survey. The survey, conducted by Swinton Car...
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Work to Begin on US State Highway Section
Construction work on a 16.2-mile section of Corridor H in West Virginia, US, will begin ahead of schedule. The new four-lane highway section, which will begin to take shape in the second...
Road-Related Tourist Deaths Could Double
Worldwide tourist deaths on the roads could almost double to 45,000 in a decade and triple by 2030, according to a report. Currently, 25,000 tourists die in road accidents every year,...
Seat Belt Usage Increases in US
The rate of seat belts used by passengers and drivers in the US has increased to 85% this year, according to figures. Further, seat belt usage saved over 72,000 lives between 2005 and...
Masabi Receives Funds for Mobile Ticketing
UK mobile ticketing technology provider Masabi has secured $2m from M8 Capital for the deployment of its mobile ticketing systems across UK rail companies. The funds will be used to...
German University to Develop Sensor-Mediated Traffic Control System
The Dresden University of Technology in Germany is developing a sensor-mediated traffic control system that can control traffic signaling depending on flow, and replace the estimated...
NZ District Sees Fall in Injury Crashes
The Southland district in New Zealand has seen a decline in the injury crashes on the roads with 367 in the region last year, the lowest in nine years, according to a study. But the road...
India Opens Key Road Link for Trial
A new 4km six-lane dual carriageway has been opened in Delhi, India, for trial ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The elevated road over Barapulla Nullah will connect the games village...
Speed Limit Compliance Difficult for UK Drivers
The majority of drivers in the UK want to comply with speed limits, but find it difficult, according to a new survey. Nearly 90% of the 3,000 drivers taking part in the survey said they aim...
India to Deploy Common Toll Technology by 2011
The Indian Government has unveiled plans to roll out common toll technology across the nation's highways by next year, as part of its efforts to reduce queuing at toll plazas. The...
Delayed US State Budget Halts Transportation Funds
The California department of transportation in the US has said that $932m in transportation funding has been deferred due to a delayed state budget. The department has said $3bn...
Majority of UK Children Cross Roads Unsafely
A majority of schoolchildren in the UK, about 85%, cross the road without using a marked crossing or a lollipop person, according to new research. The study also found that 40% of children...
US City to Use Intersection Safety Cameras
Yonkers city in the US state of New York will start using intersection safety cameras from next month to reduce the number of red-light runners. The technology, to be deployed at...
Indian Company Wins State Road Contract
India-based IVRCL Infrastructure & Projects (IVRCL) has won a road project in Maharashtra, India. The INR7,500m ($164.8m) project includes four-laning and upgrading works of...
US State Unveils New Traffic Technology
Springfield City in Missouri, US, and the local Department of Transportation, will install new traffic technology to ease road congestion in the area. The advanced traffic management...
Additional Funding for Vietnam Expressway Sought
Vietnam has sought additional funds from the World Bank (WB) for the Danang-Quang Ngai expressway project. The 140km road project has a low level of financial efficiency, according to...
UK University Develops New Concrete Road
The University of Sheffield in the UK has developed an energy-efficient concrete road as part of their EcoLanes FP6 project. The new road is made of dry mix concrete, which was developed...
Ground Breaks on Major US Expressway Project
Phase one of the Staten Island Expressway rehabilitation project in New York broke ground this week at a ceremony attended by federal, state and local officials. The scope of work for the...
US City Upgrades Traffic Signals
Sacramento city, in the US state of California, has started upgrading six corridors in the region, with new technology to coordinate traffic signals. The six corridors will include 74...
UK Council Reviews Road Safety Measures
The Cheshire East Council in the UK is reviewing all traffic-calming measures in the region to determine whether such safety schemes are still needed. The review aims to assess the...
UK to Introduce New Transport Fund
The UK Government has unveiled plans to develop a local transport fund to help reduce carbon emissions in the country. The fund will allow local transport authorities outside London to...
NZ to Open New Motorway Section
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) will open the new SH20-1 Manukau Extension motorway on 26 September this year. The new motorway connects the Southwestern (SH20) and Southern...
Majority of US Motorists Rate Distracted Driving Serious Threat
The majority of US drivers rated distracted driving behaviours a very serious threat to their safety, according to a new study. The study has been released by the American...
Irish Private Sector to Invest in Intelligent Transport Systems
Private companies in Ireland will invest about €100m ($130.6m) in intelligent transport systems during the next three to five years. The investments will go towards the development...
Australia Launches New Mobile Travel Information Application
The Australian state of Victoria has launched an iPhone application to increase road safety and to deliver information to the public. The free application VicTraffic will provide...
Balfour Beatty Wins Road Contract in Ireland
UK-based infrastructure group Balfour Beatty, in consortium with the Royal BAM Group, has been selected by Ireland's National Roads Authority to construct a road in the country. The...
Chinese Firm Wins Road Contract in Hong Kong
China State Construction International Holdings has secured a contract for the construction of the Central-Wanchai Bypass in Hong Kong. The HK$5.38bn ($692.9m) contract includes the...
Belfast Launches New Traffic Control System
A new traffic control system has been launched on the M1/Westlink route in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. The new £10m ($15.6m) system will monitor the speed and flow of traffic on...
South Australia Funds Road Projects
The South Australian State Government has provided funding for the upgrade and improvement of roads in the region. The government has allotted A$842.8m ($790m) for the South Road Superway...
ADB Funds Indian Road Upgrade
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has granted India $300m for assisting in road improvement projects in the state of Bihar. The Bihar State Highways II project involves building and...
Azerbaijan City's Satellite Traffic Technology System Operational in 2011
The new intelligent traffic control system installed in the city of Baku in Azerbaijan will be operational by February 2011. The $77m system is intended to ease congestion on the city's...
US State to Install New Road Paving Technology
Russell Standard Corporation will install its new road paving technology on Painters Run Road in Scott Township, Pennsylvania, US. The company's road surface sealant Fibermat will be...
UK Roads Deemed Safest by International Survey
UK roads recorded the lowest death rates in 2009 out of 33 surveyed countries in a report on road fatalities published by the International Transport Forum (ITF). Measured by road deaths...
UK Motorists Concerned Over Shut-Down Cameras
New research has revealed that 66% of motorists fear roads in some parts of the UK will become more dangerous with the deactivation of speed cameras, following government cuts. Research...
US State to Award Contract for Interchange Work
The North Carolina Department of Transportation in the US is expected to award the contract for reconstruction of the I- 85/I-485 interchange in Mecklenburg County in Charlotte city by the end...
UK Road To Be Recognised as Strategic National Corridor
The UK Department of Transport (DfT) has revealed proposals to identify the A1 north of Newcastle to the Scottish border a route of strategic national importance. The initiative will see...
US State Installs Speed Control Radar Signs
Riverside County and some cities in the US state of California have installed radar speed feedback signs in a bid to alert drivers about their speed. The feedback signs display the...
UK County Reviews Speed Cameras
Derbyshire County Council in the UK has launched a review considering the future of speed cameras on the roads in the region, following their removal due to government budget cuts. The...
Scotland Shortlists Four Firms for Motorway Upgrade
Transport Scotland has shortlisted four tenders from seven major construction firms for the upgrade of Junction 1a on the M9, a key element of the new Forth Replacement Crossing (FRC)...
US State Invests for Highway Projects
The US state of Washington has allotted funds for the construction of 21 additional highway projects across the state. The funds, worth about $112m, will be used to repair ageing...
Mark IV to Deploy RFID Toll Technology in Mexico
US-based technology company Mark IV IVHS has entered into an agreement with OHL Concesiones to deploy its latest RFID technology on major toll roads in Mexico City. The agreement...
Tanzania Road Project to be Completed Next Year
The Arusha-Namanga road rehabilitation project in Tanzania is on schedule and is expected to be complete by July 2011. The 105km road is undergoing massive rehabilitation at a cost of about...
UK County Wins Award for Streetlight Scheme
Surrey County Council in the UK has won a national award for its streetlight replacement scheme that will save the authority £12m ($18.6m) over a 25-year period. The scheme won the best...
Welsh County to Use Hidden Cameras for Road Safety
Flintshire County Council in Wales has introduced a hidden camera pilot scheme around schools to protect school children and help with prosecutions. Under the scheme, hidden cameras...
Scotland to Open Motorway Next Year
The Scottish Government has announced that the M74 motorway extension in Glasgow will open next June, almost nine months ahead of the scheduled deadline of February 2012. The project...
US State to Begin River Bridge Construction
The North Carolina Department of Transportation in the US is planning to begin construction work on the Interstate 85 bridge over the Yadkin River from 29 September. The first phase of the...
UK County Shortlists Two Firms for Highways Contract
Surrey County Council in the UK will choose between two contractors for its highways maintenance contract after dropping three of the five shortlisted firms. Balfour Beatty and May Gurney...
US City Installs New Traffic Monitoring System
The Florida Department of Transportation has installed a new traffic monitoring system to ease congestion in the city of Winter Haven. The project includes installation of 12 miles...
European Investment Bank to Fund Polish Roads
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to issue a loan of PLN11bn ($3.59bn) to finance road construction projects in Poland. Poland has already contracted the construction works...
New Zealand Tunnel Excavation Works Begin
Excavation works have begun for the proposed Victoria Park Tunnel in Auckland, New Zealand. The work involves digging a 700m trench and a 450m covered tunnel running under Victoria Park,...
US State Tests New Smart Technology on Highways
The US State of Washington has started testing the latest addition to Smarter Highways technology, designed to increase safety and reduce collisions on SR 520. The project includes testing...
Canadian Province Pilots New Traffic Calming Measure
The Canadian province of British Columbia has unveiled a new traffic calming measure in West Vancouver that creates an optical illusion resembling a child playing in the road. Canadian...
US Traffic Fatalities Lowest Since 1950
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that US highway deaths fell to 33,808 in 2009, the lowest number since 1950. 2009 has marked the country's the lowest...
US State Agency to Test New Technology for Road Construction
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) in the US will trial a new speed sensing technology for a new road construction project in Southern Illinois. The agency will install...
Ireland Opens Final Section of Motorway
The final section of the M9 motorway between Carlow and Knocktopher in Kilkenny County, Ireland, has been opened for traffic. The new section, worth €1.519bn ($1.93bn), is a 40km-long...
Australia Seeks Tenders for Highway Upgrade
Australia has invited tenders from contractors for the upgrade of a section of the Pacific highway northbound carriageway from Herons Creek to Stills Road. The contract involves...
UK City Unveils Energy Saving Plan
Bradford Council in the UK has installed dimming devices on all new street lights in the region to reduce carbon emissions and cut energy costs. The dimming equipment is expected to reduce...
NZ State Continues Highway Safety Checks After Earthquake
The New Zealand transport agency is undertaking measures to check the safety of bridges and highways in the state of Canterbury, as aftershocks following last week's earthquake continue to...
Liberia Seeks Road Upgrade Funding
Liberia is seeking $1bn in funds from miners and other investors to upgrade the nation's road network. Mining firms such as ArcelorMittal, China Union and Severstal and Golden Agri...
US State Installs Traffic Lights
The Maricopa County Department of Transportation in the US state of Arizona has started the installation of traffic lights at Baseline Road and Arizona 85 in Buckeye. The new lights...
Saudi Arabian Province Expands Traffic Camera Coverage
Saudi Arabia has increased the number of traffic monitoring cameras along expressways in the central and western regions in order to reduce accident rates. The Saher automated traffic...
US State Awards Road Widening Contracts
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority Board in New Jersey, US, has awarded contracts for the road widening project in the region. Pennsylvania-based PKF-Mark III received the $111.9m contract...
New Zealand Falls Short on Road Safety Targets
New Zealand has failed to meet its road safety targets compared with Sweden and the UK, according to a Traffic Institute of New Zealand (Trafinz) official. Traffic Institute of New...
Street Light Reduction Risks Lives in UK
Turning off street lights across several regions in the UK may increase accidents and crime rates, according to a motoring organisation official. County councils throughout the UK have...
Malaysia Starts Road Upgrade Project
PPES Works (Sarawak) has begun work to upgrade the 35.7km Beluru-Lapok Road in Malaysia. The upgrade will cover the road, which runs between Baram district and Miri city, and connects...
Phuket to Install Speed Cameras
The island of Phuket in Thailand will install speed cameras in the region as part of a road safety initiative undertaken by the government. Six sets of the speed cameras will be installed...
Wales Road Project Receives Funding
A proposed 4.8km road in Neath Port Talbot county in Wales has received funding from the Welsh Assembly Government and the European Union. The £107m ($164.7m) funding will enable the...
US State to Use Smart Traffic Technology
The Metropolitan Area Planning Agency in the US state of Nebraska will install smart signal technology to help improve traffic flow. The technology uses cameras and signal controllers...
Plans Submitted for New UK Bridge
Plans for a new bridge over the River Mersey in Halton, England, have been submitted to the government's spending review by the local council. Halton Borough Council's Mersey Gateway...
California State Highways in Best Shape
Highways in the US state of California are in the best shape they have been in for nearly 19 years, according to the 19th annual highway report by the Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation. ...
US State Unveils 100 Congested Roadway Segments
The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) in the US has unveiled a study, which has an updated list of Texas's 100 most congested roadways. IH 45 in Harris country received the first place...
Ireland Introduces Additional Road Safety Measures
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) in Ireland has introduced nine additional measures to increase the safety of inexperienced drivers. RSA CEO Noel Brett said the modern driving environment...
Israel Installs New Traffic Cameras
The Ministry of Public Security in Israel has deployed new traffic enforcement cameras on roads, supplied by Dutch company Gatsometer. The new cameras will monitor and measure the speed...
Navteq Unveils New Traffic System in Brazil
Navteq has launched a new traffic technology system in Brazil that delivers comprehensive, real-time traffic information. The Navteq Traffic system links real-time traffic information to...
Oman Awards Road Projects Worth $235.2m
Oman has awarded contracts worth $235.2m to upgrade road infrastructure in the country. The tender board has approved $190m for the second stage of the Nizwa-Ibri dual carriageway and...
Washington Freeway Project Reaches Final Phase
Freeway expansion work on Interstate 5 from Grand Mound to Centralia in the US state of Washington has entered its final phase. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)...
US State Introduces New Mobile Travel Information Tool
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has introduced a new mobile application for iPhone and Android users. The new application provides real-time traffic...
New York State Installs Traffic-Detecting Sensors
The US Department of Transportation has started installing receptive acoustic traffic-detecting devices on parkways in the state of New York which capture road noise and determine the...
Irish Motorway Section to Open Soon
A section of a major new motorway linking Limerick Southern Ring Road with the existing Nenagh bypass in Ireland will open in October, following the completion of repair works. The...
Zambia, EU Sign Road Maintenance Contract
The European Union (EU) has signed a contract with Zambia for the rehabilitation of the nation's road network. The €70m ($88.8m) contract will involve the periodic maintenance of...
Survey Reveals UK Public's Thoughts on Road Charging
A survey conducted in the UK has found that more than 50% of adults agree that road charges should be based on how often, when and where they use the roads. The survey by the Department...
UK County Installs Motorway Message Signs
The Highways Agency in the UK has installed motorway message signs in Cumbria, which display warnings of incidents and bad weather to drivers using the motorway. The eight large overhead...
US State to Approve Parking Ticket Cameras
The US state of California has given preliminary approval for the installation of automated ticketing machines on street sweepers to generate parking tickets. The Assembly Bill 2567, which...
NZ City Sees Fall in Road Fatalities
The city of Canterbury in New Zealand has seen a reduction in road fatalities with 32 road crash deaths reported in 2009 compared with 48 in 2008, according to a study. The figures, from...
Saudi Arabian Province Installs Traffic Cameras
Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province (Ash Sharqiyah) has installed a Saher automated traffic camera system in a bid to cut accident rates in the region. The cameras will monitor vehicle speeds...
UK Council Plans Traffic Safety Measures
Kirklees Council in the UK plans to introduce traffic calming measures as part of road safety initiatives undertaken in the region. The traffic calming measures to be introduced on a...
Fiji Secures Funds for Road Upgrade
China-based EXIM Bank has provided $189m in funding for a planned upgrade of Fiji's road network. Costs for the upgrade include $99.5m for the Ba and Buca Bay roads, $37m for the Sigatoka...
New South Wales Enforces Mobile Speed Cameras
The Australian state of New South Wales has commenced full enforcement of its new mobile speed cameras, as the penalty-free trial of such cameras in the state has come to an end. The Roads...
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WSDOT Activates New Traffic Management System
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has activated a new traffic management system from Jacobs Engineering Group along northbound Interstate 5 in south...
Flatiron Secures California Road Contracts
The California Department of Transportation in the US has awarded road contracts to infrastructure contractor Flatiron. One contract, worth $109m, includes the construction of about four...
NZ State Highway Closed
State Highway 35 at Maraenui Hill in the North Island of New Zealand was temporarily closed on 25 August by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA). The highway, situated about 32km east of Opotiki,...
Australia Awards Road Safety Systems Contract
The state of New South Wales (NSW) in Australia has awarded Kustom Signals a contract for G3 Vision In Car Video and automatic number-plate recognition. Kustom will replace existing...
US Considers New Tennessee-Georgia Interstate
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in the US is studying a possible new interstate to connect Knoxville, Tennessee, to Savannah, Georgia. The study began in June and the project,...
Poland Awards Toll Road Contract
Poland's General Directorate for National Roads and Highways (GDDKiA) has awarded FCC subsidiary Alpine Bau GmbH a contract to complete the section of the A1 toll road between Swierklany...
Transfield Wins New North American Contract
Transfield Services North America has secured a new $172m road contract with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. The new 12-year contract follows the $143m contract signed last year,...
Zambia Awards Road Contracts
A ZMK706bn ($142.61m) set of contracts has been awarded by Zambia's Road Development Agency (RDA) with the intention of improving the country's ailing roads, according to the Times of...
UK County Invites Bids for £315m Highways Contract
West Sussex County Council in the UK is inviting bids from construction companies for a five-year highway maintenance framework contract in the region. The £315m ($485.57m) deal covers...
Turkish Company Set to Complete 90 Bridges in Turkmenistan
Net Yapi of the NATA Group is about to complete construction of 90 bridges across Turkmenistan. The Turkish construction company signed a two-year $287.5m contract with Turkmenistan in...
Beijing Hit by World's Longest Traffic Jam
An ongoing traffic jam on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway in China started on 14 August due to road construction work and is expected to continue until mid-September. The construction work is...
WSDOT Plans Changes at Lake Washington
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US is planning some key changes on the ageing State Route 520 floating bridge. The agency plans to hire a contractor to build...
US to Open Bypass Bridge in November
Construction work on the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge in the US is nearing completion and will be open for traffic in November, the Federal Highway Administration has said. The bridge portion...
NTTA Signs US Tollway Contract
The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) has agreed to develop and operate the Southwest Parkway/Chisholm Trail toll project in Tarrant and Johnson counties in the US state of Texas. The...
Africa Israel to Sell Stake in Highway
Israeli real estate developer Africa Israel Investments has agreed to sell its 37.5% stake in Derech Eretz Highways to the Israel Infrastructure Fund for ILS475m ($125m). Africa Israel,...
London to Trial Average Speed Cameras
Transport for London (TfL) in the UK is planning a two-year trial of average speed cameras in the UK capital. The cameras record vehicles entering and leaving a road to calculate the...
Aecon Wins Two Road Contracts in Canada
Toronto-based construction company Aecon Group has announced that its infrastructure division has signed two road construction contracts in the Canadian province of Alberta. The first...
McCain to Synchronise Traffic Signals in US City
The US city of Temecula has awarded a contract to McCain, a manufacturer of traffic, transit and parking management systems, to supply its city-wide adaptive traffic signal synchronisation system....
Romanian Police Force Deploys Vehicle-Mounted CCTV
UK-based traffic technology company Traffic Security Systems (TSS) has delivered 449 Radar Autovision systems for use in Romanian police vehicles. Radar Autovision is a vehicle-mounted...
WSDOT to Test Solar-Powered Road Reflectors
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US is planning to install solar-powered road reflectors to improve driver visibility and reduce run-off-the-road crashes in...
Washington Seeks Design-Builders for Floating Bridge
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US is looking for design-builders to build a new State Route 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington. The...
Ireland Nearing Completion of New Motorway
The National Roads Authority in Ireland is nearing completion of the final 40km section of the M9 motorway from Dublin to Waterford. The new toll-free motorway, which cost almost...
Belarus Approves New Transit Plan
Belarus has approved a 2011-2015 strategy to develop transit potential in the region. The strategy is expected to generate $2.4bn in cargo and passenger transit revenues in 2015, an increase...
US State Awards Construction Support Service Contract
Michael Baker Jr., an engineering unit of Michael Baker Corp., has been awarded a construction support services contract by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for a bypass in Hocking...
US State Begins River Bridge Replacement Project
The US state of New Jersey has started the Route 3 Passaic River bridge replacement project to improve safety and reduce congestion in the surrounding area. The $149m, federally funded...
NZ to Preview New Motorway Before Use
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is arranging a community open day on 28 August to preview a new motorway, which is part of the Western Ring Route. The agency is inviting the public...
New York to Close Bridge Lane for Repair Work
The US city of New York will close all Manhattan-bound lanes of the Brooklyn Bridge at night from 23 August until 2014 for a $508m renovation project. The lanes will be closed all weekend...
Higher Risk for Poorer Children on UK Roads
New research by safety watchdog Road Safety Analysis indicates that children from lower income families are more likely to be injured on the road. According to the report, entitled...
New York to Install More Countdown Signals
New York will install countdown signals at 1,500 intersections after driver inattention and failure to yield were cited as the most common cause of pedestrian injuries and deaths in a report by...
Canada Begins Work on Bus Rapid Transit Corridor
The Ministry of Transportation in Canada has initiated construction work on the Mississauga Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor in the province of Ontario. The BRT project, worth $259m,...
UAE Opens Two New Roads
The second phase of the Maleha Road and a new underpass on King Abdul Aziz Road in Sharjah, UAE, have been opened to traffic. The total cost of the Maleha Road project, now to be called...
NZ Motorway Project Disrupts Cyclists
A temporary route will be placed for cyclists using Hobsonville Road and Buckley Avenue as part of the SH18 Hobsonville Deviation motorway project to be initiated by the New Zealand...
Thiess to Begin $825m Expressway Contract
Thiess will commence initial design and construction work on the eastern section of the Hunter Expressway project in the Australian state of New South Wales following the finalisation of...
South Australian Expressway to Open Ahead of Schedule
The Northern Expressway in the South Australian city of Adelaide will open three months ahead of schedule due to a financial boost under the federal government's economic stimulus plan. ...
Pennsylvania Transportation Funding Slashed by 24%
The transportation commission of the US state of Pennsylvania has approved a 24% reduction in funding to its 12-year transportation programme. Under the new plan, $51.6bn will be allocated...
Star Tollways to Bid for Infra Projects in the Philippines
Star Tollways has revealed plans to invest about $150m to bid for road projects under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) draft master plan for tollways in the Philippines. ...
Bangalore to Deploy Toll Surveillance System
The Indian city of Bangalore will deploy a toll surveillance system on its roads, expressways and toll plazas. The system, developed by Infinova and DELOPT (Deepti Electronics &...
