Spotlight

Detailed look at a specific topic or area of interest

• Bus Transport in Africa: Key trends, procurements and challenges

  October 1, 2020
  Africa is one of the regions with the highest dependency on public transport. Bus transport accounts for the highest modal share in almost all the cities in the region.

• BRT in Africa: Expansion, driving forces, and challenges

  September 1, 2020
  Given the increasing importance of public transport systems, cities in Africa have focused on the development of bus rapid transit (BRT) systems as the most viable and cost-effective alternative.

• Mobility super apps: Key players in the market and the impact of COVID-19

  August 1, 2020
  A mobility super application (app) is an app that provides a diversified range of mobility services that facilitate mobility of people, mobility of things, and mobility of money.

• Light Rail and Monorail Projects in Southeast Asia: Big plans but limited development

  July 1, 2020
  A total of 20 key light rail, tram, and monorail projects that will together span over 500 km and cover more than 340 stops/stations are planned to be developed in six Southeast Asian countries.

• Metrorail Projects in Asia Pacific: Investment of USD400 billion planned in the next decade

  June 1, 2020
  In the Asia Pacific region, more than 230metrorail projects, spanning 4,930 km and covering over 2,900 stations, are planned to be developed at an estimated investment of nearly USD400 billion in 16 countries.

• Mass Transit in the UK: Ridership and revenues decline due to COVID-19, government extends relief funding

  May 1, 2020
  The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has posed several challenges to public transport and its operators globally.

• Impact of COVID-19 on MaaS: Challenges and Opportunities

  April 1, 2020
  The recent and continuing COVID-19 pandemic is expected to pose several challenges for all mobility as a service (MaaS) stakeholders globally.

• Rail investments in Chile: Around USD17 billion to be invested in the next decade

  March 1, 2020
  The rail network in Chile is set to undergo massive expansion, with nearly USD17 billion planned to be invested in the next decade.

• Rail Transport in Indonesia: Plans and opportunities

  February 1, 2020
  Rail transport in Indonesia comprises an operational mass rapid transit (MRT) system, two light rail transit (LRT) systems, and a commuter rail system.

• Light Rail Systems in the US: Investments in expansion projects and new lines

  January 1, 2020
  The United States is one of the biggest markets for the development of light rail transit (LRT) systems.

• Clean Buses in Asia Pacific: Highlights from our Singapore conference in October 2019 [free access]

  December 1, 2019
  On October 14–15, 2019, Global Mass Transit (GMT) Research organised a conference on ‘Clean Buses in Asia Pacific 2019’ in Singapore.

• Transit Ticketing & Fare Collection in APAC: Key takeaways from our Singapore conference in October 2019 [free access]

  November 1, 2019
  Global Mass Transit Research organised its third annual conference on ‘Transit Ticketing & Fare Collection in APAC 2019’ on October 16–17, 2019, in Singapore.

• Public Transport Projects in Saudi Arabia: Big plans, slow progress

  October 1, 2019
  The Government of Saudi Arabia and various city governments of Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca, Medina and Taif have launched several public transport projects in the last few years.

• Open-payment Systems in Transit: Innovations in Asia Pacific

  September 1, 2019
  Bank cards (either physical or through mobile applications) have been used to pay for transit in several cities in Australia, South Korea, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia. Several other cities in India, Australia, Thailand, New Zealand, and Taiwan have plans to deploy open-payment systems in transit.

• Spain’s HSR network: Necessity versus substantial cost

  August 1, 2019
  Developed over a period of 27 years at an investment of more than EUR52 billion, the high-speed rail (HSR) network in Spain spans more than 3,400 km. It is the largest network in Europe and the second largest in the world, following China.

• Back on Track: New Zealand allocates NZD1.5 billion to speed up rail development

  July 1, 2019
  In May 2019, the Auckland City Rail Link (CRL) project, New Zealand’s largest transport infrastructure project and the city’s first underground rail line, received a funding boost of NZD534 million to cover rising costs and to meet the 2024 completion deadline.

• Upcoming LRT projects: Network expansion, planned investment

  June 1, 2019
  The current global light rail transit (LRT)/tram/streetcar network spans over 2,700 km.

• Rail Expansion in Colombia: Adoption of PPP model to build metro and light rail projects

  May 1, 2019
  Colombia is planning to develop nearly 100 km of urban rail network at an investment of over USD8.5 billion through the public–private partnerships (PPP) model.

• 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.