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News
>> more- CTA approves purchase of 100 new articulated buses
- Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan agree to high-speed rail study
- Quito metro construction to begin by mid-2013 [free access]
- São Paulo begins land acquisition for metro project
- BMTA seeks approval for bus deal [free access]
- China Ministry of Railways invites bids for 2,500 trains
- DSB to improve mobile and broadband coverage on its trains
- Tram project approved in Denmark [free access]
- Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) launches new bus routes
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Spotlight
US Transit: Capital Investment Impacts and Financing>> more
In March 2012, the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) released its biennial report on the state of transportation infrastructure.....
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Features
>> more- TransJakarta BRT: Bigger becoming better [free access]
- Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL): Positioning China in HSR
- Bus Ticketing Initiatives by Stagecoach and Arriva: Leadership in smart travel
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Tenders & Contracts
>> more- Expansion of Ragged Lake Transit Centre in Halifax (Deadline: 29-May-2012)
- Construction and maintenance work for Surat BRT (Deadline: 28-May-2012) [free access]
- Supply and installation of PIS in Leipzig (Deadline: 11-Jun-2012)
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TA/ TSO Focus
Israel Railways: Projects underway and in planning>> more
Israel's five-year plan for transportation infrastructure involves a budget of about NIS100 billion and includes several rail and road projects.New line construction projects...
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Project Update
>> more- Denver light-rail project, Colorado, USA [free access]
- São Paulo Metro and Monorail, São Paulo, Brazil
- Rea Vaya bus rapid transit (BRT), Johannesburg, South Africa
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Finance
>> more- State government sanctions funds for phase II of Hyderabad MMTS [free access]
- DfT to fund South West Trains’s acquisition of 48 new rail carriages
- GDA sanctions funds for Delhi’s Rithala Metro line
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Policy Review
PROTRAM and UTTP, Mexico: Financing and implementation>> more
According to the World Bank’s March 2012 implementation status and results (ISR) report, the UTTP project in Mexico is making satisfactory progress.
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Company News
>> more- Bombardier to supply 410 train cars to BART in San Francisco
- Alstom to modernise Line 1 of Lille’s metro [free access]
- Al-Mabani General Contractors and Al-Arrab Contracting secure HHR contract
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Data & Statistics
>> more- USA: Transit capital expenditures by mode and type in 2008
- USA: Transit operating expenditures by mode in 2000-08 [free access]
- USA: Operating expenditures by mode and type of cost in 2008