Canadian Province Signs 20-Year Road Agreement
British Columbia in Canada has signed a road contract with the Fraser Transportation Group for the completion of the South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR) project. Under the $658m 20-year...
Pakistan Seeks Additional Funds for Highway Projects
Pakistan has sought additional funds of $110m from the World Bank (WB) to complete highway projects that have been behind schedule due to lack of funds. The WB has audited these projects...
Moldova Could Get EBRD Loan for Road Improvement
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering issuing a loan of about €75m ($96m) to Moldova for road rehabilitation. The project aims to improve the...
NZ City Highway Ramp Section to be Closed
A highway on-ramp section in Wellington, New Zealand, will be closed for three months from 23 August as part of an upgrade programme by the NZ Transport Agency. The on-ramp closure will...
California Budget Deficit Threatens Road Projects
California's $19.1bn budget deficit could further delay highway projects across the US state. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) said funding for $2.1bn in...
Australian Funds Pledged for Highway Duplication
The Australian Government has announced it will provide A$257.5m ($231.5m) for the duplication of the Princes Highway between Winchelsea and Colac. The project will receive a further...
US State Launches Traffic Management System
Washington has become the first state in the US to implement Smarter Highways on I-5, a traffic management system that provides real-time traffic information on road conditions for...
Australian City to Receive Funds for Road Projects
The Australian city of Belmont will receive funds of A$480m ($434.3m) to improve road networks and A$100m ($90.4m) for highway upgrades. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has...
Oklahoma Approves Road Infrastructure Improvement Plan
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation in the US has approved a road infrastructure improvement plan to address the state's long-term transportation needs. The road programme, worth...
US State Counts Cost of Distracted Driving
The US state of Alabama has seen more than 1,400 road accidents caused by mobile phones and other electronic devices in the past 13 months, according to a report. The statewide figures...
Balfour Receives Funds for UK Street Light Upgrade
Balfour Beatty has received £230m ($362.9m) in funding for the Public Private Partnership street lighting contract for the city of Coventry in the UK. Balfour will invest £6m ($9m) into...
Saudi Arabia Completes $453m Road Project
The two-track overpass and three-track underpass sections of a completed road project have been opened for public use in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The overpass on Hera Street and an underpass...
ADB to Grant $500m for Sri Lankan Expressway
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $500m loan to Sri Lanka for the construction of the first phase of an expressway between Kandy and Colombo. The 98.9km four-lane expressway, to...
Speed Camera Removal in UK Has Reduced Accidents
Swindon, the first town in the UK to switch off its cameras in July last year, has seen a fall in the number of road accidents to 315 in comparison with 327 the previous year, according to...
New York Subways to Get Free Wi-Fi Service
US-based Transit Wireless (TW) has received $200m in funding from Broadcast Australia to equip the New York Transit with free Wi-Fi services. As part of the deal, Broadcast Australia will...
California to Begin Tunnelling Works
The US state of California has begun tunnelling works on the fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel. Tunnelling work on the $420m project, which is located on State Route 24 between Oakland...
Qatar to Develop Traffic Monitoring System
The QU Wireless and Innovations Center in Qatar has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mowasalat to develop an intelligent traffic monitoring system (ITMS) in the region. The...
Sri Lankan Expressway to be Ready by 2012
Work on the Colombo-Katunayake Express Highway in Sri Lanka is expected to be complete by 2012. The $292m project aims to reduce the travel time from Colombo to Katunayake to about 20 minutes....
US Road Authority Offers Bond Sale for Electronic Tolling
The Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) in South Florida, US, is offering $412m in bonds for sale to convert its roads to electronic tolling. Funds secured through the bond sale will be...
Dubai Encourages Hands-Free Devices for Drivers
Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in the UAE has launched a year-long road safety campaign advising motorists to use hands-free devices in their vehicles to reduce road accidents. ...
New Zealand to Deploy Digital Journey Time Signs
The New Zealand Transport Agency is set to deploy electronic journey time signs across the Auckland motorway network to provide motorists accurate travel information to selected...
Skanska to Build Highway in Slovakia
Skanska will soon begin work on the 14km R4 highway, which will link two provinces in Slovakia. The €77.69m ($102m) project will be delivered for the National Highway Company. ...
Strabag Wins Road Contract in Libya
Austrian construction company Strabag has won a road contract in Libya, which is part of a $30bn infrastructure expansion plan. Under the LYD172m ($133.3m) contract, Strabag will join...
India Approves Highway Widening Projects
The Indian Government has approved a proposal for the six-laning of national highways to address the increased traffic volume in the country. The proposal includes the widening of 6,500km...
URS Wins Transportation Management Contract in US
URS Corporation, a provider of engineering, construction and technical services, has won a contract from the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to provide operations and...
Abu Dhabi to Open New Section of Bridge Project
The completed second phase of the Al Mafraq Bridge in Abu Dhabi, UAE, which involves five motorways, will be opened this month. With the opening of the new motorways, the existing detours...
Campaign Reveals Extent of European Drink-Driving
More than 7,500 motorists across Europe failed alcohol breath tests in a single week, according to an operation carried out by the European Traffic Police Network (TISPOL) in 21 countries. ...
Cross Border Bridge Rebuilt in India
The Chakan Da Bagh Bridge in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district in India has been reconstructed as a steel bridge. The bridge has been re-modelled to a height of 50ft following the collapse...
EBRD and EIB Grant Funds for Albanian Road Network
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) are jointly providing a €100m ($132.3m) loan to rehabilitate the road network in...
UK City to Receive Street Light Upgrade
Coventry in the UK is to receive funding to replace its street lights as part of an initiative to improve road safety for motorists and pedestrians. The city council has secured over...
Abu Dhabi Completes Traffic Monitor Upgrade
The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City has completed the upgrade of the electronic traffic data capture system aimed at supporting traffic operations and management in the region. The project...
European Bank to Grant Road Loan to Ukraine
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is planning to issue a loan of €450m ($590m) to co-finance road projects in Ukraine. The loan will be used to support...
Truckers Cause Just 25% of Heavy-Truck Injury Accidents in Europe
Truckers cause only 25% of human error-related, heavy-truck injury accidents in Europe, according to a new study. The report found that over 85% of such accidents occurred in five...
Malaysia to Enhance Road Safety
Malaysia is planning to improve road safety near steep slopes and ravines along highways to curb road crashes. Malaysian transport minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho said a national committee is...
UAE Bridge Conversion Project Completed
The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority has announced that improvement work on the Mirdif Bridge in the UAE has been completed. The bridge, which previously had two lanes in the direction...
Massachusetts to Renovate 97-Year-Old Bridge
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation in the US will reconstruct the Anderson Memorial Bridge under the state's $3bn Accelerated Bridge Program. The proposed construction process...
Online Road Safety Kit Developed for US Workers
The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) and the US Department of Transportation have developed an online tool kit to help companies tackle distracted driving and improve the road...
UK County Expands CCTV Traffic Monitoring Network
Gloucestershire County Council in the UK is widening its CCTV traffic monitoring network with an additional 30 cameras and integrated software from Siemens. The integrated urban...
European Tunnels Not Ready to Meet EU Safety Measures
Around 40% of operational tunnels across Europe will not be ready to meet EU tunnel safety rules when they come into effect in 2014, according to a EuroTAP study. The study, which examined...
Bangladesh Approves Bridge Design
Bangladesh has approved the final scheme design for the $2.4bn Padma Multipurpose Bridge project. The 6.15km double-decker bridge is touted as having the world's deepest foundation,...
US House Approves Transportation Bill
A new bill passed by the US House, if made law, would increase US funding for transportation projects such as highway building by almost 5% to $79.4bn. The bill, HR 5850, if passed by the...
INRIX Introduces New Technology for Real-Time Traffic Data
INRIX has launched TPEG Connect to improve the delivery of real-time traffic information to connected vehicles and devices. The tool enables automakers and navigation application providers...
Motorists' Organisation Praises London Cycle Hire Scheme
The Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme could make drivers more aware of cyclists in London, according to the UK-based Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). The scheme introduces easily...
Mississippi River Bridge to Open in August
The new $336m Greenville Bridge over the Mississippi River in southeast Arkansas, US, will open in August this year. The bridge connecting the US states of Arkansas and Mississippi will...
UK Adds Amendments to Road Scheme
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has accepted amendments to the scheme to dual 17km of the A46, which links the East and West Midlands in England. The amendments include side roads...
New Zealand to Fund Highway Project Using Road Toll
New Zealand will fund the construction of a 23km state highway, worth NZ$450m ($328m), by tolling a new 17km road for up to 35 years. New Zealand transport minister Steven Joyce said the...
UAE Plans Bus Priority Lanes in Dubai
The UAE is planning an extensive network of bus priority lanes in Dubai to improve public transport usage and increase punctuality. An official of the Public Transport Agency (PTA) at...
US City to Consider New Parking Proposal
The long-term parking meter lease agreement between the US city of Indianapolis and Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) will be reviewed by state authorities next month. The...
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US State Awards Road Widening Contracts
The Turnpike Authority in the US state of New Jersey has awarded two contracts totalling $148.8m for two sections of the New Jersey Turnpike widening project. Union Paving and Construction...
New Section of UK's Longest Tunnel to Open in September
A 1.5-mile section of the approach road to the south of the Hindhead Tunnel in Surrey, UK, will open to traffic in September this year. The new road is intended to remove the only section...
Russia to Raise Tax on Drivers to Fund Road Upgrade
Russia will create a federal fund to upgrade its roads under a national road building programme by increasing taxes on drivers. Russian finance minister Alexei Kudrin said the main sources...
SIAC Construction Wins Polish Road Contract
SIAC Construction has secured a contract to build a 35km motorway in Poland. The Kryz-Debica motorway will involve 28 bridge structures, including a bridge over the river Wsolka, according...
Bilfinger Berger Consortium Wins Polish Road Project
A consortium led by Bilfinger Berger has received a €200m ($259m) contract to construct a 12.6km section of the new ring road around Warsaw in Poland. The section will have three...
Trakia IV Consortium Wins Bulgarian Highway Contract
A consortium called Trakia IV has been selected to build the last 47.7km stretch of the Trakia Highway in Bulgaria. Bulgaria's Road Infrastructure Agency, Bozhidar Yotov awarded the contract...
India to Upgrade Highways
The Indian Government is set to upgrade 3,700km of national highways under the National Highways Interconnectivity Improvement Project. The project will cost INR200bn ($1.3bn) and will...
Cut and Fill Wins Victorian Freeway Extension Contract
Construction firm Cut and Fill has won a contract to extend the Geelong Ring Road in the Australian state of Victoria. The project will create a single freeway connection linking...
US River Bridge May Open Ahead of Schedule
The Sakonnet River Bridge in Tiverton in the US state of Rhode Island may open before the contracted date of 11 May 2012. The $164m bridge is intended to replace an adjacent arch bridge,...
Increased Road Use Causing Higher CO2 Emissions in China
A shift towards car use and a rise in miles travelled by car has increased energy use and CO2 emissions in China, according to a World Bank study. Carbon emissions from these trends...
New Zealand to Build New Highway
The New Zealand Transport Agency is planning to build a new highway in 2014 for NZ$1.3bn (US$950m). The Auckland-Puhoi motorway will extend to Te Hana on Northland's southern boundary and...
Ireland's Third Underwater Tunnel Opens
The Republic of Ireland's third underwater motorway opened on 27 July 2010 in Limerick City. The €605m ($781m) Limerick tunnel is 9.8km long and is part of the M7 Limerick Southern...
UK May Lift Barriers at Dartford Crossing Toll Booths
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) may lift toll booth barriers at the Dartford Crossing during times of severe congestion. The move is intended to ease delays created by major...
Texas Road Extension Opens to Traffic
The new FM 3407/Wonder World Drive extension in San Marcos, Texas, US, has been opened. The 3.5-mile-long, four-lane road will link Interstate 35 with RR 12. The thoroughfare...
Pacific Highway Section Opens in New South Wales
A 33km section of the Pacific Highway in New South Wales, Australia, has been opened to traffic following the completion of upgrade work to a dual carriageway. The $580m upgrade is part of...
Study Suggests US Citizens Prefer Road Tolls to Taxes
Most US citizens support tolls on roads and bridges to generate transportation revenue, according to a new HNTB survey. The HNTB THINKS survey noted that 84% of those surveyed feel...
Major US Road Replacement Project Begins
Construction work on the Doyle Drive replacement project began with the first of four tunnel excavations being carried out in the US state of California. The project will replace...
Oman to Build Sea Bridge
Oman is planning to construct a $1.5bn bridge to tourist hotspot Masirah Island off the country's east coast, famed for its turtle habitat. The bridge, which will be 40km long on...
Audubon Bridge to be Open in 2011
The John J Audubon Bridge in the US, believed to be the longest cable-supported bridge in North America, will open to traffic in 2011. The bridge across the Mississippi River, despite...
EU Provides Funding for Polish Roads
The EU has agreed to support Poland's transport infrastructure projects through subsidies worth zl2.423bn ($756m). The subsidies will fund a 4.1km bypass on a national highway and a...
Bilfinger Berger Subsidiary Gets Australian Contracts
Bilfinger Berger's subsidiary Valemus has won two contracts for the expansion of highway sections in Australia, with a total value of €170m ($220m). The first project involves...
California Awards Highway Lane Project
The California Department of Transportation in the US has awarded a contract to Security Paving to construct new bus / carpool lanes in the state. The $129m project involves building...
EU Adopts Measures to Halve Road Deaths by 2020
The European Commission has approved a plan to halve the number of road deaths in Europe in the next ten years. The European Road Safety Policy Orientations 2011-2020 proposes to...
New York Contracts Lancaster for New Highway Connection
The New York State Department of Transportation in the US has awarded a highway construction contract to Lancaster Development. The project, worth $56.5m, involves the construction of...
Work on Egypt's Red Sea Road to Begin Soon
Upgrade work on the second phase of the Upper Egypt-Red Sea road is expected to begin this year in Egypt at a reported cost of EGP1.6bn ($278m). The upgrade will involve converting the road...
Jeddah Invests in Tackling Traffic
The mayor's office of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is planning to invest SAR3bn ($799m) for the construction of new flyovers and underpasses over the next five years to ease traffic congestion. ...
London Launches Cycle Superhighways
Transport for London (TfL) has launched the first two Barclays cycle superhighways to increase the number of Londoners using bicycles to commute to work. The two pilot routes are the first...
Ottawa Highway Expansion to be Complete in 2011
Expansion work on Highway 7 in Ottawa, Canada, is on schedule to be complete next year, according to Transport Minister Kathleen Wynne. The C$107m ($102m) project is part of the C$32bn...
US Company Using Low Energy Traffic Displays
Information Display Company in the US has reduced the energy requirements of its radar speed signs and other traffic displays by over 50%. The company is using energy-efficiency features on...
Tutor Perini Wins US Bridge and Tunnel Contracts
Tutor Perini has received three contracts totalling $467m from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Council, the New York State Thruway Authority and the New Jersey Turnpike...
Lowari Tunnel to be Completed by 2012
The Lowari Tunnel project in Pakistan, with a construction cost of PKR8bn ($92m), will be completed by 2012. The proposed Lowari Tunnel will have a total length of 8.8km, height...
ADB Funds Georgian Urban Transport Project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has granted Georgia $300m to assist in unclogging traffic-congested cities in the country, including its capital Tbilisi. The loan will be part of...
Speeding Offences Rise in UAE
Over 47,270 vehicles were impounded for a month for excessive speeding in 2009 across the UAE compared to 25,862 in 2008, according to a report. The emirate of Abu Dhabi recorded the...
Iteris Selected for Intersection Video Detection System
American Traffic Solutions (ATS) has selected Iteris as its preferred provider of non-invasive video detection technology for its intersection safety camera installations. The Iteris...
Malaysia Approves Highway Widening Projects
Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (PLUS) has received the Malaysian Government's approval to widen two highways. PLUS Expressways is estimated to spend $357m on the project, according...
UK City Awards Road Maintenance Work to Balfour Beatty
The UK city of Southampton has awarded a £100m ($154m) contract to Balfour Beatty to improve the condition of its highways by 10%. The UK-based company will operate Southampton City...
Portugal Awards Road Project to IL&FS Subsidiaries
The Government of Portugal has awarded a road maintenance contract to subsidiaries of IL&FS Transportation, valued at INR3,388m ($73m). The project involves six contracts to maintain 10,000km...
US State Approves Little Bay Bridges Contract
The US state of New Hampshire has approved a $50m contract to begin overhaul work of the Little Bay Bridges between Newington and Dover. The US-based contractor Cianbro Corporation will work...
Australia Invites Tenders for Sydney Road Upgrade
The Australian state of New South Wales called for expressions of interest for a road renovation project near the Sydney Opera House. The upgrade work, estimated to cost A$152m ($134m)...
ADB and Japan to Help Bhutan Improve Rural Farm Roads
The Asian Development Bank and the Government of Japan will provide a grant of $3m to Bhutan to upgrade farm roads in the country's rural areas. The project will involve developing about 40km...
Road Death Toll Dips by 22% in UK Metropolitan County
The death toll on roads in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in the UK has dropped by more than a fifth in the past three years. About 73 people have died on the region's roads...
ConCreate USL Wins Bridge Canada Contract
ConCreate USL has won the C$45m ($43.5m) contract to construct the eight-lane Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge across the Rideau River in Canada. The 143m-long bridge is expected to have...
US City Plans Congestion Pricing on Expressways
The US city of Chicago is planning to introduce congestion pricing on fast lanes during rush hours to generate revenue and alleviate traffic congestion. Motorists would pay anywhere...
Oman Awards Road Projects
The Sultanate of Oman has signed eleven different deals with local companies for road projects under an OMR137m ($355m) transport investment plan. The Gulf Of Oman company and Al Nasr Al...
Kansas Awards Road Upgrade Contracts
The Kansas Department of Transportation in the US has awarded 85 construction projects under the ten-year, $8.2bn T-Works programme. The preservation works in the US state's highway...
Canada to Build Airport Tunnel Through Lake
The Toronto Port Authority will build a pedestrian tunnel to the Billy Bishop Toronto City Centre Airport in Ontario, Canada. The 123m-long tunnel will be constructed 30m below the surface...
Egypt Plans Tunnel Under Suez Canal
Egypt is planning to construct a $1bn tunnel under the Suez Canal at Port Said. The tunnel will be built 19km south of the Canal's northern entrance and will have three passageways, according...
South Korea Plans New Speed Limit in Toll Areas
The Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) is planning to lower the speed limit for vehicles passing through the electronic toll collection systems on the nation's highways. The speed limit...
UAE Traffic Mortality Declines at Start of 2010
Road mortality rates in the UAE dropped by 21% and injuries by 23% in the first six months of 2010 compared to the same period last year. Accidents such as collisions, running over by...
World Bank Enlists UK Consultancy to Improve Road Safety in Nigeria
The Nigerian Federal Road Safety Commission will work with the UK's Integrated Transport Planning to improve road safety. The World Bank engaged the UK firm to serve as a consultant...
China to Bankroll Pakistan Highway Projects
China has signed a deal with Pakistan to build two highways in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) region. The projects involve constructing a 165km-long highway between Jaglot and Skardu,...
Savi to Supply Tracking Systems to US Marines in Afghanistan
Lockheed Martin's Savi Technology will supply 50 Portable Deployment Kits (PDKs) to locate, track and manage radio frequency identification (RFID)-tagged supplies to US marines operating...
US State Awards Bridge Highway Contract
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation in the US has awarded a $105m contract to construct a new interstate highway bridge across the Pawtucket River. A joint venture of two...
US Highways Face Major Crisis
About 50,000 trucks a day will traverse heavily-used segments of the interstate highway system in the US by 2035, according to a new report. The American Association of State Highway...
New Zealand Opens New Connecting Road
A new connecting road has been opened at Manukau City in New Zealand as part of the NZD210m ($148m) SH20-1 Manukau motorway project. The new Puhinui-Roscommon road is intended to replace...
Canada Awards Bridge Contract
Delcan Corporation has received a contract to build a bridge in the Canadian capital of Ottawa. The Canada-based company is expected to provide construction services on the bridge,...
China Highway Contract Awarded
China Communications Construction through its subsidiary CCCC Second Harbor Engineering has won a CNY1.9bn ($280m) contract to build a highway through China. The project will involve a...
Indian Highways to Implement Uniform Tolling Solution
India is planning to implement a uniform electronic toll collection system on its national highways. The system, which is expected to use passive RFID technology, is scheduled to be in place...
Uganda Awards Road Project to Israeli Firm
Uganda National Roads Authority has awarded the Malaba-Busia-Bugiri road project to SBI International Holdings. The Israel-based company is expected to carry out design and construction...
EU Approves New Framework for ITS
The European parliament has approved a new legal framework for intelligent transport systems (ITS), which provides the European commission with a seven-year guideline on using ITS solutions. ...
Ireland Proposes Lower Drink Drive Limit
Ireland is in the process of finalising the road traffic bill, which proposes to lower the legal blood alcohol content (BAC) level for drivers. The bill, once passed, would bring down...
World Bank Offers to Support Tanzanian Road Projects
The World Bank is offering a loan of $270m to Tanzania to support its transport infrastructure improvement plans. The amount is expected to be invested towards restoring 270km of paved...
Abu Dhabi Fits Portable Variable Message Signs
The Department of Transport in Abu Dhabi has installed 40 portable variable message signs (PVMS) as part of the first stage of the Emirate's road safety campaign. The PVMS will be deployed...
China's Road Traffic Deaths Decline by 30% Says Report
Road traffic fatalities in China decreased by 30% between 2004 and 2009, according to an official from the China automotive technology research center (CATRC). The CATRC spokesperson said...
Work Begins on Australian Bypass Road
Construction work has begun on the 14.5km Pacific Highway bypass project in Kempsey, Australia. The $618m bypass road project is part of a $3.1bn capital works programme that is...
France Funds Kenyan Road Projects
The French Government will provide a KES8bn ($94m) loan to Kenya to go towards the upgrade of rural road networks and infrastructure. A total of KES4bn ($49m) will be used for the...
New UK Transport Minister Allays 'Super Lorry' Fears
The UK's new Minister of State for Transport, Rt. Hon. Theresa Villiers MP, has confirmed that 'super lorries' will not be permitted to travel on UK roads. The super lorries, so called...
NZ to Call Tenders for Road Link Project
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) said it will call for tenders to construct a NZD2bn ($1.4bn) waterview connection in the country. The road project will include a 4.5km-long...
Work on Albania-Kosovo Highway to Finish Soon
Albania said the north section of the Thirre tunnel, part of the newly constructed Kosovo-Albania road, will be completed in October this year. Completion of the tunnel is expected to wrap...
Dubai Completes Bypass Road Project
The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority has completed work on all four phases of the Dh1bn ($272m) Dubai Bypass road project in the UAE. The 70km bypass road, which covers six lanes in...
Work Begins on Florida State Road
The US Department of Transportation said construction work has begun on the first phase of the state road 9B project near Jacksonville in Florida. The project, worth $76.8m, is almost...
Asian Banks to Help Develop Rural Chinese Roads
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has granted $100m in loans to upgrade the road network in Chongqing, China. ADB's funding will cover 47% of the total project cost, which is estimated to...
