August 1, 2020
The light rail system (LRT) in Basque Country is an extensive network that comprises two lines, which span 14 km (combined length) and cover a total of 34 stations.
July 1, 2020
Between January 2020 and June 2020, several significant developments took place with regard to public buses. Contracts were awarded for the supply of more than 2,600 buses, plans were announced for the deployment of over 6,600 buses, and nearly USD800 million was allocated for the deployment of buses.
July 1, 2020
As a part of the ‘Public Transport in 2040’ plan, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (I&W) in the Netherlands plans to develop demand-driven services and popularise concepts such as carsharing, bicyclesharing, and taxisharing, and lead a shift from public and private transport to shared transport.
June 1, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a fundamental shift in strategy for most autonomous vehicle (AV) companies, from developing and commercialising Level 5 AVs, which can operate in all conditions without human support, to Level 4 AVs, which can operate without the need for human presence in small geographical areas.
June 1, 2020
Italy is one of the worst affected countries by the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2020, the European Commission forecasted that Italy’s public debt would hit almost 158.9 per cent of GDP by the end of this year and that its economy would shrink by almost a tenth.
May 1, 2020
Brazil’s first positive COVID-19 case was reported in late February 2020 in the city of São Paulo. However, the Government of Brazil had already declared the impending novel coronavirus outbreak a national health emergency a few weeks before the country reported its first case.
May 1, 2020
The recent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a decline in public transport ridership in China. The majority of public transport users have shifted to private cars, taxis, and ride-hailing, or have taken to cycling and walking.
May 1, 2020
In April 2020, the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) announced USD500 million in transit infrastructure capital grants for 17 rail and public transportation projects as a part of the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP).
April 1, 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak has forced many companies to take stock of their current strategies and to chart new courses of action in order to maintain profitability. CRRC Corporation Limited (China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation), like many other private companies operating in the mass transit space, has been compelled to alter its strategy and adapt to a new world in order to maintain its market position.
March 1, 2020
Several transit agencies in the United States have made significant efforts to incorporate clean buses, and in particular electric buses, into their fleets. While nearly 99 per cent of all the world’s operational electric buses are in China, the electric bus market in the US has also seen steady growth in recent years.
March 1, 2020
On-demand mobility utilises technology to provide public transportation solutions, shared mobility services, and delivery services via a connected and integrated multi-modal network.
February 1, 2020
Public transit-focused mobile apps are commonly used by both small and large transit agencies across the United States. Typically agencies use their own branded apps to provide real-time travel information for passengers along with certain trip-planning capabilities.
January 1, 2020
Kyiv’s current public transport comprises bus, trolleybus, tram, metro and electric train, which together covers around 2,350 km. The existing public transport network is unable to cater to the current needs of commuters, which has resulted in an increasing share of private vehicles in the city’s transport mix.