Spotlight

Detailed look at a specific topic or area of interest

• Transit State of Good Repair Conference: Washington D.C., March 2019 [free access]

  April 1, 2019
  Global Mass Transit organised its seventh conference on Transit State of Good Repair on March 6–7, 2019 at the Willard InterContinental in Washington, D.C. The conference focused on the progress of and the opportunities in the implementation of transit asset management (TAM) and the achievement of the state of good repair (SGR).

• Innovations in Public Transit: Big impact by small start-ups

  March 1, 2019
  Innovations in the transit space are allowing transport authorities to make their systems more efficient and reliable, thereby attracting greater ridership.

• Public transport in Nigeria: Plans to quadruple the rail network by 2022

  February 1, 2019
  The growth of public transport systems in Nigeria has been quite slow, with only 83 km of the rail and bus network operationalised in the last 18 years.

• Urban mass transit funding in Africa: Increasing investments by China

  January 1, 2019
  The public transit sector in Africa is mostly dominated by privately operated taxis and buses, which are usually overcrowded, uncomfortable, and unsafe.

• Clean Buses in Asia Pacific: Highlights from our Singapore conference in October 2018 [free access]

  December 1, 2018
  On October 22-23, 2018, Global Mass Transit (GMT) organised the conference on ‘Clean Buses in Asia Pacific 2018’.

• Transit Ticketing & Fare Collection in APAC: Key takeaways from our Singapore conference in October 2018 [free access]

  November 1, 2018
  Global Mass Transit Research organised its third annual conference on ‘Transit Ticketing & Fare Collection APAC 2018’ on October 24-25, 2018, in Singapore.

• Fare system modernisation in the US: Focus on ABT and contactless payments

  October 1, 2018
  Currently, over 90 per cent of the transit systems in the United States (US) are using closed loop ticketing systems and issue transit agency specific smartcards.

• Railway predictive maintenance: Fruit of rail digitalisation

  September 1, 2018
  The Internet of Things (IoT) has created new opportunities in railway asset management. With sensors on critical railway components, vast quantities of data can be collected.

• Mergers and acquisitions in railway sector: Developments in 2017-2018

  August 1, 2018
  During 2017-2018, there was consolidation in the global rail industry with various players merging their businesses and big players taking over smaller players to expand markets and strengthen their product portfolio.

• Bank cards for transit ticketing: Limited deployment in Southeast Asia

  July 1, 2018
  Deployment of bank cards for transit ticketing is a recent phenomenon in Southeast Asia (SEA). It is currently limited to transit agencies in countries with well developed public transport systems.

• Big Plans: Transit agencies in the US to modernise metrorail systems

  June 1, 2018
  Transit agencies in the United States (US) have unveiled major plans to upgrade and modernise their metrorail systems with a focus on purchase of new rolling stock, installation of advanced signalling systems and deployment of new fare payment systems. Significant emphasis is being laid on modernisation due to aging infrastructure.

• Clean Buses in Europe: Insights from Amsterdam conference in April 2018 [free access]

  May 1, 2018
  Global Mass Transit organised a conference on ‘Clean Buses in Europe 2018’ on April 18-19, 2018 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The conference brought together many experts from the government and industry, who are directly involved in the deployment of clean buses in European cities.

• Electric buses in Latin America: Current scenario and future outlook

  April 1, 2018
  The transport sector of Latin America is one of the fastest growing market globally and the fleet of vehicles is estimated to increase by 200 per cent in the next 25 years.

• Singapore LTA’s asset management strategies: Predictive maintenance by 2020 [free access]

  March 1, 2018
  Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) is undertaking pioneering initiatives in the area of asset management for the rapid transit systems (RTS) in Asia.

• CTA Capital Improvement Plan: USD2.7 billion up to 2022

  February 1, 2018
  Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has approved a USD2.7-billion capital improvement plan (CIP) to be implemented between 2018 and 2022.

• Public transport investment in Moscow: Expansion, upgrades and service enhancements

  January 1, 2018
  Moscow is a leader in the deployment of advanced public transport systems. Despite its expansive and multi-modal public transport network, the traffic condition became critical in 2010 because the road network had reached maximum capacity.

• CHIC Project Report 2017: Key facts, results and recommendations

  December 1, 2017
  The Clean Hydrogen in European Cities (CHIC) project was a flagship zero-emission bus project that deployed a fleet of 54 fuel cell electric buses and nine hydrogen refuelling stations across eight cities in Europe and one city in Canada.

• HART Recovery Plan: Bringing the rail project on track

  November 1, 2017
  The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) is the semi‐autonomous public transit authority responsible for the planning, construction, and expansion of the fixed guideway transit system, the Honolulu Rail Transit Project (HRTP).

• Transit Ticketing & Fare Collection in APAC: Key takeaways from our Singapore conference in September 2017 [free access]

  October 1, 2017
  Global Mass Transit organised its second annual conference on ‘Transit Ticketing and Fare Collection APAC 2017’ on September 6-7, 2017 in Singapore.

• Ireland’s Rail Review Report: Loud call for increase in funding

  September 1, 2017
  The rail network in Ireland is about 150 years old but it continues to carry over 40 million passengers annually (2015). During the recent economic recession, the funding for the operations and maintenance (O&M) was reduced significantly and has not yet recovered to a sustainable level for the network to function safely and efficiently.