LCC Completes First Phase of Lagos Road Project
Lekki Concession Company (LCC) has completed the first phase of the Lekki-Epe Peninsular road project in Lagos, Nigeria. The Public Private Partnership project, awarded by the Lagos...
EIB Provides Polish Road Upgrade Loans
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide two loans totaling PLN525m ($155m) to upgrade transport infrastructure in Lódz in central Poland. The first loan of PLN450m will finance...
Beijing, Mexico City and Johannesburg Have Worst Traffic
The cities of Beijing, Mexico City and Johannesburg are the most painful cities for commuters with the worst traffic in the world, according to a study. The IBM Global Commuter Pain Study,...
Missouri Approves Five-Year Highway Plan
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission in the US has approved a five-year highway construction programme. The programme is facing a funding challenge as its grants have been...
Jeddah Road Expansion to Finish by 2015
A new and expanded road network in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah will be completed by 2015. The expansion work includes constructing a number of bridges and tunnels, estimated to cost...
Mountain View Corridor Freeway Contracts Awarded
A Copper Hills Constructors joint venture has won the contract to build the Mountain View Corridor freeway, transit and trail system in Utah, US The $106m project awarded by Utah Department...
Japan to Fund Pakistan Road Project
The Japan International Cooperation Agency will provide a JPY15492m ($176m) loan to the National Highway Authority of Pakistan to build a road link connecting Punjab with Balochistan in...
New South Wales Plans Road Expansion Projects
The Australian state of New South Wales is planning to build a three-lane tunnel and reverse the direction of an existing tunnel as part of the M5 motorway expansion plan. The state is...
UK's Tyne River Tunnel to Open in 2011
A road tunnel under the River Tyne in the UK will open to traffic in February 2011. The Tyne Tunnel, built at a cost of £260m ($391m), will connect north and south Tyneside in...
Leighton to Build India's Chennai-Nashri Tunnel
Leighton India has received a $500m contract to build a tunnel in India's Jammu region. The 9km, two-lane Chennai-Nashri tunnel is expected to be one of the longest road tunnels in Asia. It...
Italy Opens Bids for Pedemontana Road Project
Italy has begun the tendering process for four sections of the Pedemontana Lombarda road project, worth €2.30bn($2.8bn). Italian highway firm Pedemontana Lombarda has given its approval...
Aecom Receives US State Highway Contract
Aecom has received a contract for the first phase of the Texas Department of Transportation's $2.1bn North Tarrant Express project in Texas, US. The US-based company is expected to...
Abu Dhabi Halves Motoring Fines
The Abu Dhabi police traffic department has cut all traffic fines issued within the emirate by half. The reduction applies to penalties that have already been accrued as well as new fines. ...
UK Agency Gets More Powers to Ensure Road Safety
The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) in the UK has been given more power to tackle overloaded vehicles in a bid to improve road safety. VOSA inspectors will now be able to stop...
US State Signs Highway Transport Plan
The US state of New Hampshire has signed a ten-year highway transportation plan for the development of the region's road network and infrastructure. Work will include the repair of the...
UK Road Fatalities Could be Reduced With Little Cost
The Road Safety Foundation of the UK has released a survey showing that the high cost of road fatalities can be minimised by making simple inexpensive improvements to the road network. ...
US State Awards Bridge Replacement Contract
The Washington state department of transportation in the US has awarded a bridge replacement contract worth $114.5m to Skanska USA Civil. The construction contract includes replacing...
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Safety Measures Reduce UK Road Deaths
The UK's Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) said that a 12% drop in the number of people killed on UK roads shows the effectiveness of road safety strategy. RoSPA...
One Third of New Zealand's Busiest Roads Deemed Unsafe
More than a third of New Zealand's busiest roads have been identified as being unsafe, according to a new study. The New Zealand road assessment programme study KiwiRap analysed and...
US State Approves Funding for Road Projects
The Texas Transportation Commission in the US has approved $280m in funding for 11 road projects under its pass-through finance programme. The projects include State Highway 195, State...
Midmac Contracting & Yuksel Insaat JV Wins Qatar Highway Project
Midmac Contracting said it has received a contract to build the seventh phase of the Doha Highway in a joint venture with Turkey-based Yuksel Insaat. The AED1.6bn ($436m) contract was awarded...
Road Work Gets Underway in Virginia
The US State of Virginia is carrying out a $267m project to reconstruct highways in Gainesville to ease congestion in the area. The project on Route 29 near Interstate 66 includes opening...
Panama Initiates Road Widening Projects
Panama is undertaking two road projects at a total cost of $191.6m. The contracts include widening the David-Boquete road and the Villa-Las Tablas Road into four lanes. The...
China Awards Bridge and Road Projects
China ZhongTie Major Bridge Engineering Group has received the Wu Su bridge and approach roads project that will link China to the Eurasian continent. The 1,606m-long Wu Su Bridge is located...
Georgia Opens Highway Section
The US state of Georgia has opened the $63m section of the $1bn Highway 441 in Dublin. The Highway 441 is expected to run all the way from South Carolina to Florida, covering the entire...
Telvent to Supply Seattle's Toll Collection Systems
Telvent has received a contract from the Washington State Department of Transportation to provide toll collection systems on the SR520 bridge in Seattle, US. IT Company Telvent is expected...
Vietnam Selects Vinci Construction for Road Works
Vinci Construction has signed an MoU with Vietnam to design and construct road infrastructure in the country. The $600m project will involve widening a 9km road and building a new 11km...
Latvia, Spain, Portugal and Estonia Halve Road Deaths
Latvia, Spain, Portugal and Estonia all reduced their road death tolls by 50% between 2001 and 2009, according to the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC). The A ETSC report said 2009 saw...
Chamdo to Invest in Road Projects
Chamdo will spend a total of CNY1.377bn ($202m) on road construction projects in the east of Tibet's Autonomous Region this year. The projects include the road extension of the...
Nevada Receives Approval for Road Projects
The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) in the US has received approval for its road projects to be undertaken from 2011-20 in the state. The state transportation work programme,...
Work Begins on Nigeria-Cameroon Link Road
Construction work has begun on a 443km road linking Nigeria and Cameroon. The $413m Bamenda – Enugu multinational highway includes a 203km road section in Cameroon and 240km road sections...
Vietnam Constructs First Overhead Road
Construction has begun on the first overhead road in Hanoi, Vietnam from north of Linh Dam Lake to the Thanh Xuan intersection. The 3.3km road project worth VND1.3tn ($68m) is part of...
Indiana Awards Highway Contract
The Indiana Department of Transportation in the US has awarded the Interstate 69 highway (I-69) contract to a joint venture of TJ Lambrecht Construction and FH Paschen. Under the...
Six London Towns Order Metric Parking Machines
Swindon-based Metric Parking has received orders for pay and display parking machines from six towns in London, UK. The parking machine manufacturer received large orders for Metric Auras...
Nigeria to Fast-Track Kaduna Road Project
Nigeria is planning to fast-track the construction of the 58.8km-long Kaduna eastern bypass road. The bypass, estimated to cost N16bn ($104m) is expected to include a 10km spur to Rabah road....
ADB Approves Loan for Sri Lankan Project
The Asian Development Bank has approved loans of $154.4m for Sri Lanka's $173m northern road connectivity project. The project is expected to rehabilitate 140km of provincial roads and...
Empresas ICA Wins Mexican Highway Project
Empresas ICA SAB (ICA) has signed a MXN 9.32bn ($740m) deal to construct a 169km federal highway in southern Mexico. The Mexican communications and transportation ministry has awarded...
Australian State Finalises Road Project Funds
The M80 ring road upgrade contract in Victoria, Australia, received by Theiss along with its Tulla Sydney Alliance partners, has been finalised at $623m. The 9.7km road upgrade in Melbourne...
Work Begins on Longest Indian Tunnel
Work will soon begin on the 8.8km Rohtang tunnel project in Himachal Pradesh, India, which is expected to be completed in 2015. Touted to be longest tunnel when it is completed, the...
TRL Launches New Traffic Technology
The UK Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) has launched a new traffic signal co-ordination technology to provide effective process-driven analysis tools to traffic professionals. The Transyt...
All Traffic Launches First Web-Based Traffic Signs
All Traffic Solutions has unveiled a new generation of web-based 'smart signs' that provide law enforcement departments with the tools to capture and report on key traffic data. ...
China to Implement Bangladesh-Myanmar Link Road
China will implement a road project to link South Asian countries Bangladesh and Myanmar. The Bangladesh Government, which is expected to fund the project, said it will be undertaken in...
UK Study Urges Reduction in Drink-Driving Limit
The blood-alcohol limit in drink-driving law should be reduced to 50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood to prevent the number of road deaths in the UK, according to a government-commissioned review. ...
SNC-Lavalin Gets Expressway Contract in Canada
SNC-Lavalin has received a C$142m ($139.2m) contract to develop a new expressway section in Canada. The contract awarded by Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation and will involve...
US Roads Gradually Giving Way to Cycling and Walking
Cycling and walking trips in the US have gone up by 25% since 2001, according to a report released by the Department of Transportation (DOT). The report claimed that the number of cycling...
South Luzon Expressway Toll to Rise by 250%
South Luzon Tollways Corporation will raise the toll on the South Luzon Expressway in the Philippines by 250% from June this year. The new toll rates was given the go-ahead by the...
Turkey to Open Tender for Third Bridge
The Turkish Ministry of Transportation is planning to open a tender for a third bridge in Istanbul this year. The government is planning to construct a 1,275m suspension bridge over...
LBJ Group Secures Funding for Texas Road Project
LBJ Infrastructure Group consortium has secured funding for the last phase of the $2.78bn Lyndon B Johnson (LBJ) highway project in Dallas, Texas, US. The consortium is expected to...
Qatar Awards Expressway Project
Qatar's public works authority has awarded a QR1.59bn ($423m) contract to a joint venture of Midmac for the seventh package of the Doha expressway project. The contract covers the second...
INRIX Launches New Traffic Operation Web Service in US
INRIX has launched a free traffic operations web service for state, regional and municipal transportation agencies across the US. The web service is expected to provide a complete view of...
US State to Spend $5.7bn on Highway Projects
The US state of Virginia will invest $5.7bn in constructing highways under a new $7.8bn transport plan. The funds are expected to be used for bicycle, pedestrian and highway projects under...
Tutor Perini Wins New York Bridge Upgrade
Tutor Perini has received a $148.8m contract to upgrade a section of the Tappan Zee Bridge in New York City, US. The US-based company is expected to replace 28% of the concrete decking...
Indian State to Gain Five National Highways
The Indian Government has sanctioned five new national highway projects totalling 494,875km for the northern state of Himachal Pradesh. The federal government will also fund the 1.7km...
Work Finishes on Philippine Expressway Extension
Work has completed on the 8km TR3 extension of the South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) in Manila, Philippines. The new extension links the SLEx to the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road toll...
China Funds Indonesian Highway and Bridge Projects
China has granted $800m in funds for Indonesia's new highway and bridge projects. The projects include the new Tayan Bridge, the Teluk Kendari Bridge and the Cileunyi-Sumedang-Dawuan toll road....
Egypt Invites Private Partners for Road Projects
Egypt is planning to tender road projects for public-private-partnerships in a bid to revamp its transportation system. The EGP10bn ($1.7bn) projects are part of a plan to attract foreign...
Colombia to Tender Highway Contract
Colombia is planning to tender a contract to upgrade and operate the last stretch of a 1,000km highway that links the nation's centre with the Caribbean coast. The contract is estimated to...
Minnesota Contractors Lose $150m Annually to Traffic Congestion
Contractors in the US state of Minnesota lose around $150m annually and about 77,000 days in productivity due to traffic congestion, according to a report. The report, released by...
Work Begins on Russia's Largest Bridge
Work has begun on constructing a bridge over Kamchatka river near the Milkovo-Klyuchi-Ust-Kamchatsky highway in Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. The 1,833m-long bridge is expected to have a...
Besix Group Wins Bahrain Causeway Project
Besix Group in a joint venture with the Haji Hassan Group has won a $265m contract to build the North Manama Causeway in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Orascom Construction Industries, which owns...
OHL Wins Mexico City Toll Project
OHL Concesiones has received a MXN 7.3bn ($582m) contract to construct and operate a toll road in the northeastern section of Mexico City. The 30-year contract, approved by the...
Extra Funds for Queensland Road Safety Programme
The state of Queensland in Australia will invest an additional A$66m ($56.4m) in its road safety measures to improve conditions and reduce accidents in the region. A total of A$3.3bn...
US States Join to Build Expressway
Two US states – Indiana and Illinois – have agreed to jointly construct the proposed new Illiana expressway, which will connect both the states. The Illinois Department of Transportation...
US State Begins Work on Bellevue Braids Project
The US state of Washington has begun designing and constructing its $107.5m Bellevue Braids project. Bellevue Braids will have a new system of highway ramps to carry traffic directly...
Major Bangladesh Project to See Traffic by December
A 9.8km road being built at a cost of BDT14.80bn ($208m) in the Hatirjheel area in Bangladesh will start taking traffic in December. The road will be 78ft wide and is intended to...
Upgrade Work on Canada's Bridge to Finish by Year End
Canada is planning to complete its $161m upgrade on the Quesnell Bridge by the end of the year. The bridge is expected to be closed to traffic during overnight hours to enable the...
US Bridge Contract Goes to Flatiron Lane JV
A joint venture comprised of Flatiron and Lane Construction has won a $136m contract to build the Yadkin River bridge in North Carolina, US. The contract has been awarded by the North...
US State Awards Highway Contract
The Texas Department of Transportation in the US has awarded a $107m highway contract to Primoris subsidiary James Construction Group. Construction work includes widening and replacing a...
ADB Grants Loan for Thai Highway Project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has granted a $77.1m loan to the Thai Government for its highway expansion project. The loan is expected to cover 43% of the total cost of the project...
Philippines' Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway Contract Awarded
The Philippines' Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has awarded Manila North Tollways Corporation (MNTC) the management contract for the longest expressway in the nation. ...
Australian State to Use Mobile Speed Cameras
The Australian state of New South Wales will replace its outdated cameras with a new digital system as it rolls out its mobile speed camera programme. The digital system, to be operated by...
Bahrain-Qatar Bridge Project on Schedule
The $3bn bridge project connecting Qatar to Bahrain is on schedule, according to Bahrain's Ministry of Finance. The 40km Bahrain-Qatar causeway is scheduled to be completed by 2015, according...
Bulgaria Opens Bids for Trakiya Highway
Bulgaria's Road Infrastructure Agency has opened bids to build the last 47.7km stretch of the Trakiya Highway connecting the towns of Yambol and Karnobat. A total of 13 companies and...
Ashoka Buildcon Awarded Two Indian Road Projects
Ashoka Buildcon has received two build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects worth Rs13.9bn ($296m) from the National Highway Authority of India. The first project, worth Rs9.1bn ($193.5m), is for...
Pakistan to Invest in Road Infrastructure
Pakistan is planning to invest PKR17.1bn ($198m) from 2010 to 2013 on road infrastructure. Payments of about PKR5.4bn ($62m), PKR5.7bn ($66m) and PKR6bn ($70m) are expected to be reserved...
Metro Pacific Subsidiary Wins Philippines Expressway Project
Philippine Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Tollways, has won the contract to construct an expressway linking the two main thoroughfares from Manila in the Philippines. The...
US State Reports Rise in Traffic Fatalities in May
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) in the US has reported that 63 people died in 58 traffic crashes in the state in May 2010. The state department's preliminary statistics...
US State Approves Programme Supporting Highway Funds
The Iowa Transportation Commission in the US has approved the 2011-2015 Iowa transportation improvement programme that supports investments in the state’s primary highway system. A total...
Galfar Engineering Wins Indian Road Contract
Galfar Engineering & Contracting, along with its India-based partners, has received three road construction project contracts in India. The Oman-based construction company, SREI and Varaha,...
Lunda and Ames Team Selected Contractor for US Bridge
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has selected the team of Lunda Construction and Ames Construction as the contractors for the new Highway 61 bridge in Hastings, Minnesota, in the...
Florida Highway the Deadliest in the US, Says Report
The Florida section of Interstate 95 (I-95) in the US has been ranked first in a list of America's 100 deadliest highways by a US-based news reporting and opinion website. The Daily...
Deaths on Jamaican Roads Decline by 30%
Fatalities on Jamaica's roads have declined by 30% with only 112 fatalities in 2010 compared to 161 recorded in the same period last year. The road safety unit of the Ministry of Transport...
Report Condemns Irish Road Deaths
Ireland's Road Safety Authority (RSA) said that excessive or inappropriate speeding led to 80 deaths on the country's roads in 2009. The authority said speeding was the main cause for...
Dampier Salt to Deliver Road Grit to UK
Dampier Salt has signed a five-year contract with Peacock Salt to deliver road grit to UK local authorities to help combat the effects of harsh winter weather conditions. Rio Tinto said...
London Mayor Outlines Plan to Abolish Congestion Charge
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has outlined a plan to remove the western extension of the London congestion charge. The move is intended to encourage the use of carbon efficient cars...
AECOM Awarded Road Contract in Canada
AECOM has won a C$277m ($218m) contract for a major ring road in Saskatoon, Canada. The Circle Drive South project involves constructing a new south bridge, 4.3 miles of...
Congestion Charges in Swedish City from 2013
Sweden is planning to introduce congestion charges in Gothenburg in a bid to reduce traffic congestion and the environmental impact on the region. People driving into the city limits will...
US Brooklyn Bridge to Get a Makeover
The Brooklyn Bridge in New York, US, is getting a $500m upgrade, its first in a decade. The makeover plan, which is expected to be complete in four years, involves repainting and repairing...
Utah to Relocate Bridge Segments
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDoT) is planning to move two segments of the I-15 bridge into place in the US city of American Fork. The segments of the north bridge of Utah’s...
Nigeria Approves Road Contracts
Nigeria has approved two contracts worth NGN62bn ($409m) for road projects. The Ibadan-Ilorin project was re-awarded to Nigeria-based Reynolds Construction Company Limited for N47.5bn ($311m). ...
Northern Ireland Cracks Down on Speeding
StarTraq technology is being employed by the Police Service of Northern Ireland to crack down on speeding motorists and traffic collisions in the region. The UK-based StarTraq's...
GVK to Build Highway in India
GVK Power & Infrastructure has won a Rs8.5bn ($180m) contract to construct a highway in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The India-based company, through its subsidiary GVK Developmental...
Strabag Wins Romanian Road Contract
Strabag has been awarded a €62m ($76m) road contract by Romania's national road construction agency CNADNR. In a joint venture with two Romanian road construction companies, STRABAG...
Kentucky to Improve Roads
Warren County in the US state of Kentucky will receive $125m for road improvements in the proposed $4.5bn state road plan. The funds are expected to be invested in road projects during the...
UAE Introduces Smart Cards for Buses
New e-payment smart cards for buses in Sharjah, UAE, have been launched in a bid to make bus fare payments more convenient for passengers. The Sharjah Public Transport Corporation announced...
Sri Lankan Road Projects Get Funds from International Banks
Sri Lanka will receive $184m in funds from various international banks for road projects in the country. The World Bank and the International Development Authority are expected to...
IVRCL Awarded Indian Highway and Bridge Projects
IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects has been awarded a toll road project worth Rs31bn ($667m) from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The concession period for the project...
IRD and PSI to Sell Advanced Road Monitoring System
Canada-based International Road Dynamics (IRD) said it will jointly market an advanced road monitoring system with Philippines-based PSI Technologies (PSI). The IRD-PSI "Know Your Road"...
Japan Funds Vietnam Highway Project
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide a ¥14bn ($150m) loan for a highway project in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The funding is expected to be used to complete the...
Spain Gets New Traffic Technology
Spanish IT services firm Ibermatica has developed a new system for Spain's General Traffic Department (DGT), which allows motorists to access penalty procedures for road traffic fines via...
US Launches New Traffic Technology Tool
The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has launched FPMweb, a new technology tool designed to identify key traffic chokepoints on some of the busiest roads in the country. The new...
Nepal Starts New Kaligandaki Highway Construction
Construction has started on Nepal's new 325km Kaligandaki highway, which will link Nepal with China in the north and India to the south. The highway will run along the Kaligandaki Tiver...
China to Invest in Road and Bridge Projects
China is planning to spend $2.64bn on road and bridge projects by the end of 2010. About $2.2bn is expected to be invested in constructing 152,000km of roads in China's Xinjiang region. ...
Washington State to Start Road Work Next Year
Construction on the Eastside portion of State Route 520 in the US state of Washington will begin in early 2011. The State Route 520 project is expected to replace the Evergreen Point Bridge...
US State to Invest in Bridge Works
The US state of Vermont has approved a $595m transportation budget for the fiscal year 2011, which includes $113.2m for bridge rehabilitation and repair. A further $5.8m grant is also...
Auckland Airport Unveils Online Booking for Parking
A new online parking system that guarantees parking spaces by booking and pre-paying online has been unveiled at Auckland Airport in New Zealand. The new service offers passengers a...
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MTD Capital to Build Highway in China
MTD Capital will construct and operate a CNY1.8bn ($263m) highway in China. The Malaysia-based company said its Chinese unit has inked a build-operate-transfer contract with Guangxi's...
Reliance Awarded India Highway Upgrade Contract
Reliance Infrastructure has been awarded a Rs2,960 crore ($626m) contract to widen the Delhi-Agra highway into a six-lane road. The National Highway Authority of India has signed the...
World Bank to Fund Azerbaijan Highway Project
The World Bank has approved an additional $241.6m loan to Azerbaijan for a second highway project, which is estimated to cost $356.15m. Around $171.6m is expected to be given as...
US Bridge Refurbishment Contract Awarded
The Delaware River Port Authority has agreed on a $139m deck refurbishment for the Walt Whitman Bridge in New Jersey, US. The American Bridge Company has received the $128m...
More Seattle Traffic Cameras Go Online
Seattle residents can access real time information from 38 new traffic cameras around the city in the US state of Washington on the internet to help make travel decisions. The...
UAE to Construct Motorway Link to Saudi Arabia
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will build a motorway connecting its capital Abu Dhabi with the Saudi Arabian border. Costing $2.65bn, the project is expected to be the largest...
Canadian State Starts Highway Work
Construction is underway on the next section of Highway 63 twinning north of Wandering River in Alberta, Canada. The State Government of Alberta is planning to link the 240km Highway 63...
US State Signs Bill for Road Development
The US state of Kansas has approved transport legislation including a $4.6bn investment in preservation projects covering every mile of the state's highway system. The programme is also...
Italian Roads to Get More Speed Cameras
Italy will deploy the tutor average speed camera system on 200km of motorways by June 2010 following the system's successful trial. The move is expected to bring around 2,500km of roads...
Costain Awarded UK Road Project
Costain has won a £139m ($200m) road scheme contract to construct a dual carriageway in Lancashire, UK. Lancashire County Council awarded the contract that involves developing and building...
South Africa to Establish a $9.5bn Road Maintenance Fund
The South African Government is proposing to establish a R75bn ($9.5bn) road maintenance fund for the nation’s road infrastructure needs over the next five years. South Africa's...
