US-based infrastructure asset management company, AgileAssets, has secured a maintenance contract to manage roads and bridges in Alaska.

Awarded by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (Alaska DOT&PF), the contract is worth more than $6.3bn.

As part of the contract, AgileAssets will replace Alaska DOT&PF legacy systems with its integrated enterprise solution, which will enhance staff efficiency and also integrate data across the department to consequentially reduce maintenance costs.

The contract will also allow Alaska DOT&PF to get hold of the licensed versions of AgileAssets’ software including Maintenance Manager, Pavement Analyst, Fleet, Equipment Manager, and Foundation.

Siemens Mobility has joined Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Alliance, and will work with other group members from various industrial sectors including public administration, research and education, towards global deployment of new transport systems across all European countries.

"The SiMobility Connect platform and other solutions of Siemens will help operators to set-up the technological base for the realisation of MaaS."

The SiMobility Connect platform and other solutions of Siemens will help operators to set-up the technological base for the realisation of MaaS, a public-private partnership launched by ERTICO-ITS Europe.

The MaaS environment will come with offers provided by various transport services including taxis, shared bikes, and demand-responsive transport, which are aimed at reduce the car ownership and encourage commuters to use a wide range of transport alternatives.

Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), a subsidiary of US-based firm Cubic Corporation, has signed a licensing agreement valued at £15m ($19.79m) to gain access to Transport for London's (TfL) contactless ticketing system and customise it for transport systems in other world cities.

The license will help CTS to stabilise fares in the next four years. The contactless payment system was first launched on buses in London  in December 2012, and then extended to underground and rail services in September 2014.

TfL and CTS have partnered for the launch of Oyster card system in 2003. They have also partnered with the UK card industry to make TfL the world’s first public transport provider to accept contactless payment cards.