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