Brazil Needs to Invest $99bn in Road Projects
Brazil must invest BRL183.5bn ($99.1bn) on building and maintaining roads and bridges, an Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) report said. The report said the road network in...
California Announces Funds for 79 Transportation Projects
The California Transportation Commission in the US said it will invest $668m on 79 transportation projects statewide. A total of $16.7m has been allocated to widen State Route 4 East from...
EIB to Fund Albanian Highway Rehabilitation Project
Albania will receive a European Bank for Investment (EIB) loan for its €137m highway rehabilitation programme, which aims to improve accessibility of rural areas to the wider national...
Nigeria and Cameroon Road Construction to Begin in June
Construction of a road linking Nigeria and Cameroon will begin on 17 June. The road is expected to connect the south east of Nigeria with southern Cameroon, according to the News Agency...
Nigeria Invests in Rural Roads
Nigeria has spent N20bn ($130m) on building and reconstructing rural roads in the state of Benue during the last three years. Construction of a further 21 rural roads, covering 1,000km,...
Iran to Fund Kenyan Road Project
Iran will fund the construction of the Rumuruti-Maralal road in Kenya. Work on the new 121km road is estimated to cost $100m, according to mojnews.com. The Kenyan and Iranian...
Nigeria to Award Niger Delta Road Contracts
Nigeria is planning to award contracts to build coastal roads in the Niger Delta region for NGN1tn ($6.6bn). Nigerian minister for the Niger Delta Godsday Orubebe said the project would be...
Italy Plans $11.9bn Road Projects
Italy is planning road development projects worth about €9.6bn ($11.9bn). The Interdepartmental Committee for Economic Planning (CIPE) has approved €479m ($594m) for building a...
Xiamen-Zhangzhou Bridge to be Complete in 2013
The 10km-long, 780m-wide Xiamen-Zhangzhou Bridge in China will be completed in 2013. Construction of its two 227m-tall cable supported towers is scheduled to be finished in August this year. ...
Ireland to Benefit from Dublin Motorway Network
Ireland's National Roads Authority (NRA) estimated the benefits of Dublin's motorway network at €24bn ($29bn). The government body said construction of the motorway links cost...
UAE Tests New Traffic Light System
The United Arab Emirates is testing a new LED traffic light system in the Abu Dhabi Municipality. The 20W new light signal system is expected to have a longer working life and lower...
US State Seeks Federal Funds for Roadworks
The US State of Virginia has sought federal aid worth $5.6bn for highway construction works under a six-year improvement programme. Covering transportation demand management, bicycle,...
Poland Awards Highway Project to Consortium
A consortium of Spanish, German, Czech and Irish companies have been awarded a PLN2.42bn ($726m) contract to construct a 75km stretch of the A1 highway from Torun to Lódz in Poland. ...
Australian State Transport Minister Denies Traffic Survey
The New South Wales Transport minister David Campbell has denied a report saying that higher costs due to traffic delays in Sydney are driving businesses out of the city. Campbell said the...
Jakarta to Build Elevated Roads
Indonesia will build elevated roads to deal with increasing traffic congestion in the capital city of Jakarta. The Jakarta Public Works Agency will build two 7.5km elevated roads to link Blok M...
India Looks for Private Investors for Road Projects
The Indian Government is on the look out for private investors to fund up to 70% of its planned $50bn road projects for the fiscal year ending March 2011. Indian road transport minister Kamal...
Japan to Delay Highway Tolls Introduction
Japan will delay the levying of new national highway tolls originally expected to come into effect in June 2010. The move comes after uncertainty over government backing as some lawmakers...
US State Tests Traffic Cameras on Highway
The US State of North Carolina is testing traffic cameras on the N.C. Highway/Interstate 540 corridor, before it will be used to collect tolls on the state's first toll road. The...
US Selects Skanska for Viaduct Construction
The Washington State Department of Transportation in the US has awarded a $115m contract to Skanska for the construction of a viaduct in Seattle. The project will involve the construction of a...
Doha Expressway Section to Open on 20 May
The additional 6km stretch of road of the Doha Expressway will open on 20 May to ease traffic in the capital city of Qatar and the surrounding areas. The intersection, from February 22 Street...
Capita Symonds to Develop London Highways Asset Management System
Capita Symonds has been awarded a contract to develop UK Transport for London’s (TfL) new highways asset management system. Under the five-year contract, with a possible five-year...
India Needs $200bn for Road Projects
India said it requires funds worth Rs9 lakh crore ($200bn) until 2031-32 to implement its public private partnership road projects. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) said it...
Greece Reports Lower Road Accidents for Q1 2010
The number of road accidents in Greece has fallen by 12.8% in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. Data released by the Greek traffic police said heavy road...
US to Begin Upgrade Work on Bridge
The California Department of Transportation and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will carry out a $1bn project to upgrade the Sunset/405 bridge in San Diego, US. ...
Argentine Company to Build Panama Highway
Argentina-based construction company Benito Roggio has won a contract to construct a $109.9m highway in Panama. Work involves building a four-lane highway between Divisa and Chitré in Herrera. ...
Vilma to Deliver Traffic Lights to Dutch Firm
Lithuania-based Vilma has received a contract to manufacture traffic lights for Dutch traffic control systems provider Peek Traffic. The first batch of traffic lights are expected to...
Iowa Plans $2.3bn in Highway Projects
The US state of Iowa is planning to invest $2.3bn over the next five years to increase the traffic capacity of the state's highway system. The Iowa Department of Transportation (IDoT) said...
EU and Uganda Ink Road Contract
The EU has signed a contract with the Ugandan Government to repair the Aswa Bridge and Mbarara-Katuna highway. The rehabilitation work is expected to cost UGX339bn ($160m), according...
Australia to Invest an Extra $3.75bn for Road Development
The Australian Government said it will invest a further A$4.2bn ($3.75bn) under its road-building programme for 2011-2012. The funding will be added to the A$11.8bn ($10.55bn) investment...
UK City to Begin Major Roadworks
Work to upgrade the road network in Birmingham, UK, will begin from 7 June. The £2.7bn ($3.4bn) project, awarded to UK-based contractor Amey, is expected to last for 25 years, according...
IRB Infra Wins Indian Road Contract
IRB Infrastructure has won a INR1,200 crore ($266m) contract to build roads in the Indian state of Karnaraka, according to the construction company. The National Highways Authority of...
Greek-Israeli Consortium Wins Montenegro Highway Project
Montenegro has awarded a €1.57bn ($2bn) highway construction contract to a Greek-Israeli consortium. The work involves building a 170km-long cross country highway, according to lse.co.uk....
Transurban Group Rejects Takeover Bid
Transurban Group has rejected the A$7.2bn ($6.4bn) takeover bid from three of its biggest shareholders referring to it as an inadequate price. The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board,...
Saudi Arabia Awards Road Contracts
Saudi Arabia has awarded road contracts worth SAR2.5bn ($667m). The work includes upgrading and constructing new roads in various parts of the kingdom. Saudi-based construction firms...
Graham and Flatiron Win Canadian Road Contract
A joint venture of Graham Construction and Flatiron has won a $224m contract to build the Circle Drive South project in Saskatoon, Canada. The project work includes a new bridge, a 7km...
EU Holds Back Funds for Uganda Road Projects
The European Union (EU) said it is withholding €40m ($52m) in funds from Uganda for its road projects in 2010. The EU said the funds will be released for 2011 if the country improves...
EU to Fund Romanian Transport Projects
Romania will receive €1.1bn ($1.4bn) in funds from the European Union (EU) for its 20 transport projects. The major projects include construction of a €403m...
Highway Work to Begin in Tibet
Tibet's Autonomous Region will spend CNY1.5bn ($219m) on highway construction in the Xigaze region. The work involves building a highway from Sagya county to Dinggye county in Tibet,...
Oman Awards Road Projects
Oman's transport ministry has awarded three contracts, totalling OMR64.1m ($166m) for road upgrades in the region. The contracts are part of a plan to convert the Nizwa to Thumrait road into...
US May Fund Indonesian Highway Project
The US is planning to provide $300m in soft loans for Indonesia's highway project. The southern Trans-Java highway project will involve the construction of a 300km-long road linking...
Construction of England's Tallest Bridge to Begin Soon
Construction will soon begin on the €153m ($197m) cable-stayed bridge across a river in Sunderland, UK. Touted to be England's tallest bridge, the structure is expected to measure...
Serbia to Begin Highway Project Work
Serbia is planning to begin works on the €800m ($1bn) Corridor 10 highway project during 2010. A Serbian consortium is expected to construct a 110km section of a highway as part of...
RAC Finds Loopholes in London Mayor's Transport Strategy
The RAC Foundation blamed the UK's Mayor of London on Monday for ignoring the needs of motorists in his new transport strategy. Mayor Boris Johnson's transport plan had suggested a range...
South Africa Raises Funds for Road Projects
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has raised about R17.3bn ($2.2bn) towards its road development projects. SANRAL said the road projects will involve expansion...
Dubai Bridges to Open in May
Bridges on the first interchange of the Sheikh Zayed Road Project (SZR) in Dubai, UAE, will be opened to traffic on 30 May. The SZR's first interchange work involved construction of...
UAE to Get Advanced Radars to Check Traffic Violation
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will install three advanced radars to check traffic violations in Ras Al Khaimah. New radars are expected to detect violations including speeding, wanted...
Malaysia Awards Sarawak Road Project
Malaysia has awarded contracts for the MYR645m (197m) Sarawak road project. The project involves a 62.3km access road to Murum dam and the building of 13 reinforced concrete bridges. ...
India to Widen Mumbai-Goa Highway
The Indian Government has decided to widen the Mumbai-Goa stretch of National Highway-17 to four lanes, with an estimated cost of INR71,000m ($1.56bn). Indian Minister of State for...
US Highway Upgrade Work Begins
Upgrade works worth $300m have begun for Highway 101 at Silicon Valley, California, in the US. As part of the project, a 15-mile stretch is expected to be revamped for $24m in South San...
India Witnesses Drop in Highway Accidents
The Indian Government said the number of road accidents on Indian highways, including expressways, has decreased marginally over the years. According to the Indian Minister of State for...
EU Grants Funds for Kenyan Road Projects
The European Union (EU) has granted KES15 billion ($190 million) to Kenya to upgrade major roads and highways in the country. Kenyan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance...
Finland Uses IBM Analytics to Manage Road Network
The Finnish Transport Agency and IBM will work jointly to build a single view of road and traffic information, helping to improve road management in Finland. The agency, as part of...
Canadian Province to Install Intersection Safety Cameras
British Columbia in Canada is to install intersection safety camera systems from Redflex Traffic Systems to reduce the number of crashes on roads. Under a contract Redflex will supply,...
Work Begins on Malaysian Bridge
Construction work has begun on the second Penang bridge project in Malaysia, which will link Batu Maung on the island and Batu Kawan on the mainland. US-based CHEC Construction is expected...
Tanzanian Roads to be Built by Aarsleff and BAM Joint Venture
The A Aarsleff-BAM International joint venture will build roads in Tanzania for TZS136.3bn ($97m). The project includes repairing a 95km-long trunk road near the Zambian border and upgrading...
Pennsylvania Requires Extra Funds for Transportation
Pennsylvania in the US requires an additional $3.5bn in annual funds to maintain its transportation systems, according to a state report. The state's Transportation Advisory Committee...
Skanska Wins Contract to Build Chilean Highway
Skanska has won a concession contract worth SEK2.1bn ($300m) for a Public Private Partnerships (PPP) highway in Chile. Under the contract, the Sweden-based company is expected to design,...
US Announces Funds to Upgrade Bus Systems
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said $775m federal funds will be provided to upgrade the country's bus systems. The move is expected to help financially strapped transit providers...
Canada to Build Highway Link to US
Canada is planning to build an 11km-long parkway linking the province of Ontario to the US border. The Windsor-Essex road project is estimated to cost C$1.6bn, according to...
Tata and Actis to Invest in Indian Road Projects
Tata Realty and Infrastructure and Actis will jointly invest $200m in road and highway projects in India. Tata is expected to contribute $122.5m through its subsidiary TRIL Roads...
Turkey to Construct Third Istanbul Bridge
Turkey is planning to build a bridge in Istanbul and a highway in North Marmara as part of a $6bn project. Istanbul's third bridge is expected to link a village on the European side with...
China May Increase Fines for Road Offences
China is planning to intensify penalties for road crimes such as drink driving, speeding, overloading, fake licence plates and forged driving licences. It has also proposed for the inclusion...
US to Aid Pakistan Road Renovation Project
Pakistan will receive $25m from the US to reconstruct the Peshawar Southern Ring Road. The project will involve widening the 25km ring road and increasing its number of lanes to three. ...
UAE Bridge Opens to Public
The Al Wahda bridge in Sharjah, UAE, opened to traffic on 1 May. The construction of the 1.8km-long bridge cost a total of Dh841m ($229m), according to gulfnews.com. The Al Wahda...
Aberdeen Bypass to Face Further Delays
The construction of the Aberdeen bypass in the UK could face a further two-year delay due to a legal challenge. The planned £395m bypass is intended to provide a fast link between the towns...
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Russian Banks to Fund Motorway Project
Two Russian banks have signed a deal to finance the construction of a high-speed motorway in Russia. The Moscow-Saint-Petersburg highway is expected to receive RUR29.2bn ($994m) through...
Sweden Develops Bus Stop Warning System
Sweden has developed a new bus stop warning system called Amparo SeeMe, which is designed to prevent accidents involving schoolchildren. The system uses transponders fitted in schoolbags...
US Bridge to Get Express Lane
The Delaware I-80 toll bridge will have an Express E-ZPass / open road tolling (ORT) lane to collect tolls from E-ZPass-equipped motorists travelling at highway speeds. The project is...
Gridlock Consumes Huge Travel Time in US
Drivers who commute 30 minutes a day lose around 22 hours annually due to traffic, according to a report by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation (AASHTO). The...
Bulgarian Consortium to Build Trakia Highway
Magistrali Trace consortium will build the BGL137.7m ($94m) Trakia Highway in Bulgaria. The 32km motorway project is scheduled to complete by the summer of 2012, according to...
Belgian Capital is EU's Most Congested City, Says Study
Brussels is the most congested city for drivers in Europe, according to a study by TomTom. The Dutch automotive systems manufacturer said drivers are faced with traffic delays on over 37.7%...
Canadian City to Invest in Roadworks
The Canadian city of Edmonton has announced it will carry out 100 infrastructural projects worth $400m. The projects include repaving roads, rebuilding sidewalks and installing new streetlights...
US Transportation Providers Use ITS Technology to Improve Services
Four US transportation providers will jointly work to improve the cost-effectiveness of transit services in Western Kentucky, by using the ITS technology. The four providers are linked by...
Russia to Invest in Roadworks
Russia is planning to spend RUR19bn ($652m) on road projects in its Primorsky Territory. The projects, spanning three years, involve modernisation of old and construction of new roads,...
US State to Get Freeway
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDoT) is planning to improve US Highway 69 and 400 in Cherokee County. Proposals involve a $242m project to construct a freeway linking an...
US DoT Releases Strategies to Reduce Carbon Emissions
US greenhouse gas emissions can be curbed through smart transportation strategies, according to a US Department of Transportation (DoT) report. The report, which has been submitted...
Australia to Upgrade Brisbane Gateway Motorway
Abigroup and Leighton Holdings will jointly upgrade Brisbane’s Gateway Motorway in Australia. The project, worth $223m, includes extending the motorway from four to six lanes. In...
Kenya to Revamp Roads
Kenya is planning to invest KES3.8bn ($48m) to revamp the roads in its western region. The projects involve tarmacing the 35km Rangala-Siaya-Bondo road and the Bondo-Misori road. Renovation...
Mexico Awards Highway Contract
Mexico has awarded a $491m contract to build a new tolled highway section in its capital to a joint venture firm. Controladora Via Rapida Poetas, a 50/50 joint venture company of Spanish firm...
Bangladesh to Speed up Expressway Project
Bangladesh is planning to expedite the process to build a 32.5km elevated expressway worth $2bn. The Joydevpur-N'ganj expressway project will also include the construction of the Padma Bridge. ...
US State Announces Funds for Fed-Funded Road Projects
Governor of New York David Paterson has announced a federal aid package of $2bn for the transport projects across the US state. This is expected to fully fund the state’s 124...
Saudi Arabia Launches New Traffic Management System
Saudi Arabia has introduced a new traffic management system in its capital Riyadh. The new system, Saher, employs licence plate recognition technology to track and monitor vehicles. It...
US State May Spend $1bn on Road Projects
The Alabama state senate in the US has diverted a ten-year $1bn roads bill aimed at improving roads and bridges. The bill, once made into a law, would allow 75% of the funds to be...
Pakistan Plans Ring Road in Rawalpindi
Pakistan is planning to build a 53km-long ring road in its northern city of Rawalpindi. It will be constructed from Rawat to Fateh Jhang airport to allow smooth flow of traffic in the city. ...
Nigerian State Invests in Road Projects
The Nigerian state of Jigawa has spent N22bn ($144m) in three years on road projects in the state. The state administration said the first and the second phase of the road network project...
ADB Funds China Road Development
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said China's Heilongjiang province will receive a $200m loan for the development of its road transport sector. The 25-year loan is expected to improve...
Workington Temporary Bridge Opens to Traffic
A temporary bridge replacing the Northside bridge damaged in the 2009 floods in Workington, UK, has been opened to traffic. The £4.6m ($7m) two-lane temporary crossing, known as Jansen...
US States Get Funds for Federal Projects
The US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has allocated $48.8bn in highway funds to state departments of transportation for federal projects. Funding was made available through the...
EU to Fund Kenyan Road Improvement Projects
Kenya will receive KES10bn ($128m) in funds from the European Union for the development of its roads. Around KES9.3bn ($114m) of the grant will be allocated for upgrading 122km of...
UK Tests New Road Monitoring Cameras
The UK is testing new cameras that use satellites to measure average speed over long distances and track motorists from space. The cameras, identical to those used in roadworks, employ both...
US Highway Travel Dips Due to Snowstorms
The US Transportation Department said highway travel in the country fell by 2.9% in February compared to 2009 due to snowstorms. In the same month, the country also recorded the lowest...
ADB to Fund Uzbekistan Road Corridor Projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $600m towards upgrading Uzbekistan's road corridors, linking it to its neighbours. The programme consists of three projects, including...
Vietnam to Build Road Links
Vietnam will invest $106m to construct a new road connecting two of its provinces. The project involves building a 112km long road parallel to Highway 25, which links Phu Yen to Gia Lai...
UAE City Invests in Road Projects
The Government of Sharjah has announced AED5bn ($1bn) for infrastructure projects in 2009-2010. The projects include development of main and internal roads, bridges and tunnels in the UAE city....
Canadian Province to Begin Road Projects
The modernisation of the 1,149km of highways and maintenance of 900km of road will soon begin in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. With a cost of $551m, the three-year...
Bahrain Reports Road Accident Losses
The 76 fatal accidents on Bahrain's roads are estimated to have cost the economy around BD500,000 ($1m) in 2009, according to the country's latest Traffic Directorate statistics. An...
Bangladesh Begins Highway Upgrade
Work to upgrade the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway into a dual carriageway has begun in Bangladesh. Chinese, Pakistani and local firms are involved in the BDT1,655 crore ($238m) project, according...
Upgrade Work Begins on Oz Highway
Upgrade work on the Western Highway in Victoria, Australia, has begun to extend the highway 8km, according to the state's government. The work, estimated to cost A$505m ($462.8m) also...
Russia's First Major Toll Road Gets Fresh Funding
OAO Sberbank will provide RUR33.5bn ($1.1bn) to Vinci SA-led consortium for the construction of Russia's first major toll road. The Russian Government is planning to invest RUR600bn ($20bn)...
China Benefits From Energy Conserving Tarmac
Road projects in China are benefiting from German firm Wirtgen's bitumen stabilised paving recycling technology. The system conserves energy, provides a more durable road surface and reduces...
US State Announces Roadwork Schedule
The Minnesota Department of Transportation in the US said its 2010 roadwork schedule involves 283 statewide highway construction projects. The projects, worth $1.3bn, include the renovation...
China and Serbia Ink Danube Bridge Contract
China and Serbia have inked a €170m ($255m) deal to build a bridge over the Danube river in Belgrade. The 1.5km-long bridge is expected have 21km of connecting roads between two...
AfDB Funds Benin Road Project
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to finance a road project in Benin connecting the country with its neighbouring African countries. The $48m is expected to cover 91.40% of...
Illinois Unveils Funds for Highway Programme
The US sate of Illinois has announced $12.84bn in funds for a six-year highway improvement programme starting in 2011. Involving multiple projects in Central Illinois, the programme includes...
Moroccan Motorway Network to Expand by 2011
The Moroccan Minister of Equipment and Transport Karim Ghellab said the country's motorway network will total 1,417km by June 2011. Ghellab said the total investment in the network will...
US State to Invest in Traffic Projects
The Ohio Department of Transportation in the US is planning to invest $4bn in traffic projects. Under the plan around 1,600 projects will be under construction in the US state this...
Taiwan to Upgrade Coastal Highway
Taiwan is planning to upgrade the Suao-Hualien highway in a project worth $1.26bn. Work will involve reducing congestion, bettering safety and shortening the travel times on the link from...
Resurface Work to Begin on UK Carriageway
Resurfacing work on the UK's A52 eastbound carriageway near Nottingham will begin on 19 April, according to the Department of Transport. The A52 Dunkirk Flyover carriageway will remain...
Australian Motorway Extension Contract Awarded
The Leighton Abigroup Joint Venture (LAJV) has won the $240m contract to deliver extra upgrade works on the Gateway Motorway in Australia. The works are an addition to the existing 4km...
Temporary Bridge Linking UK Town to Open Soon
A temporary bridge linking two sides of Workington, England, will be opened to traffic on 21 April. The 350t, 67m-long span, two-way road bridge was built in 72 days, more than a month ahead...
Bechtel-Enka Consortium Wins Kosovo Highway Project
Bechtel-Enka consortium has been awarded the $1bn deal to build a highway across Kosovo. The planned four-lane motorway will connect Kosovo with Albania in the west and Serbia in the...
Italy to Trial Speed Camera Systems
Accident-prone state road arteries in Italy will receive the latest tutor average speed camera systems. The speed cameras are expected to check speeds and impose fines on the start of...
UK Think Tank Calls for Driver Ownership of Routes
Research agency Social Market Foundation wants drivers to be given free, tradable shares in the road network. The UK think tank suggests converting all of England's major routes into toll...
Australian Road Projects Proposed by NRMA
The National Roads and Motorists' Association (NRMA) in Australia has proposed a $7.5bn, 20-year plan for roads, public transport and cycleways in the country's Hunter region. NRMA's plan...
Russia Builds Road to Recover Polish President's Plane
Russia is constructing a road to retrieve the wreckage of the Polish President Lech Kaczynski's plane. The road work began on 13 April and is expected to take several days. It will be...
NJ Highway Revenue Hit by Snow Storms
The US state of New Jersey has lost about $8m in highway toll revenue due to major snow storms, a study said. The Asbury Park Press report said the weather had also cost the state $14m in...
