TA/ TSO Focus

Profile of a transport authority/ service operator, covering its history, current status, and future plans

• Prasarana: A good year for the public transport operator

  October 1, 2019
  Incorporated in 1998 by the Ministry of Finance, the 100 per cent government-owned Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana) was set up to facilitate, undertake and expedite public infrastructure projects.

• Mowasalat: Review of operations, future strategy and deployment of technology

  September 1, 2019
  Mowasalat is the major transport services provider in Qatar, operating taxis, public transport buses, and school buses. Its main aim is to provide transport solutions in a safe, cost-effective, and sustainable manner.

• Empresa Publica Metropolitana Metro de Quito: Developing Ecuador’s first fully underground metro system

  August 1, 2019
  Empresa Publica Metropolitana Metro de Quito (EPMQQ) is developing Quito Metro, one of the largest infrastructure projects in Quito.

• Deutsche Bahn: Review of operations, performance and future strategy

  July 1, 2019
  The popularity of rail travel in Europe is increasing, a fact that is clearly reflected in Deutsche Bahn’s (DB) increasing long-distance passenger numbers for the fourth years in a row.

• Public Transport Authority of Western Australia: Struggling with declining ridership and weak financial performance

  June 1, 2019
  Public Transport Authority of Western Australia is the statutory authority that oversees the operations of public transport, designs and maintains the transport infrastructure, and protects the long-term viability of the freight rail corridor and allied infrastructure in the state of Western Australia.

• Oregon Department of Transportation: Administering state funding and support

  May 1, 2019
  The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) was established in 1913 when the Oregon Legislature created the Oregon Highway Commission to "get Oregon out of the mud".

• Dubai RTA: Launch of smart applications to attract ridership

  April 1, 2019
  The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has taken several key initiatives to make travelling on the public transport system easier and more accessible.

• Chicago Transit Authority: Emphasis on renovation and modernisation

  March 1, 2019
  The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) provides public transit services for the city of Chicago and 35 suburban areas in the region.

• Keolis: Focus on international expansion to drive growth

  February 1, 2019
  Keolis, the France-based private operator of public transport networks, in its current form was created when the Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF) acquired majority shareholder rights in VIA GTI and merged it with Cariane to form VIA Cariane in 1999.

• Transdev Australasia: Biggest private urban operator in the region

  January 1, 2019
  Transdev Australasia, a public transport operator in Australia and New Zealand, was established in 2013. It has been operating in Australia since 1998 under the brand names ‘Transdev TSL’ and ‘Veolia Transdev’.

• Metro de Panamá: Building on success

  December 1, 2018
  Metro de Panamá S.A., formerly known as Secretaría del Metro de Panamá (SMP), is a public limited company responsible for the development of Metro de Panamá.

• Arriyadh Development Authority: Leading major transformation

  November 1, 2018
  The High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh is the organisational, planning, executive and co-ordinating body responsible for the development of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

• GVB Amsterdam: Leadership in green transportation

  October 1, 2018
  Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf (GVB) is a subsidiary of the Municipality of Amsterdam and has the contract to operate bus, tram and metro service up to 2024 under Transport Concession Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands.

• MARTA, Atlanta: Growing popularity, declining ridership

  September 1, 2018
  The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), established in 1971, is the main public transportation operator in the city of Atlanta, Fulton County, Clayton County and DeKalb County which together form the Atlanta metropolitan area.

• BEST Undertaking: Mumbai’s bus transport giant combating crisis

  August 1, 2018
  Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport (BEST) Undertaking is the largest bus operator and electricity supplier in Mumbai, the financial capital of India and state capital of Maharashtra. It is an autonomous body under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

• Metro Valparaíso: Investing USD3.3 billion to expand the rail network by 2030

  July 1, 2018
  Metro Valparaíso, the developer and operator of the suburban rail system in Gran Valparaíso (Greater Valparaiso) in Chile, has unveiled plans to expand its network by 176.1 km at an investment of USD3.3 billion by 2030.

• Société du Grand Paris: Struggling with cost and time overruns

  June 1, 2018
  Société du Grand Paris (SGP), a government owned company, is developing Grand Paris Express (GPE) - a 200-km underground metro system connecting municipalities near Paris with each other and with the city centre.

• Enterprise Metro d’Alger: Major plans impacted by lack of funds

  May 1, 2018
  Enterprise Metro d’Alger (EMA) has made great strides in developing the public transport system in Algeria in the last decade.

• SBS Transit, Singapore: Aims to strengthen its position with system modernisation and new technology deployments

  April 1, 2018
  SBS Transit, a subsidiary of ComfortDelGro, is one of the two public bus and rail operators in Singapore.

• Metra, Chicago: Funding shortfall leads to service cuts, fare hike

  March 1, 2018
  Metropolitan Rail (Metra) manages commuter rail operations in the 9,583-square km (3,700-square mile) area of north-eastern Illinois region.