Road Accidents Decline 21% in Abu Dhabi
Traffic accidents in UAE's capital Abu Dhabi has decreased by 21% in first three months of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. Abu Dhabi Traffic and Patrols Department director...
Calgary Ring Road Contract Awarded
Chinook Roads Partnership has inked a P3 contract worth $769m, for a ring road section in Calgary, Canada. The Canada-based firm is expected to design, construct, maintain, and partially...
Hungary Opens Motorway Section
The central section of M6 Phase III Motorway in Hungary has been opened for public transport. Under the €520m ($701m) project eight traffic junctions were constructed to tie in the...
Dexter Construction Wins Canadian Highway Project
A $1.2bn highway construction contract in New Brunswick, Canada, has been awarded to US company Dexter Construction. The Route 1 Gateway project will see the expansion of the Mackay...
Ontario Road Projects Move Ahead
The federal and Ontario Governments will together fund nearly $140m to upgrade bridges, roads and highways in the US state. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty...
Philippines Road Works to Be Completed By 2011
The Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said the Western Visayas road projects will be completed early next year. The infrastructure projects are estimated at...
India Gives Go Ahead For Road Projects
The Indian Government has sanctioned highway and road construction works worth Rs11,221 crore ($2.5bn). The Rs4,355 crore ($978m) highway projects include four-laning sections of the...
US Pilot Programmes to Study Cell Phone Ban
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has unveiled pilot programmes to help crack down on drivers using hand-held phones. The federally-funded programmes, to be enforced in Syracuse, New...
Fatalities Fall on Jamaican Roads
Fatalities on Jamaican roads during Q1 2010 fell to their lowest levels for a decade, according to the Jamaican transport ministry's road safety unit. At the end of March there had been...
UK Introduces New Licensing Rules
Motorists in the UK will have to renew their licences every five years, according to new licensing laws revealed by the Department for Transport (DfT). Under the plan bus and lorry drivers...
US State Takes Technological Approach to Toll Roads
Motorists using a new toll road in North Carolina, US, can purchase a transponder allowing them to bypass toll booths through a pre-pay account system. Motorists can install the transponder...
Russia to Relaunch Road Funding System
Russia’s ministry of transport is planning to relaunch its million-dollar federal, regional and municipal road funding system. The proposed plan is expected to bring together road...
US State Announces Road Construction Program
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDoT) said it will invest $1.3bn in its 2010 state road construction programme. Of the 283 projects in the programme, 217 are state...
Taiwan to Revamp Suhua Highway
Taiwan is planning to invest TWD40bn ($1bn) to improve the transport service and safety on the Suhua (Suao-Hualien) Highway. The 77km highway will be contracted to 60.3km by building two...
UK Highway to Get Safety Signs
The UK Government will install vehicle-activated speed limit signs on the A3 highway at Guildford. The signs will turn on when the motorists exceed the 50mph speed limit, according to...
New Traffic Solutions for Netherlands Roads
Live road condition information and delay times will be made available in the Netherlands via two new traffic management systems. The two services, HD Flow and HD Route Times, aim to...
China MCC to Fund Road Project
A road infrastructure project in China's Hengqin New Area will receive $1.85bn from the China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC). The project work includes construction of 52km of main...
UNOPS to Support Afghan Road Maintenance Project
The Government of Afghanistan's road maintenance project in Kandahar will receive support from the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) with funding from Japan. The project...
US Establishes New Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have jointly established the first-ever national greenhouse gas emissions standards. The new...
UK Campaigners Recommend to Reduce Road Signs
Campaigners in the UK have recommended the Highways Agency to reduce the number of road signs claiming they distract motorists. The Plain English Campaign has deemed messages such as, "not...
US Funds Public Transportation in National Parks
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has provided a fund of $24.8m for public transportation in America’s national parks, forests and wildlife refuges. Funds will be distributed to...
Jamaican Road Projects Receive Funds
Jamaica's Bogue road rehabilitation project will receive $500m in the 2010/11 fiscal year, funded jointly by the Jamaican Government OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID). The fund...
Snow-Hit-Roads Will Have Major Impact on Economy, Says Study
Millions of dollars in economic opportunity are lost each day due to the impact of snowstorms on US and Canadian roads, according to a study. The study by American Highway Users Alliance...
Zeag Introduces New Parking Pay Station for Smaller Owners
A new pay station for owners of smaller car parks, with up to 100 spaces, was introduced by Zeag. The new product ZEAG ORION Xbit can be wall or pedestal mounted, according to...
India to Install Road Noise Barriers
India's first systematic and technically designed road noise barriers will be installed in the city of Mumbai. A 1.15km stretch will be constructed at Bandra-Kurla Complex and Kala...
Washington Bans Cell Phones While Driving
Using a mobile-phone while driving, without a hands-free kit, has been banned in the US state of Washington. The state has signed a law that makes talking or texting on hand-held cell phone...
UK Independent Review to Tackle Severe Winters
An independent review will be commissioned to identify measures to fight the effects of severe winters on the transport system, the UK Government said. The study will assess the impact...
Speed Cameras Could Reduce Crashes, Says Study
Increasing the range of speed cameras could help to reduce road fatalities, according to a study by the United Arab Emirates' Department of Transport. The study noted that speeding...
ViaMichelin get PTV Help
German traffic technology provider PTV said it will be supporting ViaMichelin's traffic information services by means of floating car data (FCD). The wholly-owned subsidiary of Michelin...
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UK Takes Steps to Improve Driving Skill and Safety
New measurements are being introduced by the UK Department for Transport (DfT) to meet the new European requirements on driver testing, training and licensing. The new criteria will focus...
US Highway Preservation Work to Begin Soon
The $130m preservation projects on the US Interstate-90 will begin this spring and summer, according to Washington State Department of Transport. The cross-state route, east of Snoqualmie...
Sri Lanka Blames Accident Rate on Incompetent Drivers and Bogus Licences
Incompetent and reckless drivers are costing the Sri Lankan economy Rs15bn ($131m) every year, Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said. Alahapperuma blamed these drivers for causing...
US-Turkish Consortium Wins Kosovo's First Highway Contract
Kosovo's first highway, costing €700m ($942m), will be built by US-Turkish consortium Bechtel-Enka, the Kosavan Ministry of Transport said. The 28m long highway will have two lanes on...
Birmingham Roads to Get Major Facelift
The city of Birmingham in the UK will receive over £600m ($896m) to improve its road network, Transport Minister Paul Clark has said. The improvements and maintenance will be carried out over...
Oz Springvale Road Level Crossing Project Moves Ahead
Australian federal and state Governments have announced $140m for the removal of Springvale Road level crossing and for a new grade separation in Victoria. The project, to be funded by $60m...
UK Replaces 40-Year-Old Road Bridge
An old road bridge on the A34 near Oxford was replaced by a new bridge deck under the £44m ($65.5m) project by the UK's Highways Agency. The project saw the demolition of the 1960s'...
World Bank Offers $40m for Armenian Road Work
The World Bank said it will provide $35-40m for the construction of 171km road sectors in Armenia. World Bank Country Manager for Armenia Aristomene Varoudakis said the transport...
Guyana to Upgrade Roads Using IDB Loan
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has granted a $24.8m loan to Guyana for road improvement and rehabilitation. The fund will support the government's project to enhance urban...
Panama Buys Poorly-Managed Tollway
After complaints about poor service, the Panama Government has brought the toll highway from Mexican firm ICA for $420m. The 20km Corredor Sur highway, which links Panama City to...
French Roads to be Equipped with Speed Control Radars
Almost 600 automated speed control radars are to be installed on French highways in a bid to cut speeds and accidents on the roads. Sagem Sécurité will deliver the system after signing a...
Indra Wins Teletoll Systems Deal in Portugal
An electronic toll management system will be installed on Portugal's Euroscut Norte Motorway, which spans 119km between Porto and the northern border with Spain. The contract has been awarded...
UK Announces Extra Funds for Road Safety
Extra funding for road safety will be made available for East Cheshire and the East Midlands, the UK's road safety minister Paul Clark said. The additional funds are provided under...
Australia’s Pacific Highway Traffic to Double by 2020
Traffic on the Pacific Highway is set to double by 2020, according to Australia's National Roads and Motorists' Association (NRMA). The NRMA forecast also said the freight movement...
Canadian Province to Deploy IRD's Weigh-in Motion
Canadian firm International Road Dynamics (IRD) will deploy a high-speed weigh-in-motion (WIM) pre-clearance system in New Brunswick, Canada. The system, to be installed on the...
Work to Begin on New Cyprus Crossing Point
A new crossing point which links the Greek and Turkish communities in Cyprus will be built after a joint venture deal was signed with the United Nations Development Programme. ...
Peru-Brazil Highway to Get Loan
A further loan of $200m has been granted for the Peru-Brazil South Interoceanic Highway Project by the Andean Development Corporation (CAF). The money is expected to be delivered in the...
India Seeks $41bn for Private Sector Road Investment
India is seeking a $41bn private-sector investment for road projects over the next three to four years, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath has said. From the private...
Dubai Build Bridges to Encourage Pedestrians
The number of pedestrian bridges in Dubai will reach over 100 by 2012, up from 40 by the end of 2009, according to a senior Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) official. Part of Dubai...
New Mexico Bans Red-Light Cameras on Highways
Red-light cameras and mobile enforcement vans have been banned on state and federal roadways by the US state of New Mexico's Transport Commission. The prohibition will apply to locations...
Malaysia Cracks Down on Traffic Violations
Over 1,000 closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras will be installed throughout Malaysia to catch traffic violators, the Department of Road safety's (JKJR) director said. Work is expected to...
Mikoh Wins Thai EVR System Deal
An electronic vehicle registration (EVR) system will be supplied to Thailand by Australian firm Mikoh under a new five-year deal, with a five-year option with the government. The...
Indiana Introduces Wireless Traffic Management
A solar-powered wireless traffic management system has been introduced by the US state of Indiana to improve safety and ease congestion. The system is made up of traffic cameras, dynamic...
Philadelphia Signs Deal for Traffic Signal Re-Timing Project
A signal re-timing project for the US city of Philadelphia's Department of Streets has been awarded to McMahon Associates. The project aims to reduce congestion by improving the traffic...
Australia Funds Indonesian Highway Upgrade
Indonesia has launched a new improvement project in an effort to improve travel times and safety for motorists on the West Kalimantan highway. The 31.5km Pontianak-Tayan road stretch upgrade,...
US to Fund Road Safety Research Using Weather Data
The US Department of Transportation will finance up to seven innovative ideas to use the Clarus weather information system for improving road safety during severe weather. Up to $80,000...
Brazilian State's Road Upgrade to Get IDB Boost
Upgrades to the road network in Minas Gerais, Brazil, will receive a $137m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The money will be used to rehabilitate, upgrade and maintain...
UK County to Deploy Navtech Radar Detection in Tunnel
UK-based Navtech Radar will supply its real-time radar incident detection solution for the Hindhead Tunnel on the A3 highway in Surrey. The 1.8km (1.1 miles) twin-bored tunnel, expected to...
Brazil Funds Bolivian Highway
Brazil will support the construction of a 306km highway in Bolivia, costing $415m, with a loan of $332m. The project is expected to cost over $1m per kilometre, according to worldhighways.com....
GM Develops Enhanced Vision System for Drivers
A new technology that will help drivers navigate through risky road conditions is being developed by General Motors (GM). The enhanced vision system involves night vision, navigation...
US Claims 10,000 Transport Projects Are Underway
US Vice President Joe Biden has announced that 10,000 transportation projects are underway in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)....
BAM Nuttall and Morgan Est Partner for Highways Agency Contract
A UK Highways Agency contract, worth £2bn ($3bn), has been given to a joint venture (JV) between BAM Nuttall and Morgan Est. The National Framework contract will see the delivery of...
Caterpillar and Navistar Joint Venture to Launch On-Road Truck in Australia
A joint venture between Caterpillar and Navistar, NC2, will launch a new on-road truck, Cat, in Australia in 2011. Cat CT 610s and CT 630s, powered by a 470-hp Cat C13 and a 550-hp Cat...
UK Releases Bus and Rail National Statistics
Bus and light rail use in England has decreased by 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to the same quarter in 2008, according to the UK's Department of Transport report. The biggest...
California to Use Stimulus Fund for 907 Projects
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in the US said it will use $2.54bn of its stimulus funds from President Obama’s Recovery Act to partly fund 907 transportation projects...
British Columbia to Spend Extra on Highway Projects
Canadian state and local government announced British Columbia will spend $87m more on northern highway projects this year. The amount will be committed to 51 new provincial highway...
Korea Unveils Online Electric Vehicle
South Korea has launched what it calls the world's first commercial and economical wireless electric vehicle. The online electric vehicle (OLEV), developed by Korea Advanced Institute of...
Road Congestion to Cost UK £8bn Annually
The Confederation of British Industry's (CBI) survey said congestion on Britain's roads is costing the economy an estimated £7-8bn ($10-12bn) a year. With vehicle traffic growing by 25% in...
Polish Motorways Get EIB Loan Second Tranche
A second tranche of €200m ($274m) has been offered by the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the extension of Polish motorways. The EIB said it will be co-financing the construction of...
Scotland’s Routes Upgrade to Cause Lengthy Traffic Delay
The decision to upgrade routes near the new Forth road bridge by the Scotland Transport Agency is likely to disrupt traffic for nearly three-and-a-half years. Commuters in the east of...
Canada Awards 30 Year Route 1 Contract
New Brunswick Highway Corporation in Canada has selected a partnership company for a 30-year road operation, maintenance and rehabilitation project contract. Australian-based...
Scotland to Review Speed Limit on Roads
The Highland Council in the UK will review speed limits on Scotland's roads to reduce the number of fatalities and injuries caused by road accidents. The Scottish Government said it wants...
NZ Begins Investigation Work on Highway
A contract worth NZ$2bn to find the ideal route for the development of the Puhoi-to-Wellsford Road has been awarded by the New Zealand Transport Agency. The planned corridor will be almost...
Saudi Road Accidents Highest in World, Report Says
Road accidents in Saudi Arabia have been recorded as the highest in the world, according to the Kingdom's General Directorate of Traffic report. The report says that an average of 17...
Korean Bank Funds Azerbaijan Road Project
South Korea's Shinhan Bank has granted a $180m loan to Azerbaijan for the Yevlakh to Ganja Road 4 Lane Widening project. The project, carried out under a design/build contract, will...
Google Street View Expands Service in UK
Google has extended the service of its Street View to cover an additional 210,000 miles of UK roads, including both urban and rural areas. The Google street-level mapping technology will...
Work to Begin on Texas's Highway Extension
The North Texas Tollway Authority in the US has given a green light for the $416m State Highway 161 Tollway project in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth region. Work involves improvements on...
Australian State to Invest $650m in Road Safety
Victoria’s State Government in Australia is planning to invest $650m over ten years for road safety improvements. The project, under the Safer Road Infrastructure Program (SRIP), aims...
Alabama to Spend $1bn on Roads
The Alabama Senate in the US has approved a $1bn plan to carry out road and bridge construction in the state over the next ten years. Under the plan, $25m would be used each year in cities...
Turkish Ferry Crossing Installs Electronic Toll System
Izmit Bay Car Ferry has installed Aselsan's electronic toll collection technology on the Marmara Sea. The Turkey-based Aselsan's deployment involves an open tolling system on two ferry...
US Traffic Deaths Fall to Record Low
Traffic deaths in the US have hit their lowest point since 1954 according to the US Department of Transport (DoT). Nearly 33,963 people died in motor vehicle traffic in 2009, down by 8.9%...
Washington to Create Dedicated Bike Lanes
Dedicated bicycle lanes are to be introduced on five major streets in Washington DC, US, to accommodate the increase in cycling. The lanes are planned for Pennsylvania Avenue, I Street,...
Fleet Management to Improve California's Rural Transport
US firm AT&T and Canadian firm WebTech Wireless will provide fleet management solutions for the US state of California's public-private transport operator Kings Area Rural Transit (KART), to...
Mozambique Gets Funding For Road Project
Japan has granted a loan of $60m to Mozambique to help rehabilitate the Nampula-Cuamba road linking the provinces of Nampula and Niassa. The 348km road will cost an estimated $270m for...
US State Expands Real-Time Route Information Programme
A programme expanding the live travel time road signs to Baltimore has been started by the Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highways Administration (SHA) in the US. The second...
NZ Installs New Webcams on Highways
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has increased the number of webcams on a major highway to provide motorists with real-time information about highway conditions in advance. Images...
Weight-in-Motion to Cut Emissions in Canadian Province
A new weigh-in-motion system, designed to weigh lorries at highway speeds, has been installed on Route 2 in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The system features loops and plates...
UK Plans Eco-Training to Cut Carbon Emissions
Lorry drivers will receive training in eco-driving, which could save up to 3 million tons of CO2 over five years and £300m ($447.9m) in fuel costs, UK Transport Minister Paul Clark has...
Record Snow Leaves 6,000 Stranded on French-Spanish Border
Over 6,000 motorists were left stranded on the French-Spanish border overnight earlier this week after heavy snowfall left over 3.3 feet of snow on the Pyrenees mountains. The snowstorm...
India Installs First Automated Street Lighting
India’s first automatic street-lighting system has been installed in the capital, Delhi, as part of a Rs200 crore ($44m) street lighting upgrade project. The GPS monitoring and...
ACS Contract Extended With Los Angeles County
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) has extended its Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) contract to process parking violations. Under the five-year contract, extending the...
Bidder Selected for Montenegro's $1.4bn Highway
The preferred bidder for a €1bn ($1.36bn) highway project in Montenegro has been named as Switzerland-based Solel Boneh International. The 170km toll road will run from the Adriatic...
Navtrak and Garmin Join for Real-Time Fleet Management
Portable satellite navigation manufacturer Garmin has teamed up with software provider Navtrak to provide real-time vehicle tracking, fleet management solutions and job scheduling to fleet...
Transnational Highway's Vietnamese Section to Begin
Work on the 220km Vietnamese segment of the 1,000km transnational highway linking the Greater Mekong Subregion will begin in the second quarter of 2010, a senior official of the My Thuan...
Britain's Residents to Pay 'Snow Tax' to Fund Road Repairs
Many of Britain's councils have introduced a new 'snow tax' to raise money for repairing potholes caused by the recent freezing weather. The move comes amid estimations that councils need...
NZ Waikato Expressway Moves Ahead
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has announced a $168.7m funding package to design and build the 7.2km Te Rapa section of the Waikato Expressway on State Highway 1. The project will...
Road Congestion to Cost Australia $20.4bn by 2020
Road congestion in Australian cities, if left unchecked, could cost the economy $20.4bn by 2020, according to a new report. Federal Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese, while releasing...
US States Receive Funds to Improve Road Transport
The US Recovery Act has awarded the last of its $7.5bn stimulus for nationwide road transport improvements, according to the Federal Transit Administration. The new $600m grant will fund...
ATX to Join eCall Pilot Project
A pilot project testing distress signals (eCalls) to locate vehicles involved in cross-border emergency situations between France and Germany has been joined by ATX. The project, run...
Zambia's Road Repairs to Cost $500m
Zambia needs an investment of nearly $500m over the next five years to revamp its road infrastructure, according to the country's works and supply minister. This follows the Zambian...
Iteris to Maintain Inland Empire's Traveller Information System
US firm Iteris will maintain and operate the 511 Traveller Information System it recently deployed in the Inland Empire area in southern California for the next three years. The $1.1m...
Munich Boasts Best Public Transport, Says Survey
Europe's best public transport system is in Munich, Germany, with Zagreb, Croatia, being the worst, according to a survey of 23 European cities. Munich scored a 'very good' rating for its...
Isle of Wight Gets £364m for Road Improvements
The Isle of Wight is to get £364.6m ($549m) from the UK government to improve and maintain its roads. The private finance initiative funding will allow the Isle of Wight Council to upgrade...
Dubai to Upload Public Transport Information on Google Earth
The Dubai Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has teamed up with Google to upload its public bus stop information on Google Earth. The move is the first of its kind in the Middle East and...
New York New Jersey Crossings to Get Cashless Tolling
A new electronic cashless toll collection system will be installed by the US Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at the six bi-state crossing. The authority has awarded a $10m contract...
Optelecom-NKF to Support Carolina's ITS System
Rural transport in the US state of South Carolina will get a boost thanks to the South Carolina Department of Transport's (SCDOT) decision to expand the use of Optelcom-NFK's intelligent...
US States Demand Government Resumes Highway Funds
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), along with over 200 state transportation officials, has called for an immediate congressional action on the...
Tolling System to be Introduced on Brisbane Airport Link
Kapsch TrafficCom will supply an electronic, free-flow tolling system for Brisbane’s Airport Link under a contract awarded by the consortium BrisConnections. Brisbane’s Airport Link,...
Germany and Hong Kong Unite for Chinese Electric Cars Market
German firm Daimler and Hong Kong-based BYD have signed a technology partnership to develop a new electric vehicle specifically for the Chinese market. Under the deal, Daimler will provide...
IBM Undertakes Traffic Route Research Initiative
US IT giant IBM is developing technology to help drivers avoid traffic jams and personally guide them to their destination in the shortest possible time, by predicting the outcomes of varying...
Tibet to Invest $1.26bn in Road Overhaul
The Tibet Autonomous Region authorities are planning to spend CNY7bn ($1.26bn) on road construction this year, according to Xinhuanet.com. The regional government is also working on...
New Zealand to Increase Investment in Road Improvements
New Zealand will address the potential bottlenecks in road sector, to ensure the country's readiness to avoid any crises in the next five years, the country's finance minister Bill English said. ...
Teletrac and SpeedGauge Join Forces to Boost Fleet Vehicle Safety
Telematics provider Teletrac and software provider SpeedGauge have reached an agreement whereby Teletrac will provide SpeedGauge services as an integrated component of its fleet management system....
Canada Announces Infrastructure Projects for British Columbia
The Canadian Government said it will back 15 new infrastructure projects across British Columbia. The projects are expected to improve highways, local roads and bridges throughout the...
Red Light Cameras Show Mixed Results
A high-tech red light camera system in Canada has reduced T-bone collisions but increased rear-end collisions according to an insurance survey. The system installed at a crossroads in...
NZ's Manukau Harbour Crossing to Open Ahead of Schedule
The New Zealand city of Auckland's $230m Manukau Harbour Crossing project will finish in August this year, seven months ahead of schedule and well ahead of the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The...
Albanian Regional Road Upgrade to Get EBRD Boost
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a loan of €50m ($68m) to Albania to help improve its local and regional roads. The money will go towards...
UK Minister Suggests Ten-Fold Increase for Roadwork Fines
UK construction firms which allow roadworks to overrun will have to pay £25,000 ($38,057) a day, ten times of the current daily penalty of £2,500 ($3,805) under new proposals put forward by...
Egis to Operate Vancouver's Tolling System
French firm Egis Projects said its unit Transroute International Canada Services will operate the electronic free-flow tolling on the Canadian city Vancouver's Golden Ears Bridge until 2017. ...
Hong Kong to Fund Green Transport Technology
Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang has proposed to set up a HK$300m ($38.7m) fund to encourage transport operators to test green and low-carbon technologies. The Pilot Green Transport...
Indian Roads Claim 14 Lives Every Hour
The number of road fatalities per hour in India rose to 14 in 2008 from 13 in 2007, according to the latest report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Over 118,000 people died in...
$1.8bn Expressway Project in Florida Begins
Work has begun on the $1.8bn I-595 express lanes project in the US state of Florida to build reversible express electronic toll lanes in what is now the expressway. The project includes...
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IBM Completes Landmark Road Charging Study
Drivers can be motivated to change their travelling behaviour if they have the right incentives according to a landmark road pricing trial by IBM in Eindhoven, Netherlands. IBM said 70%...
UK Increases Green Infrastructure as Part of Green Car Incentives
Green motorists will be rewarded with up to £5,000 to buy an ultra-low carbon car under the new Plug-In Car Grant plan launched by the UK’s Department of Transport. The scheme will start...
Gammon Awarded Hong Kong Highways Contract
Balfour Beatty subsidiary Gammon Construction has announced it has been awarded the HK$2.5bn (US$297.5m) contract to widen the Tolo and Fanling Highways in Hong Kong. Work is due to commence...
Japanese Aid to Help Build Kenyan Roads
Japan is to give Kenya a grant of ¥36m (US$400,000) to help them construct roads in the capital Nairobi. The money will be used to construct three roads, which will eventually be connected...
UK Encouraged to Increase Road Investment
Traffic congestion in the UK will rise by 37% over the next 15 years if the government's current policies continue, according to a new report by the Road Users’ Alliance. It has called for...
US and Iraq to Exchange Transport Technology
The transport departments of the US and Iraq have signed a MOU to promote cooperation in all areas of transportation. Under the agreement, Iraq will benefit from the exchange of scientific...
Global Fuel Cell Vehicle Sales to Hit 2.8m by 2020
The global sales of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs), fuel cell-powered vehicles running on hydrogen, will be more than 2.8 million by 2020, according to new research by US-based Pike Research. ...
New Jersey Orders New Sign Solution
US firm Daktronics will supply Vanguard Dynamic Message Signs (DMS) to the New Jersey (NJ) Turnpike Authority to improve information for motorists. The $25.6m contract includes 240...
INEX/ZAMIR Tests SICK Laser in ALPR
US firm INEX/ZAMIR has tested and integrated its new laser measurement and detection device SICK LMS211 on its Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR). The device can trigger the ALPR at...
Tanzania to Introduce Electronic Driving Licence
Tanzania will change its driving licence system from paper to smart card, a senior official of the Tanzania Revenue Authority has said. Electronic chip-based licences will include...
World Bank Gives India Loan for Road Repairs
The World Bank has approved a Rs2,100-crore ($455m) loan to the Indian state of Punjab to finance the upgrade of over 950km of roads. Work covers roads in three regions in the state,...
Caravan Club and UK’s Highways Agency Sign Deal
Greater understanding and closer cooperation between the UK’s Highways Agency and The Camping and Caravanning Club will be forged today at the Boat and Caravan Show in Birmingham. The two...
France Gears Up Detectors for Speeding Crackdown
France will install 800 new radar speed detectors on roadsides by 2012, the Prime Minister Francois Fillon has said. The cameras will be hidden to encourage drivers to avoid speeding, as well...
New Traffic Management System Installed in Maryland
Activu has installed a new traffic management system in Maryland, US, along with an emergency weather centre. The traffic management response and information partnership (TRIP) centre in...
Jacobs Wins UK Transport Consultancy Deal
Jacobs Engineering Group will provide transportation and engineering consultancy services to UK's Devon County Council. The US-based company will provide, among other services,...
Taiwan's ETC System Gives Significant Cost Savings
The electronic toll collection (ETC) system on freeways saved Taiwan over TW$600m (US$18.7m) last year in energy savings and CO2 cuts, the Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau has said. ...
Danish-German Motorway to get Astrium's Navigation Network
European company Astrium's subsidiary AXIO-NET will provide a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) reference network for a new motorway between Germany and Denmark. The road is part of...
Jenoptik's Systems Used to Monitor Speeds in Europe and Middle East
Jenoptik Robot’s Traffic Solutions division will provide road traffic monitoring systems in Switzerland, Austria and a Middle Eastern country. The German companies TraffiSection system uses...
Nashville Deploys ACS Passenger Info System
US firm Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), a Xerox Company, will design, build and install a real-time passenger information system for the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). ...
Navman Equips OnlineAVL2 with Google Maps
US firm Navman Wireless has added Google Maps to its OnlineAVL2 real-time fleet tracking and management system, which enables it to offer live traffic and 360 degree photographic street...
Coventry to Be UK's First City to Use Dimmer Switch Technology
Coventry City Council in the UK has announced a £250m ($390m) plan to replace 28,000 of its 32,000 street lights with new dimmer switch technology. Equipped with an automatic sensor, the...
EU Urged to Increase Road Death Target
A group of 75 European road safety organisations and institutions have asked the EU to set targets for reducing road deaths and serious injuries for 2011-2020. New targets should be included...
US $1bn Dallas Fort Worth Connector Project Begins
Work has begun on the $1.02bn Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Connector in the US city of Dallas, to rebuild the corridor through Southlake, Grapevine and the north edge of the Dallas / Fort...
Applied Electronics Completes Vancouver Emergency Centre
A new emergency operations centre (EOC) in the city of Vancouver, which will help with traffic management, has been completed by Canadian firm Applied Electronics. The EOC coordinates...
Pilot Cycle Superhighways to Be Launched in London
Cycle superhighways may become a reality in London as construction gets underway on two pilot routes as part of the city’s cycling revolution. The work includes resurfacing sections of...
GE and Juice Team Up for Plug-In Electric Vehicle Chargers
US firms GE and Juice Technologies have partnered to jointly develop intelligent plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging devices. Under the deal, GE will provide its smart meter technology...
Delaware Commissions New Toll Surveillance and Detection System
US firms DVTel and Mass Electric Construction, German firm Siemens Industry and Israeli firm MATE will design an electronic surveillance and detection system for the US' Delaware River Joint...
US Announces Innovative Road Projects for TIGER Grant
The US Department of Transportation has announced several road and highway projects to be funded from part of the $1.5bn Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER)...
York Mulls Congestion Charge
York Council in the UK is considering the introduction of a congestion charge as a measure to tackle traffic congestion, which is expected to rise by 28% by 2021. Council leaders are...
Scotland's Most Dangerous Road to Get £6m Face-Lift
One of the most dangerous roads in the UK will receive £6m of improvement works according to the Scottish Transport Secretary. The A9, which runs between Perth and Inverness, will have...
Two-Wheeled Electric Vehicles Are the Future
Two-wheeled electric vehicles will be the next big thing according to clean tech market intelligence firm Pike Research. More than 466 million electric motorbikes, scooters and bicycles will...
UK Highways Agency Names Companies for Motorway Management Scheme
The UK's Highways Agency has awarded a national framework contract for up to £2bn ($3.14bn) of work to deliver its Managed Motorways schemes, which will cut congestion and travel times as well...
17,000 Die on Nigerian Roads Since 2007
Nearly 31,000 road accidents across Nigeria between 2007 and 2009 have claimed over 17,000 lives, according to official statistics released by the Federal Road Safety Commission. The...
EU Helps Spain Upgrade Road Network
The European Investment Bank, EU's long-term financing institution, has granted a €100m ($136m) loan to the Spanish region of Extremadura to help upgrade its road network. The money will...
iPhone Application From Highways Agency to Combat Congestion
A free iPhone application from the UK's Highways Agency National Traffic Control Centre has been launched to help motorists avoid congestion hotspots and plan their journeys. The...
Wisconsin to Test TowPlows
The US state of Wisconsin will trial a new type of snowplow called 'TowPlows', which could clear more highway lanes in a single pass. The counties of Eau Claire and Marquette will test...
AFDB Helps Togo With Road Construction
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has provided a $36.2m grant to Togo to help upgrade a highway section. The section will finish a missing link in the Abidjan-Lagos highway running across...
Wales's M4 Motorway to Become Hydrogen Highway
The M4 motorway in South Wales, UK, will be made into a 'hydrogen highway' with a network of alternative fuel stations stretching between Swansea, Cardiff and Newport, the government has...
Q-FREE Wins Brazilian Toll Tag Deal
Norway-based firm Q-FREE will supply road tolling tags and infrastructure to Brazil's Centro tag distributor Gestão Meios de Pagto (CGMP). The contract includes a guaranteed order intake...
Portland Wins National ITS Award
The US city of Portland has won an Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS) of America award for using transportation technology to tackle road congestion, traffic safety and...
Siemens Upgrades Santiago's Traffic Control
German firm Siemens has upgraded the Urban Traffic Control (UTC) system installed in Chile’s capital city Santiago, to PC-based Split Cycle Offset Optimization Technique (SCOOT). SCOOT is...
Siemens Unveils Sitraffic Epos Charging Station
Germany's Siemens Mobility has unveiled a new electric charging station, Sitraffic Epos, that incorporates an info-terminal and payment system. The system provides a network of charging...
Brisbane's Tolling System Uses SAP Software
German firm SAP (Systems Applications and Products) has supplied the software for back-office processing for the intelligent tolling system in Brisbane, Australia. On identification of a...
UK Announces Major Street Lighting Upgrades
The UK government will provide £620m ($969m) to seven local authorities in England to upgrade their existing street lighting. The Private Finance Initiative funding includes £125.47m ($196m)...
EnterpriseMouchel Wins Major UK Road Maintenance Deals
UK's Highways Agency has awarded a £149m ($233m) contract to civil engineering firm EnterpriseMouchel to manage motorways and roads in Cumbria and north Lancashire. The contract covers 519...
EU Ministers Push for Common Electric Car Strategy
Industry ministers in the European Union have asked EC to draft a common strategy for the development of electric cars. In a meeting presided over by Spain, the country's Industry...
California Highway Patrol to Use ACS Dispatch System
US firm Affiliated Computer Services, which has recently been acquired by documentation management provider Xerox, will provide a computer-aided dispatch system to the California Highway...
Averna Uses Tele Atlas Maps in GPS Testing Equipment
Dutch firm Tom Tom’s subsidiary Tele Atlas maps have been incorporated into Canadian firm Averna's Navigation Advanced Simulator (Navasim) software for GPS receiver validation. This allows...
More Drivers Using Phones Behind Wheel, Says Survey
The number of motorists in England using hand-held mobiles while driving has increased by 27% between September 2008 and November 2009, according to Department for Transport (DfT)...
Malaysia Orders 250,000 Efcon's Toll Devices
Efkon's Malaysian unit Efkon Asia will supply 250,000 multi-lane free flow on-board units (OBU) to United Engineers Malaysia Group's member Infrared Advanced Technology for use on the...
Qingxu Traffic Monitoring Project Launched
China-based Innotrek Technology, along with the Qingxu County government in China, has launched an intelligent traffic monitoring system installation project across the city. The...
Maryland, US, to Deploy Patented Green De-Icer
The US state of Maryland will deploy a new all-natural product to de-ice its roads called Ice B'Gone, which is expected to cause little environmental damage compared to the conventional...
UK StreetMapper to Survey Lithuanian Roads
UK firm 3D Laser Mapping has supplied its StreetMapper system to the Lithuanian State Enterprise Transport and Road Research Institute, to help evaluate road conditions and plan road repair. ...
Hawaii to Use IRD's Traffic Data Collection Solution
Canadian firm International Road Dynamics (IRD) will supply an enhanced vehicle classification (EVC) data collection system to the US' Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT). The...
Taiwan's Suhua Highway to Get $1.25bn Facelift
Taiwan's Council for Economic Planning and Development has approved a NT$40bn ($1.25bn) plan to upgrade the Suhua Highway, which links Yilan County and Hualien City. Work includes shortening...
Austria Opens First PPP Highway
Austria has opened its first public private partnership (PPP) motorway – a 51km road that includes several sections on the A5 motorway between Vienna and the Czech Republic. While the first...
UK Firms Unveil 'Speed Roundel' Road Signs
UK firms Ladbrook and Westcotec have unveiled a new generation of electronic road signs, which they claim will result in significant cost savings for transport authorities. Called Speed...
FedEx and EMBARQ Team Up to Improve Mexican Roads
US logistics firm FedEx has partnered with EMBARQ (World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport) to help reduce road congestion and pollution in cities across Mexico. FedEx...
RTMS Radar to Manage Sea to Sky Highway Traffic
US firm Image Sensing Systems has supplied remote traffic microwave sensor (RTMS) G4 radars to the Canadian city of Vancouver for traffic management on Highway 99 over the 2010 Winter...
ProTECTS Alliance Holds Inaugural Meet
The US ProTECTS Alliance, a consortium of 38 firms to promote standards for satellite personal tracking and messaging devices based on two-way data links, has held its first organisational...
Abu Dhabi Deploys Countdown Pedestrian Signalling
The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City in the UAE has installed a new signal system on the city's Corniche Street, which displays the time pedestrians have to wait before crossing the road. ...
Siemens Unveils Sicore Number Plate Detector
German firm Siemens has designed a new Automatic Number Plate Recognition camera system called Sicore which, it claims, ensures positive identification of motor vehicles. The integrated...
French Firms Join Forces for Traffic Info System
French toll road operator ASF (Autoroutes du Sud de la France) and Orange Business Services have partnered to develop a real-time traffic information system for road operators. The two...
Japan to Make 1,600km of Roads Toll-free
Japan has announced a pilot programme to convert 1,626km of the country's expressways into toll-free roads by April next year. The move will allow all automobiles to travel toll-free on...
Huntingdon Selects ATS for Traffic Enforcement
American Traffic Solutions (ATS) will develop, install and monitor an automated red-light and speed camera traffic enforcement programme in the city of Huntingdon, UK. The programme targets...
Gothenburg Plans Congestion Charge in 2013
The city council of Gothenburg in Sweden intends to approach the government with a proposition to introduce congestion charges in 2013. The road toll system will require motorists to pay...
Hoeft & Wessel's E-Ticketing Chosen for Hamburg
German firm Hoeft & Wessel will supply an e-ticketing solution for a pilot project run by the city of Hamburg's public transport corporation Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV). Developed by...
Strabag Wins Polish Expressway Deal
Poland's General Directorate for National Roads and Highways has awarded a €260m ($363.6m) contract to Austrian firm Strabag to build a section on the S7 Expressway. The four-lane...
Australia Unveils Repeat Speeders Trial
The Australian state of Victoria has introduced a repeat speeders trial involving the installation of intelligent speed assist (ISA) devices to aid motorists in managing their speed. The...
Northern Ireland Launches First Ever Dedicated Road Rescue Team
The UK's Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service has launched its first ever dedicated road rescue team, which will lower the number of fatalities and injuries caused by road traffic collisions...
Radar Speed Signs Improve Worker Safety in US
Speedcheck radar speed signs have improved worker safety in Oregon's Medford city by slowing traffic during road projects. The Federal Highway Administration said that driving at...
Intelligent Approach to Speed Limit Can Make Roads Safer, Says FTA
UK transport trade body the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called for a greater and continual investment in road infrastructure and a better approach to speed limits to enhance...
New US Highway Truck Weight Limits See Opposition
The non-profit organisation Road Safe America has protested against Congress’ new truck weight limits for highways, saying it could jeopardise the safety of people driving on highways. ...
India to Use Tagmaster Vehicle Control During Commonwealth Games
Swedish technology firm TagMaster will supply a Vehicle Access Control to the Indian capital city of New Delhi, for security purposes during the Commonwealth Games 2010 held in October this year. ...
ADB Supports Project to Cut HIV/AIDS along Roads
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help carry out a project in north-eastern India to counter the spread of HIV/AIDS in areas earmarked for major road projects. According to studies, new...
US Lags Behind in ITS Deployment, Report Finds
The US is losing out to Japan, South Korea and Singapore in deploying intelligent transportation systems (ITS) onto roads, a new study by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation...
UK Pilots Mobile Phone-Based Driver Monitoring System
The UK Highways Agency is carrying out pilot studies to evaluate a new traffic monitoring system that uses data from drivers' mobile phones. The system monitors vehicles' routes and speed...
Gauteng Sets up Traffic Monitoring Unit
The South African province of Gauteng has set up a new monitoring unit for traffic management during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The unit, set up by the Gauteng Executive Council, will work...
Pennsylvania Turnpike to Deploy Intergraph Solution
US firm Intergraph will provide its public safety solutions for an early warning incident detection and response network on the state of Pennsylvania's 545-mile toll-road system. ...
ATA Wants Freight-Friendly Highways
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has called for the next federal highway bill to focus on freight and goods movement. ATA senior vice-president Tim Lynch said the next...
Predictive Headlights to Use Maps and Cameras
US firm Intermap Technologies has partnered with Germany-based Hella to develop a predictive front lighting system by combining 3D Maps and camera information. The system will use...
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Serco to Manage Atlanta's Traffic System
The Georgia Department of Transportation in the US has awarded a $50m, five-year contract to Serco to deploy and maintain Atlanta's intelligent transportation system. The system will...
US Interstate 15 to Become 'Intelligent'
The US Government will provide $8.7m to deploy intelligent transportation systems along the Interstate 15 corridor to improve traffic management. Combining road sensors, prediction...
SA Reports Over 1,500 Festive Period Crashes
At least 1,582 people have died in a total of 1,247 fatal crashes on South African roads between December last year and January 2010. The fatalities, in the period from 1 December 2009 until...
New Dual Law for Banned Drivers in Ireland and UK
A new law has come into force in the UK and Ireland to keep drivers banned from driving off the two countries' roads. Under the law drivers disqualified for serious motoring offences in the...
EU's Advanced Active Safety Project Begins
A consortium of companies and research institutes has begun work on a new EC-funded project to develop advanced active safety systems that can avoid collisions or mitigate impact severity...
England's Single Carriageways Get Poor Report
At least two-thirds of England's single carriageway trunk road network rank poorly on international safety standards for road users, according to the Road Safety Foundation (RSF). On a scale...
Skanska to Build Major Toll Road in Chile
Chile's Ministry of Public Works has selected Swedish firm Skanska as the preferred bidder to build the Antofagasta Toll Road in northern Chile's mining district. The public private...
New Range of Collapsible Posts to Reduce Passenger Injuries
Major investment is being made in developing a range of collapsible posts designed to improve passenger injury rates in the event of collisions with roadside objects. The Frangible Post System...
Time to Review Drink-Drive Laws, Says UK Safety Group
UK’s safety group Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has called for a review of drink-drive laws following the recent police revelation that over 7,500 drivers were...
China Transinfo Wins Zhejiang Traffic System Deal
China TransInfo Technology will provide traffic engineering electronics and machinery system design services for an expressway section in Zhejiang Province. The 74km section connects...
US Bans Texting for Commercial Drivers
The US has made it illegal for commercial vehicles drivers to text while driving, in an effort to combat distracted driving. Drivers of commercial vehicles including trucks and buses will now...
Nitrogen Dioxide Levels to Be Monitored on US Roads
A new national air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) has been set up in the US aimed at reducing short-term exposures that occur near major roads. The US Environmental...
UK Advised to Install Average Speed Cameras to Cut Emissions
UK transport agencies should install average speed cameras on all the country's motorways to cut speed and reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, an independent watchdog said. A CO2 emission...
World's First Road Performance Metric Launched
The University of Washington in the US and engineering firm CH2M Hill have unveiled the world's first rating system to determine the sustainability of road design and construction. The...
Venezuela Uses Proxim Radio System
US firm Proxim Wireless has deployed its Tsunami QuickBridge.11 radio technology to create a wireless video surveillance network in the Venezuelan state of Bolivar. The technology is part of...
Brazil Selects Telvent Tunnel Management Solution
Spanish IT firm Telvent will install a tunnel management System on El Morro Alto Tunnels in Brazil to enhance safety and bring down the number of accidents. Under the €14.5m ($20.5m)...
Nigeria Gears Up for Electronic Enforcement
Nigeria has asked motorists in the Federal Capital Territory region to encode their vehicle documents ahead of the electronic encoding registration of vehicles and drivers’ licenses beginning...
Work Begins on California's Fourth Caldecott Tunnel
Construction work has begun on the $420m project in the US state of California to add a new two-lane fourth tunnel bore to the existing three Caldecott tunnels. The new 3,389 feet tunnel...
Greater Manchester's UTMC to be Upgraded
UK firm Mott MacDonald is upgrading the urban traffic management and control common database system (UTMC) in the Greater Manchester region to the latest ITS interface specification. ...
Slovakia's GPS Tolling Uses Siemens' Technology
German firm Siemens has supplied the toll collection solution and the on-board units (OBUs) for Slovakia's recently launched satellite-based truck toll system, which uses GPS satellite signals...
Canada Deploys GPS Technology to Monitor Road Salt Use
The Canadian city of Ottawa has awarded a C$600,000 contract to Webtech Wireless for it to equip 180 salt spreaders with a remote global positioning system (GPS). WebTech Wireless will...
China TransInfo Joins with Baidu to Provide Traffic Information Services
China TransInfo Technology (CTFO) has partnered with Chinese search engine Baidu to provide real-time traffic information services in five Chinese cities. Under the deal CTFO will...
UK's Spend on New Roads Shows Little Benefit, Report Says
The UK Government's annual £1bn ($1.62bn) spend on road projects is not solving the country's transport problems, research carried out by the Highways Agency has found. The report, unearthed...
Hong Kong Project to Install LED Signals Moves Forward
Hong Kong's ongoing project to replace conventional traffic signals with light emitting diode (LED) signals will finish in 2012, according to the country's secretary for transport and...
ETC Chosen for US I-15 Express Payment Processing
US firm ETC will provide payment processing and customer service for the state of Utah's I-15 Express Lanes electronic payment system, which will enter operation this autumn. The system...
Australia’s Connector Motorways Appoints Receiver
Australia's Connector Motorways, which owns and operates Lane Cove Tunnel and the Military Road E-Ramp in Sydney, has gone into receivership. KordaMentha has been appointed the receiver...
Traffic Tech's Tunnel Management System Installed in Qatar
Qatar's newly opened Ras Abu Aboud Tunnel has been equipped with a tunnel management system from Traffic Tech and Telegra. The system uses intelligent transportation system components...
TeleWare Technology to Assist Scottish Bridge Users
UK firm TeleWare has deployed a new information service on Scotland's Forth Road Bridge to provide commuters with up-to-date information on travel conditions on the road. The service is based...
Ethiopia's key Road Corridor Gets Funding Boost
The African Development Bank has granted $125.6m to Ethiopia to finance the second phase of its Mombasa-Nairobi-Addis Ababa Road Corridor Project. Money will be used to upgrade the 193km...
China Moves Closer to Independent Global Navigation Network
China has launched a new satellite, which will take it a step closer to creating an independent global navigation network, aimed at providing an alternative to the US Global Positioning...
EWENT to Study Weather Effects on Traffic
The European Union has launched a new research project called EWENT to study the impacts of weather conditions on the safety and reliability of traffic systems as well as cost effects of...
INIT Technology to Improve TriMet Operations
German firm INIT will build an integrated telematics system for the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) in the US by mid-2012. The company will provide an...
Siemens Unveils Wireless Traffic Detector
Siemens Mobility has introduced a new type of traffic detector based on magnetic sensors, which could provide an alternative to the conventional systems that have to be embedded under the...
European Partners Team up for Electric Vehicle Development
A consortium of European cities, vehicle manufacturers and electricity providers have teamed up to submit a project proposal to the European Commission (EC) on the deployment of...
Deal Awarded for $1bn Kosovo Highway Project
Turkish firm Enka and US-based Bechtel have secured a $1bn deal to build a highway across Kosovo. The 141km four-lane highway will link the country with Albania in the west and Serbia in...
IDB and FIA Unite for Latin American Road Safety
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the UK's FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society have partnered to promote activities to improve road safety in Latin America and the Caribbean....
US Selects Honeywell to Develop Biomass Fuel
US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Honeywell subsidiary UOP to develop technology to convert cellulosic biomass into green transportation fuels. The project involves using...
Victoria Awards Peninsula Link Road Contract
The Australian state of Victoria's Roads and Ports Ministry has awarded a A$759m contract ($705.6m) to Southern Way consortium to build Peninsula Link road. The project involves building...
Nepal's Rural Road Programme Wins Award
Nepal's Rural Access Programme (RAP) has won the International Road Federation's 2009 Global Road Achievement Award for reducing poverty through road building. Launched in 2000, the...
Peru to get WB Loan for Highway Repair
The World Bank has approved a $150m loan to Peru to finance the rehabilitation and maintenance of key national highways. The money will be used to upgrade a total of 183km road network in...
Phones and Texting Cause 28% of US Road Crashes
Nearly 28% of all traffic crashes in the US are caused by drivers using cell phones and texting, according to a national safety group. The figure stands at nearly 1.6 million crashes each...
Victoria to Trial Special Speed Assist Technology
The Australian state of Victoria's Roads and Ports Ministry will begin a pilot project this year to curb road speeding, where the vehicles of repeat offenders will be installed with technology...
Major Change in US Public Transportation Policy Proposed
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has proposed to government that selection criteria for transit projects to win federal funds should from now on include livability issues such as...
French Firm Wins UK Logistics Deal
French transport and logistics company Norbert Dentressangle has been appointed to handle national warehousing and distribution for UK's Highways Agency. Under the new four-year contract,...
US RoadSafe Acquires CSW
US traffic safety services firm RoadSafe Traffic Systems has acquired CSW Safety Services, a provider of temporary traffic control and protection and pavement marking services in the Rocky...
US State Signs Billion-Dollar Tunnel Deal
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in the US has signed a deal that will allow preliminary work to begin on the estimated $2.1bn new tunnel to connect the cities of Norfolk...
Luna's Solar Lights Illuminate Panama Beltway
US firm Luna Road will supply its solar road studs and solar cat eyes to enhance visibility on the new coastal beltway in Panama. The company has provided its red-coloured LED Luna road...
Winter Storm Leaves 4,000 Trucks Stranded in France
Over 4,000 trucks were forced to park west of Paris in France on Wednesday as a snow and sleet storm caused a ban on lorry travel in the region. The heavy winter storm forced French...
India Wins Sustainable Transport Award
The Indian city of Ahmedabad's Janmarg Bus Rapid Transit System has won the US Institute for Transportation and Development’s 2010 Sustainable Transport Award. The award was given to...
UK to Cut Gritting by 50%
The UK government has ordered councils and the Highways Agency to halve their gritting levels as stocks of rock salt used to de-ice roads have run dangerously low. The move is part of...
Sagem Sécurité Radars for Belarus Expressway
French group Safran subsidiary Sagem Sécurité has signed a deal with Russian firm United Telecom to supply automatic speed control radars for Belarus. The deal includes the supply of 110...
India Approves $1.36bn for Highway Upgrades
The Indian Government has approved $1.36bn (Rs6,152 crore) for projects across the country involving the upgrade of nearly 562km of four-lane highways into six lanes. The projects...
New Electric Vehicle Charging Station Unveiled
A new electric vehicle charging station that is as easy as traditional methods of fuelling vehicles, built through a partnership of Ricardo Inc and PEP Stations LLC, has been unveiled at the...
Cambridge Systematics Lands FHWA Support Deal
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in the US has awarded a contract to Cambridge Systematics to provide it with planning research and technical support. Under the five-year, $10m...
US Funds Projects to Boost Fuel Efficiency
The US Government has awarded a total of $187m in grants for nine projects aimed at improving the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks. The funding comes from over $100m from the $787bn...
Truck Weigh Stations to Begin Operations in Qatar
Six new truck weigh stations have entered operation on Salwa Highway, an international road connecting Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Each station features four main parts. Mail Line sensors...
Work to Begin on Major Florida Interchange
Construction will begin shortly on a $400m elevated interchange in the US city of Tampa, Florida, to link its two major highways, the Interstate 4 and the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown...
Contracts Awarded for 2014 Launch of Galileo
The European Commission (EC) has awarded three of the six major contracts worth €1bn for its Galileo project, to allow for its rollout in early 2014. Europe's Galileo satellite...
IDB to Support Mesoamerica Corridor Development
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will support two technical operations for the Mesoamerica Pacific Corridor Project, aimed at optimising crossings and maintaining roads. The corridor,...
Reconstruction Begins on Collapsed Albanian Road Tunnel
The permanent stabilisation of a collapsed section of the 5.5km dual bore Thirre tunnel in Albania is currently underway after a 50m section collapsed in early November. The collapse occurred...
Saudi Allocates $3bn for Roads in 2010
Saudi Arabia will invest SR11.87bn ($3.16bn) to develop 6,400km of new roads in 2010, the country's Transport Minister has said. The investment includes the surplus from previous years and will...
Weather Leaves Motorists Stranded in Germany
Over 160 people were trapped overnight on a section of the Baltic Coast highway in Germany on Saturday as the low-pressure system Daisy continues to create chaos in Europe. On highway A20,...
Strabag Secures First Danish PPP Project
Strabag consortium Kliplev Motorway Group (KMG) will build a motorway in Denmark under the country's first public-private partnership (PPP) project. The project involves building a 26km section...
Quanzhou to Upgrade Road Network in 2010
The Chinese city of Quanzhou will invest CNY6.9bn ($1bn) in 2010 to build and expand nine expressways. Of the total nearly CNY1.4bn ($205m) will be spent on the 50km Jintao-Anxi Expressway...
Key Bridge on Gauteng Freeway in Place
The South African National Roads Agency's Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) has moved ahead with the placement of the 140t Lynnwood Glen pedestrian and pipe bridge. The structure is...
Investment Pledged to Develop Carbon-Cutting Technologies
Technology Strategy Board (TSB), which is backed by the UK Government, has announced a grant of more than $19.1m (£12m) to develop technologies that can accelerate the reduction of carbon...
Pennsylvania Highways to Receive Technology Upgrade
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in the US is planning to upgrade message signs on the state's highways to offer motorists better real-time traffic information. The state plans to...
Australian Holiday Death Toll Reaches Four-Year High
Australia has recorded its highest road death toll over the Christmas and New Year period in four years with nearly 70 deaths. New South Wales reported the highest number of fatalities with...
South Africa Road Fatalities Show Decline
The road death toll in South Africa for December 2009 dropped compared with the previous year, according to figures released by the Department of Transport. Nearly 1,050 people died on the...
INRIX Launches Traffic! Pro Navigation Tool
US-based INRIX has developed a navigation application it claims will make commuting easier by informing users about arrival times, the best routes to take and the best times to leave. ...
UK Mulls EPV Use on Public Roads
UK Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis is planning to allow the use of small electric personal vehicles (EPVs) on public roads and cycle tracks. A public consultation on the issue has been...
China TransInfo to Build Shanghai Transportation System
China TransInfo subsidiary China TransInfo Technology Corporation will design a management and transportation emergency response centre information system in the Minhang district of...
Australian Coalition Demands Changes to Dangerous Goods Transport
A coalition of rail unions and transport and motoring groups in Australia has urged federal and state governments to ban the long-distance transport of dangerous goods on the road. The...
India Invites Malaysian Firms to Invest in Road Projects
India has invited Malaysian companies to invest in road projects as the country expects road contracts worth $20bn to be awarded by June 2010. India's Road Transport and Highways Minister...
WSDOT Awards Statewide Tolling Deal
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has contracted Electronic Transaction Consultants to set up and operate a new statewide customer service centre for...
Cambodia-Thailand Road Opens
Cambodia has opened a new 150km road connecting its border with Thailand, which is expected to significantly improve travel time and boost cross-border trade as well as tourism. The road...
More Snow in UK Brings Additional Traffic Warnings
The UK Met Office has warned of treacherous driving conditions across Scotland and Northern Ireland, forecasting a band of snow heading towards London from northern Scotland. The...
Snowfall Causes Traffic Chaos in Asia
Temperatures have continued to fall across much of Asia, causing record snowfalls in some parts. Traffic is snarled up in the South Korean city of Seoul, which has experienced 28cm of snow,...
Qatar to Introduce Mobile GPS System
Qatar Traffic Department will introduce a mobile GPS system to alert motorists in advance about busy streets and ease traffic congestion. With the help of Google Earth, the system will...
GPS Technology to Ease Traffic Flow in Pennsylvania
Surveyors from Northumberland County Council in the US state of Pennsylvania are using global positioning system (GPS) technology to collect information that will ease traffic flows and...
UK Road Maintenance Programme Hit by Lack of Funds
Lancashire County Council in the UK has decided to repair only dangerous roads in the county and not all potholes and pavements due to lack of funds. The council, which needs £153m to repair...
Intelligent Traffic System to be Used During Commonwealth Games
The Indian city of Delhi will install an intelligent traffic system (ITS) for effective monitoring of traffic on roads that will be used during the Commonwealth Games. The first phase of...
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Arcadis to Build ITS for Louisiana DoT
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development in the US has signed Dutch firm Arcadis to build an intelligent transportation system (ITS) for the town of Lafayette. The...
Aberdeen Bypass Given Go-Ahead
The Scottish Government has approved a $472.6m-$632.8m (£295m-£395m) bypass project in the northeastern city of Aberdeen, despite opposition from environmentalists. The project involves...
Seoul to Expand Traffic Surveillance
New traffic surveillance cameras will be installed in the South Korean capital city Seoul to reduce the number of traffic violations, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said. Out of the...
Dubai Plans Walkways for Pedestrians
Dubai is planning to build air-conditioned pedways in the city's congested and commercial areas in an effort to encourage walking to reduce pedestrian traffic and fatalities. The Roads...
NE England Gets Free Charging Points
The UK's Regional Development Agency One North East says it will install 619 publicly available free charging points for electric cars by early 2011 in North East England. This follows a...
UK Gets Strict with Road Work Overruns
UK Transport Minister Sadiq Khan said he plans to increase penalties for utility companies who do not finish their roadworks on time, which causes disruption. The charges could be increased...
Colombia Gets Loan to Better Link to South
The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $53m loan to Colombia to help build an alternative road link between the towns of San Francisco and Mocoa. The 45.6km road in the...
New System to Check Those Driven to Distraction
Spain's Universidad Carlos III of Madrid has developed a new warning system for drivers suffering drowsiness and distraction, which monitors and controls a driver's attention level. The...
Galway-Dublin Motorway Now Fully Open
The National Roads Authority of Ireland has announced the opening of the final section of $612m (€427m) Galway to Dublin motorway. The new 56km M6 toll section extends from Galway...
Boeing and Amplex Team up for US Streetlight Management
US-based Boeing Company and Danish firm Amplex have partnered to offer an intelligent streetlight management system for major US cities that could cut energy consumption by 25%-35% and...
India to Link Border with Myanmar
The Indian Government has approved a new 100km highway connecting its North-Eastern state of Mizoram with the border of Myanmar. The road will extend from Mizoram's Lawngtalai to the...
Snowstorm Closes Airports, Roads and Railways Across US
Airports, roads and rail services in the US have been disrupted due to a record breaking snowstorm, which hit areas across the northeast from North Carolina to New England on the 19th of December....
Fujitsu Chosen for London's Freedom Pass
Councils in London have signed Japanese IT firm Fujitsu to manage the production and distribution of over one million new smart card Freedom Passes for the city's 33 boroughs. The Freedom...
Ireland Launches New Traffic Info Service
Ireland's Dublin City Council and the Hungarian firm TrafficNav have demonstrated a new traffic information service. The RDS-TMC technology informs motorists about traffic problems...
Snowstorm Disrupts Transport Across US
Airports, roads and rail services were disrupted due to a record breaking snowstorm, which hit areas across the northeastern US from North Carolina to New England on 19 December. The...
China Transinfo Wins Tolling System Deal
China TransInfo Technology will supply a highway toll settlement and billing system to Shanxi Province, covering all 135 toll collection stations on its 1,063 toll roads. The company will...
UK to Allow 20mph Limit Without Speed Humps
The UK Government has proposed allowing councils to introduce a 20mph speed limit over groups of streets without the need for speed humps. If approved, the move will change the...
SBI Awarded Kenyan Highway Deal
Kenya has awarded a $217m contract to Switzerland-based firm SBI International Holdings for road construction in the west of the country. The company will build two highway sections...
Auckland Starts Route Optimisation Programme
Transport agencies in the New Zealand city of Auckland have begun work on the city's Route Optimisation programme, which is expected to save motorists millions in lost time and fuel costs. ...
Urban England to get Paperless Ticketing
The UK transport department has announced plans to install a paperless ticketing system across nine urban areas in England over the next five years. The $32.7m (£20m) grant, under the new...
ADB Loan for Thailand Highway Expansion
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help expand a highway in Thailand in a bid to spur economic growth along the borders of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). The newly approved $77.1m...
Complete EV Recharging Network Set for UK
French firm Vinci subsidiary Vinci Energies UK has partnered with Elektromotive to install what they claim will be the world’s first fully-connected recharging infrastructure for pure electric...
More UK Drivers Using Phones
The number of drivers using hand-held mobile phones has increased since the introduction of tougher penalties two years ago, a new report in the UK has revealed. The current figure stands...
New Zealand’s $1bn Transmission Gully Approved
The New Zealand government has given the go-ahead to build a $1.025bn Transmission Gully motorway in the north of Wellington. The 26km inland highway will stretch from Linden to MacKays...
ADB to Pilot Sri Lankan Road Project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will finance a pilot road project in the rural areas of Sri Lanka to train villagers, particularly women, to rehabilitate and maintain the access roads. ...
Virtual USA to Better Handle Emergencies
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a new information-sharing initiative to help federal, state and local authorities communicate more effectively during...
Work Begins on $10.7bn Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
China has begun work on a $10.7bn (CNY73bn) cross-sea bridge linking its southern economic hub Guangdong Province to Hong Kong and Macao. The Y-shaped bridge, claimed to be the world's...
NYC Installs Weather Sensors
New York City's Metropolitan Transportation (MTA) Authority has installed atmospheric sensors to the road and weather information systems on its bridges. The small above-ground sensors have...
ADB to Fund Chinese Bus Rapid Transit System
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $150m loan to China to help set up a bus rapid transit system in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province. The 13km dedicated bus-only lanes...
Nigeria Approves 20 Road Projects
The Nigerian Federal Executive Council has approved 20 new road repair projects for an investment totalling $476m (N70.99bn). The projects, which were awarded under the Federal Road...
Satellites to Fight Snow Drifts on Highways
Dane County in the US state of Wisconsin has installed a new satellite system on its highways to fight snow drifts that might occur during a major winter storm expected to hit the south...
UK Awards Grant for Better Street Lighting
The UK Transport Ministry has granted a total of $332m (£225m) to the councils of Hampshire, West Sussex and Southampton councils to improve street lighting. The money will be used to...
Thales To Supply New Zealand’s First Transport Smart Card
Thales will supply New Zealand's first electronic contactless smart transport ticket to the city of Auckland. The $87m contract has been awarded by the Auckland Regional Transport...
Chinese Road Project Receives ADB Loan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $200m loan to China to help build an expressway and upgrade roads in the central region province of Anhui. The loan will fund nearly 15% of...
20mph Limit Reduces London Road Deaths
The 20mph speed limit imposed on London streets has brought down the road fatalities by 40%, according to a new study. The number of casualties has dropped by 41.9%, pedestrian...
Uganda Road Project Gets World Bank Boost
The World Bank has approved a $190m credit to Uganda to finance its Transport Sector Development Project for improved roads and better transport sector management. The money will be used...
Autoliv Joins US Alcohol-Detection Project
Swedish firm Autoliv will assist in the recently announced US alcohol sensing feasibility project co-sponsored by the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety and the National Highway Traffic...
Edinburgh Wins National Award for Pothole Repairs
The City of Edinburgh Council in Scotland, UK, has won the government's 2009 Guardian Public Services Award for Frontline Engagement for major improvements in the city's potholes problem. ...
Beijing Traffic Lights Alert Visually Impaired
The Chinese capital city of Beijing has upgraded 800 traffic lights at 100 major crossroads to alert blind and partially sighted people against colour changes. The traffic lights now...
Deal Finalised for $1bn Utah Freeway Expansion
Utah Department of Transportation in the US has selected a Fluor-led consortium to carry out the $1.1bn expansion of I-15 Corridor, a major north-south commuter route between Salt Lake City and...
Kenya Gets AfDB Loan for Road Link with Ethiopia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted a $166m (KES12.5bn) loan to Kenya to help build a road connecting the country with Ethiopia in order to enhance cross-border trade. The 123km...
US Urged to Begin Highway Projects
American Trucking Associations (ATA) has urged the US Government to expedite funding for highway projects that are ready to begin. According to the American Association of State Highway...
Cubic Tests Smart Cards on Delhi Buses
Cubic Transportation Systems, a subsidiary of US-based Cubic, has begun piloting its smart card-based fare collection technology on buses in the Indian capital New Delhi. The five-month trial...
IBM to Manage Chesapeake's Traffic Infrastructure
The city of Chesapeake in Virginia, US, will deploy IBM's asset management technology across its traffic infrastructure and equipment. Under the deal IBM will provide Maximo software to...
Chinese Firm to Upgrade Key Bangladesh Highway
Chinese state-owned firm Sinohydro has won a $167m contract to upgrade a major highway in Bangladesh connecting capital city Dhaka with Chittagong port. The deal with Sinohydro covers seven...
Illinois Awards Gateway Information System Upgrade Contract
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDoT) in the US has signed Delcan to upgrade and maintain its Gateway traveller information system (TIS). The Gateway TIS is an...
UK Opens First Through-Junction Running Scheme
The UK has opened its first through-junction running scheme on the M42 near Solihull, allowing motorists to drive along the motorway's hard shoulder between junction slip roads. The scheme...
Queensland Toll Operator Reports Loss
The operator of toll roads in south-east Queensland, Australia, has reported a net operating loss of $6.8m for the 2009 financial year. This is in spite of a 9% rise in revenue from...
UK Average-Speed SPECS3 Cameras to go Live
The UK Home Office has approved the use of a new average speed camera system SPECS3, which allows a network of cameras to measure the average speed of vehicles. The system allows a network...
Optelecom-NKF to Video Equip Paris Tunnels
US firm Optelecom-NKF will provide its video surveillance system, Siqura, for acquiring, transmitting and recording video in 23 tunnels in Paris, France. The system is part of the...
New European Transport Rules Take Effect
The European Commission has announced the launch of new and improved transport rules for the European passenger and freight road transport industry that are aimed at fairer competition and less...
Mississippi Launches Hurricane Response ITS
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDoT), US, has launched a new Intelligent Traffic System project in the city of Hattiesburg to warn motorists of an impending hurricane. ...
Dallas and San Diego Chosen for First ITS Demonstration
Dallas and San Diego in the US have been selected as the nation's first demonstration sites for new Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies, as part of the government's...
ADF Road Loan to Boost Tanzania’s Cross-Border Trade
The African Development Fund (ADF) has approved a $245m loan to Tanzania to help upgrade two roads to improve cross-border trade with neighbouring countries and boost tourism. The roads,...
UK Upgrades Highways Equipment
UK firm CA Traffic has finished upgrading over 1,100 of the Highways Agency TAME (Traffic Appraisal Modelling and Economics) network of traffic monitoring sites. The upgrade involves...
Motorola and Siemens Join Hands for US Transport Market
German firm Siemens subsidiary Siemens Intelligent Traffic Solutions has joined the US firm Motorola's channel programme as a value-added reseller (VAR) to provide wireless technologies...
Japanese Loan for Brazil's São Paulo Beltway Project
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has awarded a loan of around $200m to Brazil to finance the western section of the São Paulo Beltway project RODOANEL. The agreement, signed...
Shandong ETC Contract Goes to China TransInfo
China TransInfo Technology Corp has been awarded an Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) contract in Shandong Province. Under the US$700,000 contract, China TransInfo will install roadside...
242-Year-Old English Toll Bridge Sold
A 242-year-old toll bridge in England has been sold for $1.8m to an anonymous bidder. The Swinford Toll Bridge spanning the stretch of the River Thames near Oxford in southern England has...
Deal Awarded for 140km Pune-Satara Highway in India
The National Highway Authority of India has awarded a $373m (Rs1,725-crore) contract to a Reliance Infrastructure-led consortium to build a highway between Pune and Satara in the state...
ADB Approves $200m for India Road Project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided a $200m loan for a major road project in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The 311km two-lane road will connect the state's northern region to...
India Sets out $23.8bn Highway Plan
India will carry out highway projects worth $23.8bn over the next three years, the minister of state for road transport and highways said. Plans for the projects, currently totalling...
Spanish City Plans Advanced Traffic System
The City Council of Torrevieja in Spain has announced a plan to install a telecommunications infrastructure system for traffic management in the city. The Intelligent Video and Radar...
Work Starts on Trans-European Road Link Tunnel
Work has begun on the Netherlands Maastricht tunnel, which, once finished, will complete a vital TEN-T link connecting northern and southern Europe. The $1.043bn project will see a tunnel...
Driver Assistance Systems Takeup to Grow
Newly-registered cars across Europe, North America and Japan have been fitted with some 6.9 million driver assistance systems in 2007. The number is expected to reach 18.2 million by...
US Proposes New Air Bag Standards to Reduce Death Toll
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed a new rule that would require vehicles of 10,000 pounds or less to have larger and stronger side air bags, to prevent...
UK Highway and Environment Agencies Sign MoU
The UK Highways Agency and the Environment Agency have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will see them work towards environmentally sustainable motorway and road projects. ...
US Announces $280m for Transport Projects
The US Government will provide $280m for urban circulator projects such as streetcars, buses and bus facilities, transport Secretary Ray LaHood said. Nearly $130m in unallocated...
Scotland Mulls Nation-Wide Installation of Digital Cameras
Officials from the Scottish Safety Camera Programme in the UK are considering moving all fixed ‘wet film’ speed cameras in Scotland to digital ones. The $11.6m (£7m) project involves...
Smartrac Chosen for Philippines' Traffic Management
Dutch firm Smartrac has been selected to supply windshield labels for a radio-frequency-identification technology project in the Philippines. The contract has been awarded by the...
UK Opens Second Hard Shoulder Scheme
England has opened its second hard shoulder running scheme on the M6 in the West Midlands, allowing motorists to use the hard shoulder on a motorway stretch as a traffic lane during busy periods. ...
India's Expressway Project Costs Released
India needs a minimum investment of $72.3bn to carry out its plan to build a 18,650km national expressway, according to the project's draft master plan. The report, which has been submitted...
Work Begins on $1bn Vietnamese Expressway
Work has begun on the $1.06bn expressway in southern Tien Giang Province in Vietnam, which will link the Trung Luong T-junction and My Thuan Bridge. The 54km-long, nearly 25m-wide four-lane...
Idaho Installs New Wildlife Warning System
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) in the US has installed a new wildlife warning system on a highway stretch north of Moscow city to prevent accidents involving animals. ...
Motorists Get First Glimpse of Transylvania Motorway
Romania has opened the first 42km stretch of its Transylvania Motorway, which will link the country's central area with the Hungarian border. The first part of the highway links the city...
Skanska to Renovate UK Street Lights
Swedish firm Skanska has won a $141m contract from the Surrey County Council in the UK to renovate street lighting in the area. The company, along with consortium partner John Laing,...
London Borough to Improve 432km of Roads
The UK Transport Ministry has initiated a $446m fund to improve road infrastructure in the London Borough of Hounslow. The funding will be used to carry out repairs and maintenance of...
Skanska to Build Norwegian Dual Road Tunnel
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has awarded a $128.6m contract to Swedish company Skanska to build a dual road tunnel in the western part of the country. The Strindheim road tunnel...
Scotland Invites Bids for £2bn Forth Crossing Project
Scotland has invited bids from the two consortiums chosen to carry out a £2bn project to replace the existing Forth Road Bridge with a new cable-stayed bridge. The selected consortiums are...
Silent Hybrid Vehicles Assessed for Risk to Blind
The US National Federation of the Blind (NFD) has partnered with Chevrolet and General Motors to identify a safe level of sound for electric and hybrid vehicles, in order to alert the blind...
Belgium and Luxembourg Companies Test EV Charging for Rollout
UK firm Elektromotive has partnered with Belgium firm ThePluginCompany to test its electric vehicle (EV) charging technology in Belgium and Luxembourg. Elektromotive will provide its...
Oklahoma Puts Uninsured Motorists Under Scanner
The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety in the US says it wants to set up a new camera system across the state to randomly record vehicle snags, in an effort to upgrade its electronic...
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Maryland Pilots Variable Speed Advisory System
The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) in the US is testing a new traffic management system to reduce congestion on busy corridors by providing advisory speeds and travel time...
Sub-Saharan Road Freight Prices Named Costliest in the World
Sub-Saharan Africa’s road freight prices are the highest in the world, with average prices as much as 200% more costly than any other place, a World Bank official has said. According to...
Zambia to Improve Roads with WB Loan
The World Bank has provided a $75m (about K349.1bn) loan to Zambia for road rehabilitation. Money will be used to build 50km of the Lusaka-Chirundu Road, a key link and trade road to...
New EU Regulation Demands Fuel Efficient Tyres
The EU has adopted a new regulation that will require tyre manufacturers to declare their tyres' fuel efficiency, wet grip and external rolling noise performance. Under the Tyre...
A-one+ Launches Innovative Highway Software
A-one+, the managing agent contractor provider for England’s Highways Agency, has launched new IT based system the Mosaic Network Passport to manage training and competency in the...
Dubai Road Deaths Fall to Eight –Year Low
The number of road fatalities in Dubai last year fell for the first time in eight years, a result transport officials have attributed to the lowering of speed limits on several dangerous...
NSW to Upgrade Red-Light Traffic Camera Network
The Australian state of New South Wales will replace its old wet-film traffic cameras with digital cameras, the Transport Minister has announced. The 183 red-light traffic cameras, which...
Seattle to Install 57 Traffic Cameras
The Seattle Department of Transportation (DoT) in the US will add 57 traffic cameras in the city this year to enhance real-time information. The closed-circuit television cameras will...
India Seeks $3b World Bank Loan
India may soon receive clearance for a $3bn loan from the World Bank for road construction. "The World Bank President Robert B Zoellick is arriving here on 2 December and we are hopeful...
UK Partners With Industry to Develop New Roundabouts
The UK's Transport Research Laboratory has partnered with Savoy Computing Services to develop a system to improve the design efficiency of roundabouts. The system links ARCADY, a...
Cubic to Supply Germany's First Electronic Ticketing System
Germany's Rhein Main Services (RMS) has selected Cubic to develop the country's first large-scale electronic ticketing system. The ticketing system will cover the entire RMV region of...
Europe’s eCall Transmission Technology Demonstrated
US firms Hughes Telematics and Qualcomm have successfully demonstrated the data transmission technology needed for the upcoming eCall standard, a European Commission project. The...
Ireland Launches Traffic Information System
Irish firm iTraffic has launched the country's first nationwide real-time traffic information system. The system uses UK firm's ITIS TrafficScience technology to collect information on...
US Highways Register Travel Rise
The number of miles travelled on US highways in September has surged since June this year, a strong indicator of economic recovery according to many analysts. US motorists travelled a total...
Work Begins on Vietnam Expressway
Work has begun on the VND8,104bn Hanoi-Thai Nguyen expressway in Vietnam. The 61.3km-long, 34.5m-wide four-lane road will connect the Gia Lam district in Hanoi to the northern province of...
Gammon Wins Indian Highway Deal
Gammon India's unit Gammon Infrastructure Projects has won a $182.6m (Rs8.5bn) contract from the National Highways Authority of India to upgrade a highway in the state of Bihar. The company...
Urgent Inquiry Into British Bridges Begins
An urgent investigation into the safety of all 1,800 bridges in the northern English county of Cumbria has begun after heavy rains and floods collapsed at least six pedestrian and road...
Ireland to Roll Out Mobile Speed Cameras Nationwide
The Government of Ireland will roll out a nationwide network of mobile speed cameras by mid-2010 after signing a deal with a private consortium for 45 of the cameras. The €65m...
FTA Launches TomTom for Truckers
UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA), the trade organisation for truckers, has launched a new a satellite navigation system designed specifically for lorry drivers. The system, TomTom...
Road Accidents Cost $500bn, Says Russian President
Road accidents cost the world economy $500bn every year, the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said at an international conference. "The price of human tragedy is impossible to measure but...
$2bn Approved for Texas Highway Upgrades
The Texas Transportation Commission in the US has approved about $2bn for highway improvements across the state to enhance safety and reduce congestion. The state has included 74 projects in...
Lagos to Launch CORS and GPS to Help Traffic Flow
The government of Lagos in Nigeria has announced it will launch its Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) and the Global Positioning System (GPS) shortly, to improve the state's...
Ireland Inks Deal for 45 Mobile Speed Cameras
The Government of Ireland will roll out a nationwide network of mobile speed cameras by mid-2010 after it signed a deal with a private consortium to deploy 45 cameras. The €65m...
IRD to Install Tolling System in Bangladesh
Canadian firm International Road Dynamics will install two Weigh-in-Motion Systems and a toll collection system for the Bangabandhu Bridge in Bangladesh. The bridge, the country's longest...
Singapore Places Land Transport Options on Google Maps
Singapore has put its land transport options on Google Maps as part of what the country claims is the world's first comprehensive range of land travel planning tools. The service...
Indian Firm Wins $182m for Highway Upgrade
Gammon India's unit Gammon Infrastructure Projects has won a $182.6m (Rs8.5bn) contract from the National Highways Authority of India to upgrade a highway in the state of Bihar. The company...
Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Work to Begin in 2010
Construction work on the 40km causeway linking Qatar and Bahrain will begin in the first quarter of 2010, the official in charge of the project said. The road, known as the Friendship Bridge,...
EU-Funded Strategic Routing System Developed
Germany's PTV has developed a new navigation system as part of the EU-funded Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems research project. The system, Strategic Routing, allows for...
Asia-Pacific Records 60% of World's Road Deaths
Road fatalities in the Asia-Pacific region account for nearly 60% of all road fatalities worldwide, despite the region having only 16% of the world's vehicles, according to the Asian...
UK Allocates £30m for Electric Car Network Expansion
The UK Government has announced a new £30m fund for more charging points for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The initiative, called Plugged-In Places, aims to help develop between...
New York Gets RTMS G4 Radar Units
US firm Image Sensing Systems has supplied New York City with RTMS G4 radar units for mid-block detection at intersections as part of the city's TOPICS IV project. The project is an expansion...
New Highway Construction Starts in Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijan Government has begun work on a new 52.5km motor highway from Ujar to Yevlakh in the central region of the country. The 44m-wide two-lane road runs through the territory of...
Consortium Selected for Major Kempsey Bypass
The Australian state of New South Wales's Road and Traffic Authority has selected Kempsey Bypass Alliance to carry out the first of two major work packages for the $618m Kempsey Bypass...
Bangladesh Puts $2.5bn Expressway to Tender
Bangladesh has invited bids to build the country's first elevated expressway valued at nearly $2.5bn in the capital city of Dhaka. The 32.5km road will connect the northern part of the city...
Gauteng Intelligent Plate System Delayed
The roll out of intelligent number plates in South Africa's Gauteng province has been delayed by four years until November 2013. The plates were scheduled to enter service in January 2010...
Johannesburg Road Repairs Fall Behind
The Johannesburg Roads Agency in South Africa needs to spend $38m (R284m) every year on road resurfacing alone, the agency has said. Budgetary constraints are delaying the maintenance...
Dbtrans, RM and Sirit Install New Payment System in Brazil
Brazil's payment solutions developer Dbtrans has partnered with Canadian Sirit and RM Brazil to install a new electronic payment process for commercial truck and passenger tolling in the state...
Polimex-led Consortium Wins $232m Highway Deal
The Polish Road Administration has awarded a $231.7m (PLN638m) contract to a Polimex-Mostostal-led consortium to build a highway in the country's south. The 23km highway is part of the...
Netherlands Plans Green Road Tax
The Dutch Government has proposed to replace its annual road tax on cars with a new 'green' charge, which from 2012, would charge drivers by the kilometre. Under the plan, Road tax (MRB)...
IRD to Supply Virtual Weigh Stations to Wisconsin
Canadian firm International Road Dynamics will supply three Virtual Weigh Stations and Bridge Monitoring Systems to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, US. The company will...
Skanska to Build Norwegian Road Tunnel
Swedish firm Skanska will build a road with a bridge and a tunnel on the E39 highway between the counties of Møre og Romsdal and Sogn og Fjordane in western Norway. The nearly 8km long...
TransCore to Install San Francisco Toll Collection System
The Bay Area Toll Authority of San Francisco, US, has signed TransCore to supply a new Advanced Toll Collection and Accounting System. The new system will be installed on the seven San...
Quebec Route 185 to Become Four-Lane Highway
The Canadian Government has announced a $486m plan to widen the existing Quebec Route 185 into a four-lane highway between the Cabano section and the New Brunswick border. The section...
Israeli Firm Unveils Handheld Night Observation System
Israeli firm Elbit Systems has unveiled a new handheld night observation system (NOX) to help law enforcement and patrolling agencies identify vehicle and driver details in adverse...
Malaysia's Miri-Kota Kinabalu Road Set for a Facelift
The Malaysian Government has approved over $152m (RM513m) in funding to improve the road connecting Sarawak's city of Miri with Sabah's capital city Kota Kinabalu. Work involves upgrading...
Taiwan to Toll all Freeway Vehicles by 2013
Taiwan will equip all vehicles that use the national freeways with an electronic toll collection (ETC) system by December 2012, the National Expressway Bureau has announced. The system will...
UK Highways Agency Initiates Winter Safety Measures
The UK's Highways Agency has appealed to road users to take cautionary measures ahead of the approaching winter season. Drivers have been asked to carry out simple vehicle checks ahead of...
Vietnam's Highway 51 Expansion Contract Awarded
The Vietnam Road Department has awarded a $185m (VND3.313 trn) contract to expand National Highway 51, which links the southern provinces of Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau. Work involves...
India Records Highest Road Fatalities in South-East Asia
India has registered the highest number of road fatalities in the South-east Asian region, according to a new report by the World Health Organisation. The country has witnessed nearly 73% of...
Emcor to Support San Pedro's Traffic Surveillance Project
The Los Angeles Department of Public Works has awarded a contract to Emcor group to install electrical systems for the Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control (ATSAC) project in San Pedro, US. ...
Dubai to Launch Weather Warning Traffic System
The Dubai Municipality and the Roads and Transport Authority in UAE will launch a new severe weather early warning system next month to predict weather conditions and warn motorists. The...
Uganda Develops Sign Detection Software
Uganda's Makerere University has developed an image processing software to distinguish traffic signs, in order to prevent accidents occurring due to failure to read and follow such signs. ...
Wisconsin to Develop New Highway Warning System
The US Department of Transportation has awarded a grant to a company based in Wisconsin to develop a new highway incident detection and warning system for the state's highways. The...
Multilateral Development Banks Combat Rising Road Deaths
Seven Multilateral Development Banks have undertaken a joint initiative to implement measures to cut down on the rising road fatalities and casualties in developing countries. The banks...
Canadian Firm Installs Electronic Toll System in Colombia
Canadian firm Sirit has begun installing a new electronic toll system in Medellin, Colombia. The company will install its proprietary Flypass electronic toll collection system on four...
China Funds Cambodian Road Reconstruction
Work has begun on the China funded National Road 78 reconstruction project in Cambodia. The 121km road is located nearly 500km northeast of the capital, Phnom Penh, and links O Porng Moan...
Jamaica Installs Traffic Management System
A $48m traffic management system has been installed in Jamaica's port and resort Montego Bay. The system includes 22 new traffic lights with state-of-the-art cameras and traffic has...
Queensland Motorways Installs Free-Flow Tolling System
Australia’s Queensland Motorways has replaced the conventional cash booth tolling system on the Gateway and Logan motorways with a new free-flow tolling system. The integrated tolling...
Bhutan Gets ADB Road Repair Grant
The Asian Development Bank will fund the upgrade of a 180km road network in Bhutan to boost its trading opportunities with neighbouring countries. The $38.76m grant will be used to build...
Cohda Wireless Gets Grant to Develop New Traffic System
Cohda Wireless has won a grant from the Australian Government to develop an electronic traffic management system that will allow car-to-car communication. The system, by Austrialian firm...
New Variable Signs Tackle US Road Violations
Transport agencies in Rhode Island, US, have signed a deal with All Traffic Solution for it to provide 38 new variable message signs to assist in road safety programmes. The signs will be...
Toronto Congestion Costs Canada Billions, Says Report
Traffic congestion in Canada's Toronto region is costing the country $3.3bn in lost productivity annually, according to a new report by an international organisation. The congestion...
Firms Signed for Lagos-Benin Expressway Repair
The Nigerian Federal Government has signed up two construction firms to carry out the upgrade of the Lagos-Benin Expressway. The first N9.74bn contract has been awarded to US firm...
California Pilots Fog-Warning Technology
The California Highway Patrol and the state's department of transportation have begun testing a new system that alerts drivers against hazardous fog conditions on roads. The system uses...
Israeli Firm Installs South African Highway Surveillance
Israeli firm Radwin has equipped the R-21 highway in South Africa with a real-time video monitoring and surveillance system. The wireless broadband system transmits videos of traffic...
Work Begins on India-Nepal Highway
Work has begun on a new highway connecting India and Nepal, that would cut down the travelling distance between the two countries to just 76.2km. The 22m-wide, four-lane, fast-track will...
UAE’s $1.4bn Salam Street Project Underway
Work is underway on a $1.36bn (Dh5bn) project in UAE, to convert the 14km Salam Street in capital city Abu Dhabi to an urban expressway. The expressway, with a network of roads and tunnels,...
Greek Firm to Build €156m Motorway in Poland
Greek construction company J&P - AVAX has won a €156.5m contract to design and build a new motorway in Poland's south-eastern region. The 21.38km road would stretch between Radymno...
Viajeo Programme Begins Demonstration Phase
The EC-supported project Viajeo, to implement a more efficient travel and transport planning system in congested cities, has begun its demonstration phase in two of the four demonstration...
Russian Firm Selects ITIS to Launch New Traffic System
Russian navigation systems provider Progorod has selected UK-based ITIS's Trafficscience Technology to launch a new traffic information system in Russia. ITIS's Trafficscience system, along...
International Road Industry to Cut CO2 30% by 2030
The International Road Transport Union, representing truck, bus, coach and taxi operators in 74 countries from five continents, has committed to cut CO2 emissions by 30% by 2030. The move...
Saudi Arabia to Get Australian Photo Enforcement
Australian firm Redflex will provide Photo Enforcement Systems for Saudi Arabia's automated traffic violations administering and monitoring system. The contract includes the supply of...
China Funds Ethiopia's First Expressway
China has signed a $349m loan agreement with Ethiopia to fund its first expressway project. The 79km-long and 12m-wide expressway will connect Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa with the city...
Funds Approved for World's Longest Suspension Bridge
Italy has approved a funding of €1.3bn to build the Messina bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge. The 12,000 ft long road-cum-rail bridge would link the island of Sicily to...
Cut Driving by Five Miles, UK Pleads
The UK Department for Transport has launched an advertisement campaign appealing for people to drive five miles fewer a week, to cut CO2 emissions. The five-miles-a-week cut in driving...
Nigeria to Launch Road Accident Prevention Programme
The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Works, Housing and Urban Development will launch a $167m (N25bn) programme to prevent road accidents in the country. The ministry is partnering with...
Florida Unveils Easy Alternative to Electronic Toll System
The US State of Florida has unveiled a new tolling system, SunPass, for those who prefer to pay the toll in cash. The new system, called Toll-by-Plate, is expected to remove the need to...
Recession Makes Road Accidents More Likely
The chances of a road accident has increased due to the recession, experts in Spain have said. The increase is due to more careless or aggressive driving by people due to depression out of...
Skanska to Expand Poland’s S-8 Highway
The Polish Road Administration has awarded a $164m (PLN468m) contract to Swedish construction firm Skanska to expand a highway in Wroclaw. The project involves expanding the S-8 highway in...
Maytas to Build $168m Indian Highway
Indian firm Maytas Infra has won a $168m (Rs7900m) contract to build the Pune-Sholapur section of National Highway 9 in the state of Maharashtra, India. The project involves widening a...
Variable Signs to Improve Ontario Highway Safety
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation in Canada will install new full-colour electronic signs to enhance safety on its major highways by next year. The new signs are expected to...
TMP Launches New Safe Signposts
Traffic Management Products (TMP) have announced the launch of TMP Spectralyte, a new range of passively safe fibre composite signposts in the UK and Ireland. The new range, which includes...
New Kerb System Launched for UK
A new modular traffic calming system of traffic island kerbs and paving, which is 40% cheaper and 80% quicker to install, has been launched in the UK. The TMP SwiftPave, launched at this...
New Team to Advise Natural England on Transport Policies
A team led by UK firm MVA Consultancy has been chosen to advise Natural England, the UK Government’s advisor for environment protection, on environment-related issues for major transport schemes. ...
UK City Goes Solar with Bollards
Road officials in Hull, UK, are replacing all traditional and internally illuminated bollards with solar powered versions. It is the first time a council in the UK has undertaken such...
IDB Approves Loan to Nicaragua for Road Improvement
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will finance road rehabilitation in Nicaragua in order to improve links between different regions of the country. The newly approved $43.5m loan...
Vietnam to Install ERP System for Road Traffic
Ho Chi Minh City (HCM) in Vietnam plans to install an Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system to address traffic congestion in the city. The ERP system, which is based on a pay-as-you-use...
US Highway Investment Crosses $20bn
Highway, road and bridge project investments by the US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) have reached the $20bn mark. More than 75% of the $26.6bn that the FHWA received under the...
California to Start Corona ATMS Project Phase 2
The US state of California has signed a $2.27m with Iteris for Phase 2 of its Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) project in the city of Corona. Under contract, traffic...
China Trials Road Monitoring System
China has installed six road monitoring systems on two of its highways to monitor the increasing number of hit-and-run cases. Innotrek’s Yingnuo HD checkpoint highway system is...
Electronic Queue Monitoring System To Be Used for Scotland M74 Upgrade Programme
Scotland's national transport agency, Transport Scotland, will introduce a new interactive electronic queue monitoring system at the M74 upgrade programme site. On behalf of Transport...
UK Traffic Jams Cost Commuters Two Days a Year
Commuters in the UK waste more than two days a year stuck in traffic jams, according to a new survey. The Kia Motors’ Cleaner Driving Report has found that commuters spend 49 and a half hours...
Insurers Condemn Rising Road Accidents in Kenya
Increasing road accidents in Kenya are causing heavy losses to the country's insurance industry making it ‘unprofitable’, a top official from the industry has said. At least 65% of the...
Pakistan Approves Lowari Road Tunnel Project
The Pakistani Government has given the go ahead for the Lowari road tunnel project, an important link in a 1,300km road project to link the country with Tajikistan. The tunnel will...
EU Calls for Mandatory 'Black Boxes' in Cars
The EU is planning to make it mandatory to install Event Data Recorders in all cars in Europe, in order to study the causes of road crashes and improve safety. The recorders, also...
Australian State Installs Moving Mode Radar Cameras
The Australian state of Victoria will fit police cars with 200 new and upgraded Moving Mode Radar cameras in November, in an effort to crack down on speeding vehicles. The cameras,...
New South Wales Reports Road Fatality Surge
Officials in the Australian state of New South Wales have expressed concern after it was revealed that road fatalities up to October have already exceeded last year’s total. With two more...
Polish Road Deal Awarded to Budimex and Ferrovial
A consortium of Polish firm Budimex and Spanish firm Ferrovial has won a €189m (794.4m zlotys) contract to design and build a 25km section of the A4 highway in southern Poland. The...
TravRoute to Set GPS Truck Services in Australia
Australian firm TravRoute has partnered with UK-based ProNav to offer customised street navigation software to truck drivers in Australia. The GPS solution allows users to enter the...
Michigan University to Build Hyper Fuel-Efficient Engine
Michigan State University in the US is developing a new hybrid engine that could deliver a five-fold increase in automotive fuel efficiency compared to the currently used internal combustion...
UK and Ireland to Keep Disqualified Drivers Off the Road
The UK and Ireland have signed a deal to keep disqualified drivers off of the roads in both countries. Under the agreement, if a UK driver is disqualified for an offence in Ireland, he would...
Hawke's Bay Expressway Extension Begins in NZ
Construction has begun on New Zealand's SH50A Expressway Southern Extension in the Hawke’s Bay region, the road's final connection to the south. Work involves building a 3.2km greenfields...
Irish Bypass to Use Easytrip Toll system
Irish company Easytrip has announced that its electronic toll system will begin operations this month on the recently opened €500m N25 Waterford Bypass in the country. The ten-lane road...
UK Roads to Get 'Intelligent' Cameras
Roads in the UK will be fitted with 'intelligent' speed cameras to crack down on speeding vehicles, under a new Highways Agency initiative. The new cameras do not flash and can cover...
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New Weighbridges to Reduce Rwandan Road Damage
Rwanda is planning to set up modern weighbridges to help enforce axle-load limits and measure gross vehicle mass at all border posts. The country estimates that between 20%-40% of roads...
Road Freight to Rise in 2010
An upturn in the European road freight market is expected in 2010 after 'bottoming out' in the second quarter of 2009, according to UK logistics and transport expert John Manners-Bell. A...